Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Hurricane Relief Options : Haitian and Stateside

OPTION #1 : Pastor Dony St. Germain needs funds to provide food and water directly to the people of Gonaives, Haiti who have been devastated by the hurricanes. The people have not eaten for several days. Dony and his friend DouDou are being airlifted into Gonaives to distribute food and water to 145 community leaders who in turn will distribute supplies to the people. Please send checks to:

El Shaddai Ministries International (ESMI)
c/o Haiti-Hanna Disaster Relief (write in check memo line)
13651 S. Biscayne River Drive
Miami, FL 33161


OPTION #2 : Relief for Haitian Orphans in Gonaives

C3Missions is a partnership ministry with El Shaddai Ministries International (ESMI). Grace Chapel has been involved with ESMI for going on five years now, sent a team to Haiti in August and is preparing a second team to go in November. C3’s work goes directly to feeding and caring for the 250 ESMI orphans in the northern city of Gonaives. To read about the relief fund as well as give to the relief effort, press the web addresses to the right under "related links."

Otherwise checks can be mailed to:

C3 Missions International
c/o C3 Haiti Relief Fund (write in check memo line)
3000 NW 50th Street
Kansas City, MO 64150

For additional donation options, see the webpage to your right under "related links."


OPTION #3 : Stateside Relief in the Wake of Gustav

Brian McKeon of New City Fellowship Church, an urban PCA church in Chattanooga, TN (see weblink to the right), is taking a team to offer immediate help with tarps, food, water, removing debris, etc., but will also be assessing the situation to know what further teams should be sent. Much of what Brian will do is assess what is already being done in the area (by the Red Cross, FEMA, other churches, etc.) and how his teams can and should fit in.

Brian’s contact information is bmckeon@newcityfellowship.com. Otherwise you can contact Tabitha Kapic, friend of Mike and Tanya Hsu’s and member of New City Fellowship Church, at tabitha.kapic@covenant.edu.

Otherwise checks can be mailed to:

New City Fellowship
c/o Brian McKeon- Gustav Disaster Response (write in check memo line)
2424 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN 37404

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