TRAVOLTA
AND PRESTON FLY IN, THANK RESCUE WORKERS AND COMFORT EVACUEES
AT BATON ROUGE
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Travolta thanked police, rescue workers and
Volunteer Ministers for their efforts. |
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Donations are needed to support the relief efforts
to transport people, for food, water, toiletries,
clothing, medical supplies, sleeping bags etc.
The Scientology Mission of Baton Rouge has set
up a PayPal account you can use to donate for
this cause. Any help you can give is appreciated.
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Actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston flew into Baton Rouge,
Lousiana, today to thank rescue workers and comfort evacuees
who are being housed at the “River Center” shelter,
where Scientology Volunteer Ministers have been helping disaster
victims.
Accompanied by the Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Mr.
Kip Holden, and Chief of Police Jeff LeDuff, Mr. Travolta
and Ms. Preston thanked Red Cross workers, government officials
and Volunteer Ministers for their efforts. They then went
inside the shelter, where they offered words of comfort
and hope to many of those housed there, praising their resilience
and encouraging them in efforts to rebuild their lives.
Mr. Travolta also described the value of “assists”
that the Volunteer Ministers are using to help individuals
overcome the trauma of loss of homes and loved ones.
Assists operate on the principle that one tends to withdraw
mentally or spiritually from an injured area. Only by restoring
communication with this area can one bring the spiritual
element into healing, thereby greatly speeding the healing
process. Assists are used to alleviate stress and physical
aches and pains, or to orient a confused or distraught individual
to his present environment. Assists are not “massages.”
They are techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard to alleviate
the spiritual component of physical pain, shock and emotional
trauma.
If you can help with donations or wish to volunteer time,
call (323) 960-1949 or (800) 435-7498 or e-mail
vm@volunteerministers.org
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John Travolta thanked police,
rescue workers and Volunteer Ministers for their efforts. |
Scientology
Volunteer Ministers delivering assists to police on
the disaster scene. |
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HOW TO VOLUNTEER |
Contact the Scientology Disaster Response Team at
the number above.
You'll need a sleeping bag and air mattress. Someone
is assigned to handling logistics on the ground
and they have locations where people can sleep,
you just need to bring something to sleep in and
on.
The weather is very hot (102°F), so bring summer
clothes.
Both the Lafayette and Baton Rouge airports are
open and people can fly into them.
If you are driving, bring as much drinking water
as you can. In Baton Rouge the water is fine but
the disaster areas and shelters need more water.
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