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Member Updates
Hear from MCC members, friends and family who have survived Hurricane
Katrina.
What MCC is
doing
First MCC of Atlanta Continues Response
- We are trying to find out as much accurate and timely information as
possible and provide a conduit for sharing the latest information as we
receive it.
- We are summoning all our people to pray for our MCC family and all
who are suffering in this terrible disaster. There will be constant
prayer for hope, healing and relief for those who are in need.
- We have established a Relief Fund and will provide other
assistance as needs become known.
- Our local churches are making efforts in their local communities and
beyond...learn more!
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What YOU can do
1) PRAY
2) Consider making a donation either here online or by mail click here for Donation information.
3) Donate to American Red Cross.
4) Let us know if you can offer lodging, food, clothing,
etc. If so, where? for whom? for how many?
5) Donations of sanitary napkins, tampons, toothpaste, toothbrushes,
deodorant, bottled water, baby formula, wet wipes, hand wipes, combs,
hair brushes and any other personal hygeine items are needed
immediately.
6) Deploy material assistance in the form of grocery cards, pharmacy
gift cards, prepaid phone cards, wal-mart or target gift cards and gas
cards.
7) Offer volunteer support to Houston and Dallas areas plus any churches
offering direct support in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Both the Astrodome and the Dallas Reunion arena need volunteers and will
need additional material support immediately.
8) As a denomination serve as leaders alongside other faith
communities.
9) Ask your local church to collect materials for donation and
arrange with the Red Cross the best way to deliver
items. (The Red Cross has reported that various donations
have been dropped off without any communication with a volunteer
coordinator. Items left without processing are being overlooked
because staffing is short.)
10) Water and personal sanitary are a critical need. Food packs (food in
individual packages that will not spoil are needed critically).
11) Tom Thumb and Chase have partnered to provide "Scan" card
donation sites. Donations can be made directly at any Tom Thumb or
Chase. You can add money to these "Scan" cards which are given to
disaster victims to purchase items such as diapers and formula. Kroeger
has made a similar arrangement. Your local grocery store chain may have
set up this system as well.
12) FEMA and the Red Cross have undertaken a massive refugee operation
to move tens of thousands of impacted residents from impacted areas. The
current prediction is that New Orleans (home to nearly half a million
persons) will remain evacuated for two to six months.
13) According to the Houston Astrodome and Dallas Arena Relief
Workers, a main request of Katrina survivors is for a
Bible. Please consider sending or taking Bibles to a local
congregation or Red Cross center for donation.
14) On September 2, 2005, Tim Gill and the Gay and Lesbian Fund of
Colorado established a Katrina Relief Fund. To learn more about
giving to this program, click here.
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News and
Notices
General News Updates
1) (24/02/2006) Read about MCC's "Third Wave" visit
to New Orleans by clicking here. The struggles are not over, and
we are still making efforts to help!
2) Survivors from New Orleans are also being bused to Dallas to
the Reunion Arena by the thousands.
3) Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex schools have enrolled over one
hundred children who are without school records and have lost all
of their school supplies. There were reports of deeply frightened
parents who did not know that federal law mandates refugee children be
immediately enrolled in a haven place school district.
4) Many churches have already responded in positive ways. In Dallas,
Potter's House deployed trucks full of food to the impacted areas. They
are utilizing their prayer line for the disaster victims to help people
connect with their faith during this tragedy. New Millennium Fellowship
Church setup cots and a crisis center in their church in Dallas. These
are just two examples of the responses that are unfolding.
5) News reports indicate that Houston has seen an influx of
50,000 people already. Dallas/Ft. Worth and San Antonio are
expected to receive an influx of 25,000 people over the Labor Day
weekend.
6) Fox news reported that major airlines have partnered to
organize an air lift of survivors from New Orleans to Lackland Air Force
Base in San Antonio, TX.
7) The Houston Astrodome has reached capacity, according to CNN.
8) As of September 2, survivors of Hurricane Katrina are now
able to utilize Air America Radio's Voicemail program to reach their
loved ones. Click here to learn more.
9) We've heard from Texas Children's Hospital how to best assist
in their efforts. Click here to read about donations to Texas
Children's Hospital.
10) We've had an individual in Austin, TX offer to transport
GLBT AA members to attend the Austin Lambda/Live and Let Live
meeting.
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MCC News
Updates
We are grateful for Rev. Elder
Eastman, Connie Gilpin and Kurt Krieger of MCC Region 2 for providing us
with information and updates to share with other MCCers and our website
visitors
In The Middle of a
Storm: A Pastoral Perspective from
Rev. Elder Don Eastman, Vice Moderator and acting Elder for Region
2
A Prayer Alert from MCC's Rev. Troy Perry 31/08/05
for
all the lives impacted by Hurricane Katrina
Rev. Kurt Krieger Region 2 Facilitating Team
31/08/05
From Regional Elder Rev. Don Eastman 28/08/05
02/09/2005 Note from Judy Dale, Former Chair, MCC Board of Administration
"Putting Feet to Our Prayers" - Prayer Alert from Rev.
Troy Perry - 02/09/2005
Relief Update, Rev. Kurt Krieger, Region 2 -
02/09/2005
Hurricane Katrina Relief Update, Rev. Elder Troy
Perry - 03/09/2005
Hurricane Katrina Relief Update, Rev. Elder Troy
Perry - 07/09/2005
Who's been heard
from?
Rev. Lee Carlton,
Pastor of Cornerstone MCC,
Mobile, Ala
of MCC of Greater New Orleans,LA
Rev Stephen Moore
Pastor of MCC of Baton Rouge,
LA
Steve T. Urie
IPL Spirit of Christ MCC,
Joplin, Mo.
Covenant MCC's Service of Memorial, Wholeness and
Hope
The Rock MCC,
Chattanooga, TN Prayer for Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Cornerstone MCC, Mobile, AL Sara Sills,
Vice Moderator
Holy Cross MCC Rev. Sandy O'Steen
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Offers of Housing
Aid
We are overwhelmed and
thankful for the number of individuals and groups who are willing
to house those who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. We
now have a list of over 150 housing units for GLBT community members,
their families and friends. If you have need housing and have been
displaced please call Rev. Kurt Krieger at 866-HOPE MCC to enter the
process to see if we have a location and availability that would meet
your need. If you have volunteered your home, we are keeping that
information with our people on the ground in Lousiana and Alabama to
help locate those that need housing and you will be contacted directly
by them. At this time, we don't anticipate the need for
additional housing stock, except for those who can house people within
an hour of New Orleans. Again, thanks for your
enthusiastic response.
You may also try locating housing here: http://www.hurricanehousing.org/
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