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Mississippi: Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Stone County, and over to Washington Parish in Louisiana.
Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pearlington, Kiln,Polarville, Wiggins, Perkiston, Lumberton, Pass Christian, Gulfport, Biloxi
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Family Adoption Check out the list of names and click on a family of choice - $50 or anything up to the required need will move this family forward. Adopt a family before you come volunteer! Adopt a family for Christmas? Adopt a family as a school project!
The recovery, in the aftermath of Katrina (and other subsequent hurricanes), runs on an infrastructure of loosely linked non profits (many faith based), and was brought together by a need to collaborate with FEMA, MEMA, and local government to find solutions for 350,000 impacted residents.
The lack of political will to provide clear and overall leadership and a master plan has left the recovery to engaged citizens searching to cultivate collaborative solutions with existing resources; working with volunteers still willing to travel from regions afar to show their love and support; and most importantly, working with you!
Yes, it is you who has the solution in hand. Your willingness to contribute your innovative ideas, cultivate local solutions, provide an hour, that 2 x 4 you had left over after your home was finished. Remember, we had 12,000 homes to build in Hancock County. If everyone contributed one left over 2x4 – there is the solution to multiple homes.
It is you we are waiting for ! Your willingness to give a day to work on the local park, to provide input and be a reliable source to attend an Alderman meeting to offer your opinion, your willingness to go that extra mile with that extra hour to assist a neighbor – that is what teamwork is all about. And therein lies to solution to hasten a full recovery and preparedness for the next hurricane.
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