PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Number7 on October 16, 2018, 07:23:15 PM
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Our church has chosen to dive head first into hurricane Michael relief.
We are quite aware that many folks want to do something but haven't figured out what, or how to help.
Here is a big one that nobody seems to be aware of, or responding to...
The shelters in the pan handle are full of children who have lost their homes. The relief coordinators for Florida and the affected counties are begging for back packs full of coloring books, puzzles, small stuffed animals, and activities appropriate for small children, as well as Tee shirts, child sized socks and underwear, along with soap, shampoo, deodorant and toothbrushes and tooth
paste.
They are telling us that many kids came in to the shelters with whatever they were wearing when their houses started to come apart in the storm. Others evacuated but took only enough for a day, or two.
There are kids are sitting on cots in big rooms, with absolutely nothing to do and no where to go, with no clothes to wear even if they did. No TV, no internet, no electricity in some cases, or limited availability of electrical outlets if there is.
Should anyone want to send things to me, I will personally be leading caravan to the panhandle next week.
If you want to send things direct, there is a veterans group staging out of Gainesville and running things up every Saturday.
Think about it.
Our church sent a full tractor load plus six-thousand pounds of food and shoes to the victims of hurricane Harvey last summer and another 24 foot box truck of clothes to the Wilmington NC area after they got hit a few weeks ago.
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If anyone wanted to piggy back on our trucks, the address for supplies, backpacks, and clothes is:
First Presbyterian Church
104 Scenic Highway
Haines City, Florida 33844
You can mark the box:
Hurricane Response Team
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What day do you need it delivered by?
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What day do you need it delivered by?
We expect to leave with the first truck Thursday morning October 25th.