Spreuken over Familie

We've had several families contact us, and will be coming in as they run out of resources. And we're getting families who wound up in surrounding counties.

We're already meeting with families utilizing our shelter (in West Jackson Baptist Church) and in the immediate area, getting the preliminary casework needed and pairing their needs to the proper agencies, and we'll be doing that throughout the 11 counties we serve. We'll be in Brownsville Monday, where there are 100 refugees in various locations, and in Selmer Tuesday, where there are 40 more.

He spoke often of his wife and his children. He was definitely a family man.

Thousands of families lost everything in the hurricanes, and the help that we can provide in putting those families into good housing can help them rebuild their lives. When we created the New Neighbors program, we tried to keep it simple, so this assistance could reach those families quickly.

People have larger tracts of land and they'll hunt it themselves or have family and friends hunt it.