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September 5, 2003 President Bush declared southern counties in Indiana as federal disaster areas.
The Hope Crisis Response Network (HCRN), in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will conduct a volunteer outreach Saturday [Oct. 11] in Avon, Indiana, to assist the elderly and disabled in recovering from the Labor Day floods.Volunteers are invited to meet at the Zion Missionary Church on 1135 E. Hively Ave., where they will leave at 6 a.m. by bus for Avon (about a 3-hour drive). Volunteers may leave their vehicles in the church parking lot.
Those wishing to drive themselves should meet at the Avon Lowe's, 7893 East U. S. Hwy 36, for a one-hour FEMA training session at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., or noon. Attendees will be dispatched to the work areas after each session.
Crews will work until 6 p.m., and will return to Elkhart at approximately 10 p.m.
Volunteers are encouraged to bring a good pair of work gloves, a sack lunch, and money for supper.
For further information, e-mail Jayne Stommel of Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disasters (VOAD), at jayne @ jwscc.com; or Kevin Cox, Director of HCRN, at kevin @ hcrn.info.
Volunteers may also sign up with Cox by calling, toll-free, (866) 909-4673, or by filling out the volunteer form on this site.
