Gill Passman
February 15th 06, 11:53 PM
Koi-lo wrote:
> While Carol was hitting the her usual anti-jw hate spew.
> Real JW's were busy helping Katrina victims.
>
>
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> "You can see the pictures and hear the stories, but until you've been
> there, you can't understand the impact Katrina has had on our brothers
> and sisters and now on us." - Nina Sweares, Charlton
> Wednesday, February 15, 2006
> When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf coast on Aug. 29,
> destroying more than 275,000 homes in the region, many people were
> quick to reach deep into their wallets to help.
>
> Due to the magnitude of the destruction, federal and state agencies
> struggled and, in some cases, stumbled in their efforts to set up and
> coordinate relief efforts.
>
> Among the first non-government groups to arrive were Jehovah's
> Witnesses. While the storm was still raging, relief was already en
> route with truckloads of tarps, lumber and thousands of trained
> volunteers anxious to help.
>
>
> "We have extensive experience with disaster relief here in the United
> States, Central America and the Caribbean," says Witness spokesperson
> Alec Demos of Lenox. "Our love of neighbor is what motivates Jehovah's
> Witnesses to do everything we can to aid our brothers and sisters."
>
> Starting just two days after Katrina, step one was to locate as many
> people as possible, then to secure housing. Next, damaged roofs were
> covered with tarps, fallen trees cleared and debris removed. At the
> same time, regional hubs were set up to coordinate the rebuilding of
> 6,303 homes.
>
> Witness volunteers started coming each week to do roofing, interior
> demolition, mold remediation, wiring, plumbing and even painting and
> carpeting. Every week since the storm, regional building committees
> from across the U.S. have been traveling to the region to help.
>
> In January alone, an average of 3,300 Witness volunteers participated
> each week, covering an area stretching from Texas to Florida.
>
> On Jan. 21, volunteers from Western Massachusetts, totaling 22, headed
> to hubs in Moss Point and Long Beach, Miss., to assist with the
> feeding of approximately 250 construction volunteers each day. A
> diverse group, ranging in age from 20 to 55, put aside their regular
> jobs and donned aprons to cook everything from grits to steak tips,
> and even clam chowder.
>
> While some of the crew had experience in food services, for many of
> the volunteers it was a first. Some cooked and baked desserts; others
> brewed coffee, served food and did the dishes.
>
> Jim Booker of Leominster, who oversaw the crew, said, "The 13-hour
> days were exhausting, but the exhilaration you get from being a part
> of helping our fellow Witnesses rebuild their lives made it all worth
> it."
>
> A kitchen trailer, with a fully outfitted commercial kitchen, together
> with a baking trailer and separate food storage trailer, served as the
> base of operations. The kitchen crew chose their own menu each day,
> attempting to create a diverse menu for workers from throughout the
> U.S.
>
> The first food prepared each day was, of course, grits - a traditional
> staple of the Southern breakfast - which were cooked outside on an
> open-gas flame, in a 5-gallon pot, stirred with a canoe paddle.
>
> For dinner each evening, cook Moriah Stephens of Springfield created a
> virtual buffet of restaurant-quality food.
>
>
>
> Between meals many on the food crew volunteered to work on other
> crews, such as landscaping, construction materials deliveries and
> maintenance projects around the hub.
>
> "We wanted to do as much as we could," said Beverly Gallagher of
> Springfield, who between meals worked with a crew straightening trees
> blown over by the hurricane.
>
> "You can see the pictures and hear the stories, but until you've been
> there, you can't understand the impact Katrina has had on our brothers
> and sisters and now on us," said Nina Sweares of Charlton.
>
> When asked who would volunteer again, all agreed that they would
> gladly return to help "our neighbors in Mississippi."
>
> David Ryan of Easthampton, a Jehovah's Witness and professional
> photographer, was among the group of Western Massachusetts Witnesses
> who traveled to Mississippi in January to help with rebuilding in the
> wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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> While Carol was hitting the her usual anti-jw hate spew.
> Real JW's were busy helping Katrina victims.
>
>
> http://www.masslive.com/news/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-1/11399067808710.xml&coll=1&thispage=2
>
> More From The Republican | Subscribe To The Republican
>
> "You can see the pictures and hear the stories, but until you've been
> there, you can't understand the impact Katrina has had on our brothers
> and sisters and now on us." - Nina Sweares, Charlton
> Wednesday, February 15, 2006
> When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf coast on Aug. 29,
> destroying more than 275,000 homes in the region, many people were
> quick to reach deep into their wallets to help.
>
> Due to the magnitude of the destruction, federal and state agencies
> struggled and, in some cases, stumbled in their efforts to set up and
> coordinate relief efforts.
>
> Among the first non-government groups to arrive were Jehovah's
> Witnesses. While the storm was still raging, relief was already en
> route with truckloads of tarps, lumber and thousands of trained
> volunteers anxious to help.
>
>
> "We have extensive experience with disaster relief here in the United
> States, Central America and the Caribbean," says Witness spokesperson
> Alec Demos of Lenox. "Our love of neighbor is what motivates Jehovah's
> Witnesses to do everything we can to aid our brothers and sisters."
>
> Starting just two days after Katrina, step one was to locate as many
> people as possible, then to secure housing. Next, damaged roofs were
> covered with tarps, fallen trees cleared and debris removed. At the
> same time, regional hubs were set up to coordinate the rebuilding of
> 6,303 homes.
>
> Witness volunteers started coming each week to do roofing, interior
> demolition, mold remediation, wiring, plumbing and even painting and
> carpeting. Every week since the storm, regional building committees
> from across the U.S. have been traveling to the region to help.
>
> In January alone, an average of 3,300 Witness volunteers participated
> each week, covering an area stretching from Texas to Florida.
>
> On Jan. 21, volunteers from Western Massachusetts, totaling 22, headed
> to hubs in Moss Point and Long Beach, Miss., to assist with the
> feeding of approximately 250 construction volunteers each day. A
> diverse group, ranging in age from 20 to 55, put aside their regular
> jobs and donned aprons to cook everything from grits to steak tips,
> and even clam chowder.
>
> While some of the crew had experience in food services, for many of
> the volunteers it was a first. Some cooked and baked desserts; others
> brewed coffee, served food and did the dishes.
>
> Jim Booker of Leominster, who oversaw the crew, said, "The 13-hour
> days were exhausting, but the exhilaration you get from being a part
> of helping our fellow Witnesses rebuild their lives made it all worth
> it."
>
> A kitchen trailer, with a fully outfitted commercial kitchen, together
> with a baking trailer and separate food storage trailer, served as the
> base of operations. The kitchen crew chose their own menu each day,
> attempting to create a diverse menu for workers from throughout the
> U.S.
>
> The first food prepared each day was, of course, grits - a traditional
> staple of the Southern breakfast - which were cooked outside on an
> open-gas flame, in a 5-gallon pot, stirred with a canoe paddle.
>
> For dinner each evening, cook Moriah Stephens of Springfield created a
> virtual buffet of restaurant-quality food.
>
>
>
> Between meals many on the food crew volunteered to work on other
> crews, such as landscaping, construction materials deliveries and
> maintenance projects around the hub.
>
> "We wanted to do as much as we could," said Beverly Gallagher of
> Springfield, who between meals worked with a crew straightening trees
> blown over by the hurricane.
>
> "You can see the pictures and hear the stories, but until you've been
> there, you can't understand the impact Katrina has had on our brothers
> and sisters and now on us," said Nina Sweares of Charlton.
>
> When asked who would volunteer again, all agreed that they would
> gladly return to help "our neighbors in Mississippi."
>
> David Ryan of Easthampton, a Jehovah's Witness and professional
> photographer, was among the group of Western Massachusetts Witnesses
> who traveled to Mississippi in January to help with rebuilding in the
> wake of Hurricane Katrina.
This post does not appear to come from our regular poster Koi-lo but
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please check out:-
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Gill