Florida
Baptists Respond on Four Fronts to Help Victims of Hurricanes
Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne
UPDATED OCTOBER 12
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NOTE FROM DR. JOHN SULLIVAN for hurricane damaged churches
We
will work with our associations and churches as long as
they have needs and we have resources…
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CHURCH
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— Hurricane
Jeanne
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Ivan
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Frances
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Charley
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Jeanne
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Ivan
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Frances
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Charley
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Disaster
Relief Resources
Volunteers
Being Enlisted
A
variety of volunteer needs exist as Florida Baptists respond
to four different recovery fronts:
Recovery efforts in Southwest Florida to assist individuals
and churches affected by Hurricane Charley have resumed.
A plan of action is underway to assist in the repair of
private homes that were uninsured. Also a repair and financial
assistance program is in place to assist Florida Baptist
churches to get their facilities back to normal. Campers
on Mission volunteers are expected to take the lead in the
rebuilding effort. However there is a need for general
construction volunteers who should contact Hal Burke,
the volunteer coordinator in Sarasota at (941) 360-0321.
Along
Florida’s Southeast coast recovery efforts have
begun focused upon debris clean-up and assisting in repair
of uninsured private homes and church facilities. To facilitate
the coordination of volunteers in the three associations
along the east coast, volunteer assignments are being handled
by the respective association. Volunteers are being requested
to contact the respective association office:
Brevard (321) 631-0820 – needs chainsaw crews
and roofing teams;
Treasure Coast (772) 464-5175 – needs general
volunteers.
Persons
interested in serving as volunteers in the response effort
in central Florida as well as the Ivan response in
the Panhandle should contact the Florida Baptist
Men's Department at 1-800-226-8584, extension 3121.
This office will coordinate volunteers needed in the area
from Melbourne South and East to Orlando to Fort Meade.
Please note: volunteers do not require any special training,
only the desire to assist in clean-up efforts.
Financial
Contributions being Received
Financial contributions to relief
efforts may be sent to the Florida Baptist Convention, 1230
Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32207.
Checks should be made payable to the Florida Baptist
Convention and noted for designation to Hurricane Relief.
Credit Cards: To make a donation using Visa, MasterCard
or Discover, please call 800-226-8584, ext. 3049.
When calling, please be ready to provide the following information:
credit card number; expiration date; first and last name
as it appears on the card; billing address including city,
state and zip code; e-mail and phone number. For questions
only, please send E-mail to Convention
Accounting Department.
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Florida
Baptist Convention to Receive
Selected Donated Items for
Hurricane Response
The Florida Baptist Convention is
now collecting a variety of non-perishable food items, personal
hygiene products and household cleaning products for distribution
to persons in the hurricane disaster zone. These items must
be delivered to the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief Warehouse
in Sarasota located at the 4050 Middle Avenue. Persons or
churches planning to deliver donated items to the warehouse
need to call in advance, the Florida Baptist Men’s
department at 1-800-226-8584 at extension 3121 or 3122.
The local Jacksonville telephone number is 596-3121 or 596-3122.
— List
of requested items
FEMA
Assistance: Individuals who have sustained losses or
damage may be eligible for federal and state disaster aid.
Application can be made by telephone 1-800-621-3362 or for
speech and hearing impaired TDD 1-800-462-7585. See the
following link:
http://www.fema.gov/about/process/
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