ERD Continues Relief Work in Wake of Hurricane Katrina…
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ERD Continues Relief Work in Wake of Hurricane Katrina... Thursday Sept. 22 2005: Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) reports that it is furthering its efforts to help people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
ERD is partnering with the Diocese of Texas to support a multi-faceted response. ERD's funding will help the diocese take part in Operation Compassion, an effort of faith-based and secular agencies to assist individuals relocating to the Houston area. The project is providing aid such as food, supplies, and child care for the over 5,000-10,000 evacuees being processed daily through the convention center and other area shelters. ERD is also helping the diocese coordinate and support congregations and parishioners providing emergency services to displaced people. For example, Episcopal parishes in Bryan, Woodlands, Bastrop, Friendswood, and Beaumont are transporting and feeding several hundred evacuees. Congregations in League City and Austin are assisting with the medical needs of displaced people by securing donated medicines and holding blood drives.
ERD is providing additional support to the Diocese of Mississippi for its disaster relief station located at Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach (Miss.). "There are medical clinics in two of the four disaster relief stations [set up by the diocese] in Long Beach and Ocean Springs where services from food to clothing to other supplies are available," said the Rev. Diane Livingston, volunteer coordinator for the diocese and ERD's diocesan coordinator. "ERD's funds to the diocese are helping to make this happen," said Livingston. "Crews are also going into the community to help people clean and repair their homes."
In the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, four Episcopal churches and one camp and conference center are providing support to families directly affected by the hurricane. Members of St. Paul's Church in Magnolia Springs are helping displaced families by providing them with clothing, housing, transportation, job search assistance, and other needs. St. Paul's Church in Daphne is supporting the efforts to feed evacuees at the Daphne Civic Center.
Robert W. Radtke, ERD President, and Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold are visiting New Orleans and other affected communities in Louisiana this week, accompanied by Louisiana's Bishop Charles E. Jenkins.
"It is a privilege to witness and assist the work of Episcopalians throughout the entire Gulf Coast as they minister to those in need and work to rebuild their communities," said Radtke.
For more details about the response to Hurricane Katrina, please check the Hurricane Katrina Crisis Center at www.er-d.org. The center is regularly updated with new information, personal accounts, and other resources.
ERD is partnering with the Diocese of Texas to support a multi-faceted response. ERD's funding will help the diocese take part in Operation Compassion, an effort of faith-based and secular agencies to assist individuals relocating to the Houston area. The project is providing aid such as food, supplies, and child care for the over 5,000-10,000 evacuees being processed daily through the convention center and other area shelters. ERD is also helping the diocese coordinate and support congregations and parishioners providing emergency services to displaced people. For example, Episcopal parishes in Bryan, Woodlands, Bastrop, Friendswood, and Beaumont are transporting and feeding several hundred evacuees. Congregations in League City and Austin are assisting with the medical needs of displaced people by securing donated medicines and holding blood drives.
ERD is providing additional support to the Diocese of Mississippi for its disaster relief station located at Coast Episcopal School in Long Beach (Miss.). "There are medical clinics in two of the four disaster relief stations [set up by the diocese] in Long Beach and Ocean Springs where services from food to clothing to other supplies are available," said the Rev. Diane Livingston, volunteer coordinator for the diocese and ERD's diocesan coordinator. "ERD's funds to the diocese are helping to make this happen," said Livingston. "Crews are also going into the community to help people clean and repair their homes."
In the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, four Episcopal churches and one camp and conference center are providing support to families directly affected by the hurricane. Members of St. Paul's Church in Magnolia Springs are helping displaced families by providing them with clothing, housing, transportation, job search assistance, and other needs. St. Paul's Church in Daphne is supporting the efforts to feed evacuees at the Daphne Civic Center.
Robert W. Radtke, ERD President, and Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold are visiting New Orleans and other affected communities in Louisiana this week, accompanied by Louisiana's Bishop Charles E. Jenkins.
"It is a privilege to witness and assist the work of Episcopalians throughout the entire Gulf Coast as they minister to those in need and work to rebuild their communities," said Radtke.
For more details about the response to Hurricane Katrina, please check the Hurricane Katrina Crisis Center at www.er-d.org. The center is regularly updated with new information, personal accounts, and other resources.