CHURCHES OF
SCIENTOLOGY SEND TRUCKLOADS OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO LOUISIANA
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unload goods from the Calvary Baptist vans,
the Volunteer Ministers and other religious
groups work side by side. |
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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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Churches of Scientology throughout the United States and Canada
have filled several trucks with food, water, clothes and other
supplies donated by parishioners for Hurricane Katrina survivors.
A 53-ft truck packed to the limit left from Los Angeles
for Baton Rouge today, the second in recent days. Another
53-footer will depart in the next 24 hours to provide food
and other necessities to the 10,000 people housed at the
Astrodome in Houston.
Churches of Scientology in Clearwater, Florida sent a
caravan of trucks and vans, while trucks are enroute to
the relief areas from churches in Edmonton, Canada; Austin,
Texas; Van Nuys, California and Santa Barbara, California.
Upon the trucks arrival, the goods are unloaded by the
Volunteer Ministers manning the shelters in coordination
with state and county officials and distributed to evacuees.
Said one evacuee who has been helped by the Volunteer Ministers,
“I had a very warm welcome [given] to my family by
the ‘yellow shirts.’ They made us all feel good.
The food was good and all our personal needs are being met.”
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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A truck
traveling all the way from Clearwater, Florida brings
much needed items to a shelter in Louisiana |
Scientology
Volunteer Minister trucks are arriving every day with
more supplies for the evacuees |
Once the
trucks are unloaded, the Scientologists get to work
preparing meals for those at the River Park shelter |
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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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