[amc] FW: Houston needs help now!
- From: "garland robertson" <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:57:03 -0500
Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
I am sending the following information for your awareness. May it go well
with you. Sincerely,
Garland Robertson
From: HMC, <mailto:hmcpastor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Jose Elizalde
To: Dorothy N. <mailto:dorothynf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Friesen ; rnotl@xxxxxxxxxxxx
; Marco <mailto:marcoguete@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Guete
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: Houston needs help now!
Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.
As you know more than 25 thousand people have been moved from the Supperdome
in New Orleans to the Astrodome here in Houston. What people do not know is
that thousands of others have come to our city. Every Houston hotel is full,
every shelter is full. People are now being asked to welcome displaced
families into their homes. We, Houston Mennonite Church, would like to host
any Mennonite who is here or is coming to our city. If you know of anyone,
please let us know. We have homes available for them.
Also, United Way and Houston Interfaith Ministries will be taking over the
feeding of the 25 thousand by next Wednesday, September 7. We need 240
people to volunteer to serve at every meal (breakfast, lunch and dinner),
for the next TWO months. If there is anyone who can come to Houston for a
week or more, please let us know. We will house them (five, ten, twenty or
more people). If people can come to Houston in the next day or two, they
should try to make it to the orientations on Saturday, Sunday and Monday
(September 3, 4, 5). Training is needed to satisfy government regulations.
As we wait to enter the distroyed areas of the Gulf Coast States with the
help of MDS or any other agency, please consider donating your time here in
Houston.
Please, see below:
Thank you,
KATRINA RELIEF ASTRODOME FOOD SERVICE
. Training dates and times (reminder. .. all volunteers must attend one of
the following 2 hour training
sessions) .
Saturday Sept. 3rd - 9:00 a.m. Sunday Sept. 4th - 2:00 p.m. Monday Sept. 5th
- 1 :00 p.m.
All training sessions will be held at the Worship Center of the Second
Baptist Church (6400 Woodway ICorner of Woodway and Voss)
. We will begin serving on Wednesday. September 7th at breakfast in the
Astrodome parking lot. Our last
day serving will be Wednesday. October 5th.
. We will staff three daily shifts - 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. I 10:00 a.m.
until 4:00 p.m. I 4:00 p.m.
until 10:00 p.m.
. We will have 6 feeding units (trailers) with each trailer having a team of
40 volunteers each per shift. Each of the feeding units will be supervised
by 5 - 6 Disaster Relief Team members. Each trailer is capable of serving
20,000 meals a day. A normal menu consists of a hot breakfast, a sandwich
type lunch, and a hot dinner.
. We will receive a menu and food list sometime today. Once we receive that
list, we will work with the Food Bank and others to supply the trailers. The
Disaster Relief team will also work with us in ordering food that is not
provided by the Food Bank and others. (They order from Sysco etc.)
. Along with the meals we will provide personal hygiene bags. They need to
be half-gallon size bags
and include the following:
Toothbrush and regular sized toothpaste Deodorant
Soap
Shampoo
Wet Wipes I Travel pack size
We are asking each congregation to enlist their members to make up these
bags and drop them off at the'Second Baptist Church warehouse on Tuesday
September 6th from 9:00 a.m. until 1 :00 p.m. Each congregation is
encouraged to provide as many as possible since we are anticipating serving
over 25,000 people. The warehouse is located at the Woodway Campus (6400
Woodway).
. We will rent (or have donated) 6 large ice trucks for use each day. They
will be re-supplied each night
for the following day.
. We will ask each participating congregation to appoint one contact person
who will be at the
Astrodome when their group is serving each day.
.Eric Hystad, from Second Baptist Church will serve as the contact person
for this relief effort. The contact number is 713-365-3479. His office will
coordinate the volunteer schedules for each day, the ordering and
procurement of food and supplies (working closely with all of our friends at
the various Helping Organizations), and serve as the liaison between the
Astrodome, the United Way, Homeland Security officials, local congregations,
and those interested in helping with this project.
José Elizalde, Pastor
Houston Mennonite Church
"Being Transformed by God to Transform the World"
1231 Wirt Rd.
Houston, TX 77055
(713) 464-4865 houstonmennonite.org
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