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Rita Recovery - Texas
Conference |
Beaumont, TX.
Schedule teams with
Beverly Antilley, 409-223-0118, Roofs, exterior work on houses, dry wall, ceilings, floors,
weatherizing. You may request to work out of any of the following stations if you have a preference.
Beaumont (main station)
Port Arthur (satellite station)
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Ike Recovery - Texas
Conference |
Galveston/Houston/Beaumont, TX. Texas
Annual Conference is accepting recovery trained Early Response teams for
some of the more devastated areas, but they are also accepting long term
clean-up teams for those areas that are ready now. Teams can stay in
various churches and need to be semi- self-sufficient. The area
does have gas now, and stores are open in most areas so teams can buy
food products. It will depend on the area they go to. Galveston Island
is to be open next week for clean up teams, but only Early Response will
be allowed there. Surfside and Freeport are in desperate need of muck
out teams and debris removal. Teams must register online,
www.txcumc.org, and will
receive a call or e-mail back within 24-48 hours. Teams can also call
directly to the Rita Recovery phone number 409.892.0140 as
they are back in business, but they need to call there only if they want
to work in the Rita area. If they want to work the coastal area, they
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Mississippi |
The gulf coast of Mississippi as well as the
immediate surrounding areas were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in
2005. Volunteers are still needed to help with clean-up, repairs and
rebuilding. Because of the damage caused by this storm, volunteers will
be needed for quite some time. Contact: Mississippi Methodist Storm
Recovery Center, Emily Barlow,
disastercenter@meridianumc.org,
Tel. #866/435-7091. 866-435-7091. MS Conference Resource
Coordinator, Methodist Katrina Response. Fax: 228-374-2067. You may request to work out of any of the following
stations if you have a preference.
Camp Hope, Vancleave
Camp Love, Gulfport
Camp Gulfside, Waveland
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Louisiana |
Katrina
caused extensive damage in the state of Louisiana. Volunteers are still needed to help with clean-up,
repairs/rebuilding. Although the first storm hit in 2005, there is such
extensive damage that volunteers will be needed for quite some time. Contact
: Louisiana Methodist Storm Recovery Center, Tel.
#877/345-5193,
stormrelief@bellsouth.net, or
stormrelief1@bellsouth.net. You may request to work out of any of
the following stations if you have a preference.
Abbeville Recovery Station
(Abbeville, LA)
Dulac Substation (Dulac, LA)
Eastbank Recovery Station (Metairie, LA)
Southwest Recovery Station (Lake Charles, LA)
Northshore Recovery Station (Slidell, LA)
Uptown Recovery Station (New Orleans, LA)
North Rampart Street Community Center
(New Orleans, LA - formerly St Marks)
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Ike/Gustav
- Louisiana Disaster Recovery
has significant needs for all forms of recovery teams. We have areas
were ERT are still needed. Homes still have trees in them, needs for
tarps, mucking out and evaluative and assessment needs from Gustav and
Ike. Long term recovery teams are still needed in the
New Orleans and
Lake Charles areas from Katrina and Rita. Revisions are currently
being made in the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Katrina/Rita response to
extend to Gustav and Ike responses. The New Orleans recovery stations
will phase out in 20 months. The Abbeville station will remain
open due to new damage assessments from this year’s storms and the
Lake Charles station extended. Damage from Gustav and Ike is
heaviest along the coast and inland for up to 75 miles from
Houma to the
Texas/Louisiana state line. Several towns in this area are just now
experiencing the retreat of storm surge
and flood waters which covered the entire incorporated area. Damage
(wind and flooding) from Gustav heavily affected the
Baton Rouge to
Alexandria areas.
Team leaders should
schedule teams to Louisiana by calling Rev. Yvonne Dayries, Louisiana
Disaster Recovery, 225.346.5193,
or registering on the Louisiana Conference web site:
http://la-umc.org/.
Follow the prompts to registration forms. The web site also includes a
number of photos and updates on the affected areas. |
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Give:
Make donations to the following UMCOR Advance
areas:
#901670 - Disaster Response, United States - UMCOR response to United States
natural disasters.
#982511 -
Hurricanes 2007
- To respond to emergencies globally as a result of hurricane devastation
#982523 -
Hurricanes 2005 - To respond to emergencies globally as a result of hurricane devastation
#982500 - Hurricanes 2006 - To respond to emergencies globally as a result of hurricane devastation
Give online at
www.methodistrelief.org, at your
church, over the phone at 1-800-554-8583, or by mailing a check directly to:
UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068. Checks should be written to
UMCOR with the Advance number and name written on the memo line of your
check. If you would prefer that your funds to go to recovery in a specific
region, please note that on your donation.
Send:
Water, Health Kits, Bedding packs, blankets
UMCOR Sager-Brown Depot, Baldwin, LA, is in
urgent need of water, health kits, bedding packs, blankets and soon will
need flood buckets, filled with cleaning supplies that people use to clean
their homes after floods. For assembly and shipping instructions, visit the
UMCOR website at:
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/kits.cfm
If delivery is made,
Sager Brown will have personnel on hand for unloading any day or hour.
Persons who may need overnight accommodations should call or e-mail the
director of voluntary services at 337-923-2027, ext. 202, e-mail:
volunteers@sagerbrown.org.
You may also give a financial donation to UMCOR's
Material Resource Ministry, Advance #901440 to purchase cleaning supplies
that the Depot staff and volunteers will use to assemble flood buckets.
Volunteers:
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Emergency stage - Only Early
Responder Trained Teams are needed in this phase.
UMCOR's disaster response is a three-stage process. Electricity and gasoline are not available in many areas. Communities
are not able to host teams. Teams may not be able to obtain gasoline to return home.
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The Relief
Phase will follow. Qualified volunteers will be needed to help homeowners
who need to "muck out," assess damage, receive emotional and spiritual
care, and begin the long road to recovery.
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Volunteer Teams will be needed to help in Hurricane Katrina recovery. The
third phase, Long-term Recovery, includes taking a holistic approach to
people who have suffered losses. It entails seeking them out in their
neighborhoods and providing information and advocacy about their federal and
state assistance rights. In coordination with other religious and community
service agencies, UMCOR participates in repairing and rebuilding homes and
providing assistance with living expenses.
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T-shirts are available for teams going to
the gulf states for disaster repair.
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Cost is $15.00,
including shipping.
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Order from
Pam Crawford, Indian River
UMC, Box 457, Indian River, MI, 49749
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Indicate size(s)
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Make checks or
money orders payable to: IRUMC/VIM/T-shirt
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