Need a Needy church in the Eastern Shore or Mobile Area

[mahicks]

HI,

I have been working with a the West Palm Kiwanis club on purchasing about $4000 in supplies from my Tallahassee Wal-Mart store. The group will pick up supplies on Tuesday morning from us and head to Mobile Bay/Eastern Shore. Since this is my original home, they have asked me for a church to give the supplies to that could desperately use them. They would assist giving out the supplies but are more interested in just giving the supplies away. I am suggesting Christ the King. Beach Bum or another from this area thats still in the area, could you please give me some info.

They want a contact name, address of the church and a number to reach someone. If anyone has any good ideas, please PM or post.

Thank You all!

[baygirl_1]

The contact info for Christ the King is: (251) 626-1692 1503 Main St Daphne, AL. Father Timothy Deasy is their pastor. However, I'm not aware of any shelters in the Daphne or Fairhope area. I do know that the Robertsdale Coliseum (Baldwin County) is being used as a shelter for some refugees from MS and LA. Therefore, I'd suggest you might want to contact St. Patrick's in Robertsdale [(251) 947-5054 23035 Highway 59 N Robertsdale, AL 36567]. I can't remember who the pastor is over there. I can, also, tell you that Bayou La Batre in Mobile County was hit very hard- their shrimp boats are trashed and many homes were severely damaged or destroyed. You could probably make donations to St. Margaret's down there. Father Tim Evans is their pastor. I'm not sure if their phones are working down there but here's their info: (251) 824-2415 13790 S Wintzell Ave Bayou La Batre, AL. If you can't get in touch with Father Tim Evans, you could contact Father Maher at St. Rose of Lima just up the road a bit from Bayou La Batre [(251) 973-2592 2951 Durette Ave Coden, AL]. In addition, Our Savior Lutheran Church in Mobile is a shelter. Here's their info: (251) 661-4524 5101 Government Blvd Mobile, AL. Hope some of this info is useful for you.

UPDATE: Just received an e-mail from a friend from Daphne. Daphne Civic Center is expecting 350 refugees tomorrow. So Christ the King might be a very good contact.

[mahicks]

The contact info for Christ the King is: (251) 626-1692 1503 Main St Daphne, AL. Father Timothy Deasy is their pastor. However, I'm not aware of any shelters in the Daphne or Fairhope area. I do know that the Robertsdale Coliseum (Baldwin County) is being used as a shelter for some refugees from MS and LA. Therefore, I'd suggest you might want to contact St. Patrick's in Robertsdale [(251) 947-5054 23035 Highway 59 N Robertsdale, AL 36567]. I can't remember who the pastor is over there. I can, also, tell you that Bayou La Batre in Mobile County was hit very hard- their shrimp boats are trashed and many homes were severely damaged or destroyed. You could probably make donations to St. Margaret's down there. Father Tim Evans is their pastor. I'm not sure if their phones are working down there but here's their info: (251) 824-2415 13790 S Wintzell Ave Bayou La Batre, AL. If you can't get in touch with Father Tim Evans, you could contact Father Maher at St. Rose of Lima just up the road a bit from Bayou La Batre [(251) 973-2592 2951 Durette Ave Coden, AL]. In addition, Our Savior Lutheran Church in Mobile is a shelter. Here's their info: (251) 661-4524 5101 Government Blvd Mobile, AL. Hope some of this info is useful for you.

UPDATE: Just received an e-mail from a friend from Daphne. Daphne Civic Center is expecting 350 refugees tomorrow. So Christ the King might be a very good contact.

Thank You! Exactly what I needed!!!

[samanthahunter]

My church is helping with huge relief effort tomorrow for victims in our community as well as Mississippi. We are working with ithers churches, rotary clubs, from Dothan , B'ham, Chicago, etc.

Our church is Knollwood Assembly of God
1501 Knollwood Dr.
Mobile, AL 36609

Phone is 251-661-8383

Pastor Aaron Fruh ( Free)

We would love to assist you.

[beachbum_al]

I know the Catholic Association in Fairhope are taking donations and giving them out. I believe it is at St. Lawrence in Fairhope along with Christ the King. The number is

251-928-5931

[beachbum_al]

The Shelters in this area are:

Finding loved ones
Click here for a list of sites connecting friends and family after Hurricane Katrina.

FEMA asks evacuees to call 1-800-621-3362 to get registered for assistance.

Victims still stranded in New Orleans are asked by the Coast Guard to hang bright sheets out to mark their location.

Northrop Grumman will extend 2 weeks of pay to union and non-union employees in facilities affected by Katrina.
They request that every employee from any of its impacted Gulf
Coast facilities contact Northrop Grumman immediately via a new toll-free number which will go into operation at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. This number, (877) 744-7NGC, or (877) 744-7642, has been established to help locate and assist all affected employees.


FOOD AND WATER


Mobile County
The following distribution sites will issue ice and water on Monday, September 5, 2005 from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. or until supplies run out:
Mobile Civic Center
Alma Bryant High School, Irvington
Prichard Stadium
Mount Vernon Municipal Park Pavilion
McDavid-Jones School, Citronelle
Mobile Greyhound Park
Mary G. Montgomery High School – Semmes
Alabama Port Volunteer Fire Department, Coden
Dauphin Island City Hall
Grand Bay Community Center

Jackson County MS - all sites 7a-8p
Jackson County Fairgrounds, Pascagoula
Singing River Mall, Gautier
Ocean Springs Middle School
St. Martin Community Center
Vancleave Horse Arena
East Central High School, Hurley

SHELTERS

Mobile County
Bayou La Batre Community Center
Michael Figures Community Center in Mobile
Bayou Sara Baptist Church in Saraland
Baldwin County
Church on the Eastern Shore, Highway 104 at Hwy 181, Daphne
First Baptist Church, 22703 Racine Street, Robertsdale
Macedonia Baptist Church, 1005 Main Street, Daphne
Spanish Fort Church of Christ, 8100 Spanish Fort Boulevard, Spanish Fort
Summerdale Church of Christ, 1170 Highway 59 South, Summerdale

Washington County - Reynolds Holiness Church, 4 miles north of Chatom on AL 17

Okaloosa County FL - Central Baptist Church, Crestview

Those who need to use a shelter should bring the following:
• Blankets, sleeping bags and pillows
• Medications
• Baby food and diapers
• Water, drinks, sandwiches and snacks
• Flashlights, a battery powered radio (with earphones if possible) and extra batteries.
• A personal first aid kit
• Identification
• Valuable papers (insurance, health, etc)
• Cash
• Entertainment such as books, magazines, puzzles and games.
No Weapons, Alcohol or prohibited substances or items and no pets are allowed in shelters.

US NAVY: 24-hour help for sailors and their families is available by calling 1-877-414-5358.

SHELTERS BY STATE

ALABAMA

The Prichard distribution point is now out of free ice, water and food. It will re-open Sunday 9/3 at 11AM.

Internet service has been made available to evacuees/families or anyone that needs to contact family, looking for someone, to fill out FEMA forms etc. Help is available at 5905 Airport Blvd. At Bit and Spur Road, Between Virginia College and Lazy Boy Furniture.

MISSISSIPPI

FREE OXYGEN Apria Healthcare, located at 2198 Pass Road in Biloxi, will provide free oxygen for those in need from 10AM to 5PM daily. Please call 385-220 for more information.

Pet food for K-9 units only is available. Contact the Regional Pet Care Manager at 601-212-6214 for information. Please send all addresses for stranded or deserted animals to Brad Necaise, 228-297-2871.

Cellular South is setting up phone banks for emergency calls from 9AM-6PM. Please visit one of the following locations to place a call:
Cellular South Gulfport Store, 9471 Three Rivers Road;
Gulfport Walmart and Sams on Three Rivers Road;
D’iberville Walmart, 3615 Sangani Blvd;
Wiggins Walmart; Hwy 49.

These Mississippi shelters were are now open:

BILOXI:
• AT CAPACITY North Bay Elementary, 1825 Popps Ferry Rd., Biloxi;
• BILOXI RESIDENTS SHOULD GO TO: Biloxi Junior High School, 1424 Father Ryan Ave.

GULFPORT:
• Gulfport Central Elementary School

• West Elementary School
• Good Deeds Community Center

LONG BEACH:
• W.J. Quarles Elementary School

HARRISON COUNTY:
• Harrison Central Elementary School
• Harrison Central High School
• Harrison Central Ninth Grade School
• Lizana Elementary School
• North Gulfport Eighth Grad School
• North Woolmarket Elementary
• Orange Grove Elementary
• Saucier Elementary
• Three Rivers Elementary
• West Wortham Elementary
• D’Iberville High School

FLORIDA

Escambia County, Fla.
Pensacola Civic Center, 201 East Gregory. A third shelter opens at noon Sunday at University of West Florida, 11000 University Park, Bldg. 13

Special Needs Shelter at Pensacola Junior College – Lou Ross Building.

The Pensacola Civic Center is also available as a Host Shelter for travelers.

Santa Rosa County, Fla.
Santa Rosa Community Center
Sims Middle School - Special Needs shelter
Milton Community Center

Okaloosa County, Fla.
Davidson Middle School

Walton County, Fla.
Freeport High School

Animal Shelters
Evacuees seeking animal shelter facilities for their pets (dogs and cats) in the Jackson area can contact the Mississippi Animal Rescue League, at (601) 969-1631, pager number (601) 987-7076 or (601) 866-7196.
Agri Centers with Stalls available for Horse Sheltering are as follows:
Lauderdale County - Meridian, MS Neshoba County - Philadelphia, MS (601)482-8498 or (601)917-8041 (601)656-5775 or (601)416-5696
Forrest County - Hattiesburg, MS Oktibbeha County - MS State, MS (601)583-7500 or (601)299-0284 (662)418-3963
Multipurpose - Canton, MS Tunica County - Tunica, MS
(601)859-4358 or (601)573-6487 (662)363-3299
Scott County - Forest, MS Lee County - Tupelo, MS
(601)469-2928 (662)566-5600
Copiah County - Gallman, MS MS Coliseum - Jackson, MS (601)892-1809 or (601)892-4710 (601)961-4100
Alcorn County - Corinth, MS Marshall County
(662)287-7779 Holly Springs, MS (662)252-5441
For additional information on planning for your animals in disasters, check the Mississippi Board of Animal Health website, under Animal Sheltering. The Mississippi Board of Animal Health Emergency Hotline is (888)722-3106.





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[caniac]

Mahicks,

I just sent you a personal message about a small church community in Bayou La Batre, Alabama that is in desperate need. If anyone else is interested in helping this small, poor community, let me know.

[scorpdream]

Mahicks,

I just sent you a personal message about a small church community in Bayou La Batre, Alabama that is in desperate need. If anyone else is interested in helping this small, poor community, let me know.

THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT DOES NEED HELP. They have not been on the news much, but were hit just as hard as some of the other coastal communities like Pascagoula, Biloxi, etc. I have heard that out of 2300 structure, including homes, over 2000 were either totally destroyed or are being condemened.

[baygirl_1]

Here's a story about Bayou La Batre in today's local paper:
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/112591192334960.xml&coll=3 I would suggest coontacting the church (St. Margaret's) listed in my above post or contact Mobile County Commisioner Mike Dean's office (251)574-3000 (that is his district). Or you could try to contact Bayou La Batre directly: 251 824-2171.
Also, I have some family and friends headed downtown to help prepare a shelter there and to help coordinating. Our local Catholic Charities office
((251) 434-1500 555 Dauphin St Mobile, AL 36602) is setting up those. I'm sidelined for now as I managed to hurt my foot doing yard clean-up-- am I not grace herself?! Also, I warn those doing clean-up to beware of the insects because they are going nuts. We found ourselves in a swarm of wasps yesterday! They weren't there and then they suddenly were. So, be careful out there folks!

[caniac]

Scorpdream and Baygirl,

I just returned from Bayou La Batre. Our church in Naples, Florida had just finished collecting a huge amount of relief supplies, and we drove up with a big truck and a trailer and delivered it all to the Bayview Church of the Nazarene in Bayou La Batre. It is located on East Rabby Street.

The people who live in that area are extremely poor. As I know both of you are aware, it is the community where they filmed the Forest Gump movie. A small seafood fishing town, the shrimp boats were destroyed and thrown up on the land by the storm surge. I have never seen as poor a community as this one. They are in desperate need.

Anyone who wants to help can contact me by personal message, and I can give you contact information if you want to help the people of Bayou La Batre by delivering relief to this church. The aid is being distributed to anyone in this community who shows up. All are welcome. What we delivered - which was thousands of pounds of water, food, toiletries, etc. - was quickly delivered, so they could use so much more. They have no power, no drinkable water, no food...

[scorpdream]

I go to Dayspring Baptist in Mobile. They have a huge effort, which most of is going to Bayou LaBatre, involving the Mobile Area Food Bank. We are actually getting in tractor trailer loads from all over and sorting them, packaging them up, and distributing them. Some people still can't get to the shelters, etc. to get the supplies and I know they are actually plaanning on if need be to drive around in BLB and get those to the people. This whole event is so overwhelming & heartbreaking. So if you can't for some reason get into BLB again or for whatever reason, please contact Dayspring. We are trying to make sure that they all get enough of everytrhing, not a whole box of chicken broth type of thing. The boxes have vegtables, soups, granola bars, dry milk products, crackers, snacks, chips, can openers, canned meats, etc. They also have a different are in our church that is doing toilitries, baby stuff, etc. God Bless EVERYONE!