Gulf coast
In April 2006, a 14-person adult team traveled to Gulfport, MS to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. During their week-long stay, the began by repairing a roof for one homeowner. At another home they replaced sheetrock, installed telephone wiring, and replaced plumbing fixtures and pipes for two bathrooms. Two members of the team worked at the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance warehouse near Biloxi, performing computer data entry to help track the movement of relief and repair supplies. A second trip with 6 adults was undertaken in November, 2006 and renovations were made to a parsonage. A third trip with 7 youth and 3 adults was conducted in February, 2007. Three different projects were undertaken on this visit. Check out the pictures on our photo gallery.
Our latest trip was to New Orleans from June 30 to July 8, 2009 with our senior high community youth group. We partnered with Operation Southern Comfort to repair a house in the Lower Ninth Ward, work on a former Walgreens store being converted to a church and prepare a site for a new home to be built. For more details on this trip, please see our blog.