10/04/2024
During Harvey, my good friend Roger Mann (RIP) reached out to his friends in Nashville for help. The music industry showed up with 2 48' trailers filled with supplies. Let's pay our gifts forward if we can coordinate locally. We would want to send help to a local church. Global Ministries comes to mind, but we need to see where the help is most needed.
I have a non-profit if that is going to be an issue and have been a minister for 25 years now. God has always told me not to use the tax advantage but to render unto Caesar what is his. That is a story to share at another time and we will do whatever needs to be done to help make this work.
We would need:
Volunteer coordinators both private and public to assist.
Media outlets to let people know what is being done.
Volunteer driver/truck/trailer(s).
Fuel for the truck(s).
Supplies per some of the lists I have been seeing.
Volunteers to load the truck.
Is this too much for us to accomplish? These folks are going to need help for weeks, maybe months with basic supplies. Rebuilding is a whole different thing and will start once people can start to return home and will require a certain skill set from volunteers.
We know about the devastation and how it feels not knowing where your next meal is coming from or how you will clothe your children. We know about flooded cars, lost jobs, and no home to muck out and start over.
Would you be interested in helping? Let me know what you can do and we will form a committee and make this happen. I set up an email address: [email protected] and you can leave a message at 281-306-3344. I will return the call.
Let me know your thoughts.
Jan