An outreach of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
HURRICANE CLEAN-UP
HOUSTON, TEXAS
JANUARY 9-13
here's the scoop!
All are welcome (18 and older) to join us to help with a great cause. We will travel to the North Houston area in Texas January 9-13 to assist in Hurricane Clean Up with Hurricane Harvey.
Cost: $150 - Scholarships may be available upon request. Registration and an initial deposit are requested by 12/1/18. Final Payments due 12/31/18. Payments can be made out to Fairmount Ministries (Memo: “Texas Trip”). Mail to 3815 E. 17th St. N., Wichita, KS 67208. Online payment can be made through online registration. Prefer to do the snail mail way? Download our paper Registration Form!
Housing: We will be staying at Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball, TX. We will be deployed to work sites through Trinity Klein in Spring, TX.
Transportation: We will travel from Wichita on January 9 to Tomball (9-10 hours from Wichita), get settled in at the church that evening. January 10-12 will be work days. We will attend Worship on the 13th at Salem and then head back, arriving in Wichita late Sunday evening. Depending on the region that groups are traveling from (ex: Western Kansas), it is possible that there could be two or more departure sites/travel groups.
Questions? Contact Paige Edgington at 316-684-5224 or fairmountministries@gmail.com.
how to sign up:
1. Fill out registration & submit deposit.
2. Complete orientation for Heart for Texas.
3. We will be in touch with final arrangements as the trip gets closer!
THE NEED
From a recent email from a coordinator for the organization: "Heart for Texas was formed immediately after the storm, and we have housed and dispatched over 1500 volunteers from across the country. Warehouse space is still being made available to us and donated materials are in good supply. What we need is volunteers! Although so much has been done, the truth is that sixty inches of rain fell on the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States! The scale of this disaster is overwhelming. The latest estimates are that 40% of homes flooded by Harvey are still in disrepair. We praise God for all the volunteers and donated resources that have allowed us to assist in bringing over 200 families home already. However, Heart for Texas currently has over 150 homes in our queue still needing help with repairs. "