Salem Katrina Team Report for December 5

Joan and I had dinner (the salads at Olive Garden are great!!) last night with Phyllis Wright from Hillsboro Presbyterian who is an individual volunteer heading to Gautier. She's been requested to help camp manager Steve with the administration of the many folks reporting there to help...looks like about 150 workers by mid-January. We set up a blog for her at www.hillsborokatrina.blogspot if you'd like to visit and encourage her work.

First Pres Newberg called this afternoon with a great idea. Their pastor has two older but very reliable pickup trucks to donate, one of which he's having a new transmission put in, and these are much needed by the PDA camp for hauling crews and supplies. Now...how do we get the trucks from Newberg to Mississippi? Anybody got six days to enjoy a beautiful early Winter drive to the Gulf Coast?? Give me a call!

The trucks offer another great possibility. Gautier Presbyterian is surveying their members to determine who lost what...what each family needs to replace Katrina furniture losses. These trucks can be loaded with over 500 lb of furniture plus they can each tow the largest UHaul trailers. If you have or know where we can get items such as area rugs, televisions, sofas, end tables, coffee tables...all the stuff you'd find on a family's first floor, please give me a call. We'll try to get things arranged to get your surplus to a family which really needs help setting up house again!