We do still need participants to join 4 teens and one woman from New Life in Gahanna. At least one guy who is willing to help chaperone is required for them to make the trip to Louisiana. I'd love it if one of our previous volunteers could step forward and lead this team to work next week in New Orleans.
Our current team continued from the Nashville area Sunday and spent the day today mucking out 3, three, III houses! To be fair, they said one didn't have a lot left to do, but 1 is a good day. That's some crew!
I spoke with Mark Bryson in Hendersonville just now. He reports that there has been a lot done in that area hit hard by tornados Friday night. In fact he had a group of 30 from his church who couldn't find work to do. It seems the tornado storm damage is going to be like this; spotty enough that it is well handled by local governments, volunteers, and contractors.
I have a couple of quick response volunteers, but need to have 40 or so individuals that can go quickly to a new disaster zone and help setup relief operations. Servants Unite's mission is to help volunteers get where they are needed. We will be partnering with other groups to provide labor to distribute supplies they secure and love on those hurt by tragedies like Katrina.
We also need volunteers who can man collection stations at local churches to collect supplies for the next Katrina like response we are called to. We need to pray we don't have anything of that magnitude while planning for the possibility. Water and ready to eat food can be collected months before it is needed to ship quickly into a needy area. Even if that is our own backyard when we have severe storm damage.
God has laid this path in front of some of you, or those you forward this information on to.
Servants Unite!
John McGuire
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