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"We don't want to limit ourselves to hurricane relief. We want to focus on anything that can make the community better."Read more of it either here or here.
"When you see a person’s home literally destroyed, it somehow makes that fight with your neighbor over whether a soda can is on his property or yours seem silly.
That’s what a local resident told Bethany Assembly of God Pastor Phil McCutchen yesterday, as a group from the Mendon church helped rebuild homes in Bay St. Louis, Miss.
'I have got to tell you -- one of the most important reasons to come down here and work is because of how it changes those who come,' McCutchen said."
"Sep. 26--BILOXI -- Construction of the new U.S. 90 bridge over Biloxi Bay is in its early stages"and later:
"Once they get through dredging the channel, they'll come back and start demolishing the old bridge," said MDOT Project Engineer Kelly Castleberry.The material already recovered has been taken south of Deer Island to the site of a new reef that will be created from the old bridge."
"'It became evident during Hurricane Katrina, when asked to choose between abandoning their pets (and) their own personal safety, many pet owners chose to risk their lives and remain with their pets, and some of them perished,' said Rep. Christopher Shays R-Conn.It is about time!
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The bill calls for state and local emergency preparedness plans to make provisions for families with pets and individuals with service animals."
"One of my favorite parts of any day in Biloxi is the nightly meeting. Indeed I have written regularly about the meetings
(for instance: here , or here , or even here ...lol) That said, two HOUSA 'meeting themes' that I think back regularly are Darius' ripple effect (how our actions multiply and go on and effect others that then effect others) and how a volunteer in January (I can picture you, I think you are from TN but I do not remember your name, sorry!) commented on how he was a better person while at Handson and he challenged us all to take that attitude back home and reminded us that their were Humane Societies, soup kitchens, and poor people who needed help everywhere.
Well, you will be glad to know that we have put the two ideas together. The result? A local version of Handson! This semester we have already had two local service days where we recreate a HOUSA day. For instance, this past Saturday we had over 100 volunteers at a central location and then went out to nine sites (SPCA, Community Theater, hospital, State Park, trail building project, local HS, etc) and volunteered for the day"
"ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2006 — The BonaResponds team has scheduled an Allegany-Olean service day for Saturday, Sept. 16. This will be the group’s second local workday this month.If you can come out to help or if you want to donate, just let me know! :)
BonaResponds volunteers will be broken into small groups, along with other local service groups, and assigned throughout Cattaraugus County. Some sites include the village of Allegany, Allegheny River Valley Trail, the Cattaraugus County SPCA, St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Olean Historical Society, Olean General Hospital, the St. Bonaventure University (SBU) campus and Mt. Irenaeus."
