Hurricane Earl

We are watching the progress of this storm. The hurricane experts are now saying that it may take the same track as the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944. If it follows that track the damage will be Catastrophic. As soon as we know for sure we will be on our way there.

Spending this week at home catching up on paper work and watching the storms in the Atlantic. If a huricane hits the US than I will go there if not I will stay here until after Labor Day than head back to South Alabama.

Below is a normal week at Hemley Road Church of Christ, Bayou La Batre

Each week there is usually 2 grocery hand outs. The bay area food bank brings around 12000 pounds
one day and on Fridays they bring produce and fruits to hand out.
Also frozen dinners and water from CoC Disaster Relief is handed out.
Between 500 and 800 boxed lunches are delivered to nursing home and other needy families each day.
Cloths that are dropped off are sorted by size and handed out as needed.
Food from the Church pantry is handed out as needed also.
Volunteers are housed and taken care of almost every week.
Regular Church services are held on Sunday and Wednesday.
Many other things seem to come up each week also.

Yazoo City, MS Church of Christ

Got an update from Yazoo today. They have finished most of the clean up work and now are ready for the repairs and rebuilding of the houses. They now need specialized volunteers to help with that work. If you would like to help just let me know and I will give you the phone numbers to call. They have a building where they are housing the building supplies. disasterassistance@gmail.com

Great Day @ Hemley Road CoC in Bayou La Batre

Had my alarm set for 6AM today but was awaken by people arriving and lining up before it went off. The food hand out will not start until 10AM.

Today volunteers at Hemley Road CoC unloaded and sorted clothes by size. Also they delivered 600 boxed lunches.

Photos below are of parking lot, street and people standing in line today just to sign up for grocery give away Friday.

Also today Hemley Road CoC volunteers passed out around 700 boxed lunches.

Yesterday just as church was ending a truck from Compass Food Serv pulled in with around 1000 sandwich box lunches. Volunteers delivered them Sunday afternoon and today.

3 Were Baptised at Hemely Road CoC, Bayou La Batre Today

Very Good Crowd Today at Hemely Road CoC

Kids at Hemely Road CoC Having Breakfast Today

Today was another busy one here at Hemely Road Church of Christ. We passed out lots of produce and fruit form the food bank, sandwich boxes from Compass Food Serv and Hungry Man Dinners from Disaster Relief in Nashville. The photo below shows people lining up 2 plus hours before the food even arrives.

Wednesday my wife(Ty), Taya(9 years old) and I cooked and served 1120 lunches to the people here that were inline to pickup a box of groceries.

Below is ariticle about the group that was working here at the church last week

BAYOU LA BATRE, Alabama - The Partnership for Prescription Assistance will be in Bayou La Batre for three days beginning Wednesday, August 4, at the Hemley Road Church of Christ to help uninsured and financially-struggling Alabamians, including those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, access information on programs that provide more than 2,500 brand name and generic prescription medicines for free or nearly free. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is a nationwide effort sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research companies.

The South Alabama Regional Planning Commission – Area Agency on Aging will join the PPA at the event to help disabled adults or individuals 55 years of age or older identify other benefit programs that may be able to assist them via the Area Agency on Aging Benefits Check Up and Alabama SenioRx programs.

To date, the PPA has helped over 6.5 million patients find such programs, including more than 140,000 Alabamians. Since its launch in April 2005, the PPA has visited all 50 states and more than 2,500 cities to raise awareness about patient assistance programs.

Uninsured patients in need can access information on more than 475 patient assistance programs including nearly 200 offered by pharmaceutical companies. Patients can visit PPA’s easy-to-use Web site (www.pparx.org) or call the toll-free phone number (1-888-4PPA-NOW) where trained operators field calls in 150 languages. Disabled adults or individuals 55 years of age or older should also call toll-free at 1-800-243-5463 or log on the Web at www.BenefitsCheckUp.org/SARPC to determine other benefit programs that may be able to assist them.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance was here from 10AM to 3PM again today. Parking lot was full all day. About 4PM ref truck pulled up and dropped us off 250 boxed sandwich lunches(Compass Food Service). Than man from church in Daphne AL stopped and dropped off school supplies. Never a dull moment around here.

Another Busy Day

We went to food bank and picked up a load of groceries, Port City Church of Christ was here conducting a 1 day vacation bible school and Partnership for Prescription Assistance is setup helping people with their needs. They will be here for 3 days. Also 7 people from Americorps arrived last night and will be here for 10 weeks helping the food bank and the Hemley Road Church of Christ. Photo is of PPA helping the people. Also cooked 90 corndogs for the kids.

Our group of volunteers form El Campo Church of Christ left after church on Sunday so Monday I used to get caught up on thank you letters. Our next group of volunteers are scheduled to arrive today from Americorps.

Photo and Clip taken from today's Mobile Press-Register

The line is between our mobile headquarters and Hemely Rd Church of Christ.

People battle the heat as they wait to receive food during a Bay Area Food Bank distribution at Hemley Road Church of Christ Saturday July 31, 2010, in Bayou La Batre.

Sponsor a Lunch for Everyone

Saturday we had another big grocery handout from the food bank, it was sponsored by a company from Northern Alabama. They brought 20 of there employees to help with the distribution. As always we had people lining up at 6AM and we didn't open until 10AM. You should get your group together and sponsor a lunch for everyone. You can even come cook it and help hand it out if you like. Cost to sponsor a lunch for everyone is approx. $1700.00. Just let me know when you would like to do this.