Posted on June 7, 2009 by missionlog
StreetLife – Project417 – June 2009 Vol 6 Issue 8
Our friend Chuck – his portrait at the ROM exhibition June 2009
Dear Friends,
Thanks for reading the online version of the Project417 newsletter. This will give you the latest updates on Project417’s ongoing mission to the homeless. We’d like you to be able to read more, but [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2009 by missionlog
About a true hero of Hurricane Katrina: Mr. Herbert Gettridge – airing January 6, 2009 and online. Six months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, producer June Cross came across 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge working alone on his home in the lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood devastated when the levees broke in 2005. [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by missionlog
The recovery work continues -
From our facebook group, come visit us there:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37327829412
(you must be logged into Facebook to visit the group)
Continuing disaster relief efforts by Project417 team member Andy Coates
in September and October , there will be another volunteer trip to take part in the recovery work in Galveston County from December 13th [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2008 by missionlog
Source NYTimes.com – A letter To the Editor: from FEMA about housing relief efforts following Hurricane Ike.
Approximately 22,000 people displaced by Hurricane Ike sought and found FEMA shelter assistance. FEMA …has reimbursed them for expenses they may have incurred. This reimbursement program was scheduled to end last week, but was extended when it became clear [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by missionlog
Galveston, TEXAS –
Still struggling to recover from Hurricane Ike, the battered economy of Galveston Island has suffered another severe blow with the decision by the University of Texas to lay off 3,800 people next week from the medical center, the largest employer on the island. [end of excerpt]
If you’ve been following the Project417 Hurricane [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2008 by missionlog
Volunteers needed – Going to San Leon, Galveston County, Texas
Time and Place: still tentative
Starting: 10 to 14 days duration between Friday, November 14, 2008 and Sunday, Jan 14, 2009
Location: Texas – Houston, Pasadena, Galveston County, Seabrook, Kemah, Bacliff, San Leon
Contact Info: This is a Facebook event, visit the Project417 page on Facebook, or leave a [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2008 by missionlog
The aftermath of Hurricane Ike – most of the photos taken by me volunteering with Project417 and the Salvation Army from Sept. 26th to October 9th, 2008. Location: Texas – Houston, Pasadena, Galveston County, Seabrook, Kemah, Bacliff, San Leon. So many of them remind me of working in the Lower Ninth – New Orleans after [...]
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Remember New Orleans 8 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina: 4 Years Ago 8-29-2005 Video Remembrance
Hurricane Katrina: Rain to Renaissance – YouTube Video
I couldn’t let August 29th go by without posting some remembrance for our many friends in New Orleans. Four years ago today Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and devastated New Orleans. I went down and volunteered [...]
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