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To assist at the State facility housing the displaced hurricane victims you can get additional information and a volunteer form at the PADS web page:

More information:

You can help the victims of
Hurricane Katrina

Page updated:
Monday, December 10, 2007 04:15 PM

One hundred twenty or more people from the New Orleans area are being housed at the state facility at 183rd and Harlem. They have the capacity to take 150 more as time goes by.

 
What can you do to help?
Any of the following.....

....EVERYTHING HELPS!

(please give us names, phone numbers and emails if possible of any volunteers)

• We will need many people to form cooking teams for meals. Please let us know by phone or email if you can help with this. Once we have it organized, we will call you. Let us know if you can help with breakfast, lunch or dinner or a certain day of the week.

• If you are trained in the medical field, they need doctors, nurses, psychologists, counselors, dentists, etc. Let us know if you are available and what day of the week is good for you. We will pass that information on to the person who will be coordinating that area and they will contact you.

• They will need volunteers to come for four hour shifts for day to day various duties. Sometimes it will to just be a friendly face and an ear to listen. It may be to play games
  or read to the children, whatever is needed. The tentative shifts would be something like 11 - 3, 3 - 7, 7 - 11, 11 - 3. I'm sure there will be some flexibility. What looks like it
  might work for you?

• We are also looking for people, age 21 or older, to help run errands for and with the residents. It may be that they'll need to get some shoes or pick out clothing from a resale shop. This is extremely important because we want them to retain their dignity and self-respect during these difficult days.

• Tutors for homework may be needed at some point. Let us know if you can help!

• Last but certainly not least donations:
  St. Julie is taking a collection at all the masses next Sunday. Please give what you can. You may also mail it to St. Julie to the attention of Deacon Ed Pluchar. If you are writing a check, please make it payable to St. Julie with "Hurricane relief" in the memo.

• The response to the plea for clothing and other goods has been very generous and has exceeded our immediate needs. Thank you. Together We Cope may be taking donations of clothing and toiletries. Pleas call first. See the links at the left for opportunities to offer help through PADS and the Village of Tinley Park.

As we get more information, we will pass that on. Please help in any way that you can and feel free to invite friends, neighbors and family members to help as well.

If you have any questions please contact Deacon Ed or Sheila.

The parish office number is 708 429 6767 (Merilee or Sheila), please keep in mind that we will be in and out. Leave a message and someone will contact you. Or contact Pads through the link at the left.

Thank you so much for everything!
God bless you,
Deacon Ed & Sheila Pluchar
Frank and Merilee Andreasen

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