Local Red Cross volunteers leave for Nashville

ST. LOUIS — A Red Cross volunteer from the St. Louis area will hit the road Tuesday night and head to Nashville.

Dennis Grooms is planning to help those affected by the deadly tornadoes in Nashville and Middle Tennessee that left dozens of people dead.

Grooms has been a volunteer with the Red Cross for nearly five years.

“I just like helping people,” he told 5 On Your Side.

And during that short time, he’s seen a lot.

“Anywhere we’ve had any flooding, natural disasters, I’ve been on quite a few of them,” he said.