After a <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/weather/derecho-forecast-chicago-severe-storms/index.html” target=”_blank”>powerful wind storm struck Iowa</a> in August, the city of Mount Vernon was left covered in fallen trees and other debris.

That’s when 12-year-old Tommy Rhomberg stepped up to the plate.

Using fallen branches, Tommy designed and carved more than 200 baseball bats, <a href=”https://thegreatderecho.com/buy-the-great-derecho-bat/” target=”_blank”>which