Convoy of Hope - 2007 San Diego Wildfires

12/14/07 / From 211 Database:

Provides disaster relief services to include post-disaster
clean up, shelter services, and service centers.

Call (417) 823-8998 for disaster related services.

11/3/07:

See Faith Chapel facility record also:

https://ccc.haghy.com/shelters/2336

For more than a week, the Convoy of Hope US Disaster Response
team has been on the ground ministering to hundreds affected
by the devastating wildfires in Southern California. Through
their efforts an army of compassionate volunteers have been
deployed to some of the hardest hit areas, bringing comfort,
help and hope to those facing the aftermath of fire.

Volunteers and churches from all over California have joined
together to help their neighbors to the south through Convoy
of Hope by helping distribute 7 semi-truck loads containing
280,000 lbs. of product into fire-affected communities. Going
door-to-door, volunteers distributed bags containing masks,
gloves, trash bags, cleaning supplies and paper towels to help
residents in the clean up and recovery process. Volunteers are
also helping to hand out PowerAde and other beverages to residents
doing clean up, and to those still in shelters. More than 700
families have been touched in a dozen different neighborhoods
throughout the Spring Valley and Poway areas, including Rancho
Bernardo, Ramona, Jamul, Fallbrook, and many more.

One volunteer from the San Francisco area named George said he
had volunteered in other shelters during other disasters, and
says volunteering his time with Convoy of Hope had an element
that was different in that he was able to actually get out and
help people. Another volunteer said that a lady hugged his neck
in thankfulness saying, ?One of the things that I have noticed
is that the church is here, meeting our needs with supplies and
care.?

More than 800 sq. miles have burned, and at its height, an excess
of 300,000 homes were evacuated, displacing more than a million
people.

Residents in the California area who wish to volunteer may email
us for more information. Groups wanting to help through a hands-on
project are encouraged to assemble Personal Hygiene Kits, which are
given to displaced people to help restore dignity and a sense of
normalcy. These kits include items such as shampoo, toothpaste and
toothbrush, soap, etc. A complete description is available at:

www.convoyofhope.org/go/hygiene

Donate today to our U.S. Disaster Relief Fund. Money donated will
be used for this and other U.S. Disaster Response efforts. If you
have questions about this or other disaster responses, please
contact the USDR team at: http://www.convoyofhope.org/go/contact

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10/25/07:

Convoy of Hope (convoyofhope.org), a national relief agency,
is enroute and will arrive today with Power Aid and additional
supplies. Two of the five loads will be delivered to Poway
Christian Life Assembly (clanet.com), 14047 Twin Peaks Road in
Poway, and three additional loads will be delivered to the Faith
Chapel facility at 9400 Campo Rd in Spring Valley. Call 619-461-7451
for additional information.

Info about Convoy of Hope's home HQ is in this facility record:
https://ccc.haghy.com/shelters/550