Temporary Buildings for
Haiti (8' x 12')are being built in Colorado By Core-Alliance
Core-Alliance
is also building these shelters in Myrtle Beach, Houston and in Littleton
Colorado. Their goal is to build 10,000 shelters that equal 4walls a floor
and roof . Then stack, band the components for each unit together, and ship
them to Haiti. They plan to train and pay the Haiti people to assemble them
on site. There are approx . 1000 units on their way to Haiti that will be
put up in mid May.
The Littleton
Core -Alliance is being run by Russell Burton and the site where the
shelters are being built is at Russell’s House with a 6,000 SF Shop and 4
acres. They will be working every Saturday except May 15 , until the end of
June , or until the money runs out. As the rainy season comes on there will
be a dire need for more substantial housing than card board and sheets.
The
directions to the Burtons house is as follows : coming from Denver go south
on I25 to the exit for Santa Fe Drive continue south past C 470 for
approximately 4 miles Just before the Titan Road overpass there will be an
electronic road sign that tells you to use Lake side Circle to get to
Chatfield Drive take a left before Titan on to Lakeside Circle then right
on Chatfield Drive go approximately 1 mile then left into the yard (there
will be a sign about housing for Haiti) . The address is 10360 Chatfield
Drive. Mr. Burtons phone number is 303-358-8838
Friends
Disaster Service
Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting
Coordinator
Doug Holcombe
E-mail = doug.holcombeiii@gmail.com
Rocky Mountain Friends Disaster Service
2010
Friends Disaster Service-Texas Area is expecting a group in from Colorado to
work the week of Feb. 14-19. We are wondering who else will be available to work
that week. Yes, there is still work to be done. We will take help from one day
to the entire week, whatever is convenient for you. Let us know if you can help.
Blessings from God as you strive to serve Him. Looking forward to
hearing from you.
Kathy Hoke
Please contact Doug Holcombe at 303-477-1921 (my e-mail add. is changing
soon). My current one is: sdholcombe @juno.com
Haiti
Emergency Relief
In Haiti we have about a dozen Evangelical Friends Churches under the
direction of Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region with 2000-2500
attendees. They are located 30 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Many
in these hills will be unlikely to get aid from other sources anytime soon,
according to John Williams, Eastern Region Superintendent.
John Williams reported on Wednesday morning (1-13) that with the break-down in
phone communication they had not yet reached William Bertrand, our Friends
leader in Haiti. He asks all of us to pray for contact to be established soon,
and for our Friends families and churches who may be affected.
Emergency funds are greatly needed in Haiti. All that you send through EFM will
be forwarded to Eastern Region who directly supervise the Friends Churches.
Please clearly mark your check "Haiti-relief only" or "Haiti-where needed
most." We recommend "where needed most" which gives the freedom to help the
missionaries and their ministries, too. Send your gift to EFM, P.O. Box 525,
Arvada, CO 80001.
We encourage all our Friends churches to take an offering this Sunday for Haiti.
From a heart that
cares,
Chuck Mylander
EFM Director
Rocky Mountain Friends
Disaster Service 2009
Friends Disaster Service-Texas Area is planning the first week of May 4-8,
for a designated work week. The hurricane hit many months ago, but the work
continues. We have picked up homes from CORE, who have left the area. There is
still plenty of work to be done. If you have a group that can work but can't
make it for that particular week, let us know and see if we can't coordinate
something to fit your schedule.
If you could contact Doug Holcombe at: 303-477-1921 or sdholcombe@juno.com
Rocky Mountain Friends
Disaster Service 2007-08
Greensburg July (Rebuilding begins)
Well it was not as busy as last year, but we still had lots
to do. This year is shaping up to be potentially the busiest of all. With the
Tornado that hit Greensburg and then the next night that touched down north of
Haviland. There was a tornado that went through Windsor Colorado this spring and
the damage was considerable. I have met with the group that is responsible for
rebuilding this community and will continue to attend their meetings.
July 16th-28th Greensburg Kansas
I went to work in Greensburg with the Texas and Mid America FDS groups to work
on two different house projects. We rehabbed a house that had been damaged badly
and build one from the foundation up. the first week I supervised a group of
Catholic kids (high school and college age) and also repair a couple walls that
had been demolished during the tornado. The bigger group (about 30 ) Were
rebuilding the John Unruh House from the ground up. Bill Edwards (Cooter) was
over seeing this project. Friday at Noon we were down to 6 of us and at lunch we
were sitting there and talking about how the roof was going to get felted and
shingled as every one but me was leaving early the next morning. About then a
young man by the name of James Bond showed up. He said he had 30 young adults
that needed something to do before they left Sunday morning. Thank you Lord. We
said come on over. They helped us finish the sheeting and most of the felt by
dark Friday. The next morning I supervised about twenty of this new
group and we worked until 8:00 PM and finished the roof minus one bundle of cap
shingles). Monday I was by myself and went to Wichita to pick up cap shingles
and electrical supplies. The rest of the week I ran 1300 feet of romex to the
lights and plugs in the house. Mr. Unruh who is 80 yrs. old was very thankful
for our effort.
Holly Colorado
Within days of the tornado that wiped out 70 homes in Holly Co. I was in
touch with a lady in that area who was running the relief response. They had a
tremendous response from the surrounding towns and the agriculture community
that they did not need any help immediately. I told her that after things got
further along that there probably be those that would have unmet need and to
give me a call. In July she did e-mail me and wondered if we could come help a
couple of individuals that needed repairs on a roof. I could not get away at
that time and I had no luck finding anyone that could go.
Lafitte Louisiana
Peggy Bopp to Lafitte Louisiana to cook for a large group
organized by Eastern Region and Texas area FDS January 20th to February 3rd.
Haviland Kansas
Peggy Bopp and Elena Millican for a week in Greensburg and
Haviland Kansas organized by the Kansas and Texas FDS. Kirk Miller to Greensburg
and Haviland May 17th to the 23rd.
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