Greenfield families offered free childcare during storm cleanup [Video]

DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been about a week since the deadly EF-4 tornado hit Greenfield. But even as the town continues to recover from the tragedy, kids in Greenfield are spending the afternoon playing and smiling. 

This is possible thanks to a national organization called Project Camp.  Ozzie Baron, a team leader, shared that the group decided to come to town to offer a break to Greenfield parents.

“We’re a national nonprofit that does emergency relief, child care,” Baron said. “So anytime there’s a natural disaster, we can pop up a day camp anywhere in the country in about 48 hours.”

Parents who sign up for Project Camp receive free child care. The program will even recruit familiar faces to help out.

“We have about 40 kids signed up per day for …