Convoy of Hope - 2009 Georgia Disaster Response Team (Pray's Hill Church, The Pantry, Chappel on the Hill, Crossroads Church, New Georgia Baptist, Glad Tidings Church) (SUPPLY PODs)

9/29/09 GAVOAD meeting: BLEACH AVAILABLE at 7049 S. Sweetwater Rd

9/28/09 GAVOAD Notes:

Convoy of Hope (Steve Irwin)
• Convoy of Hope will be coordinating clean up teams for debris removal in partnership with Mableton Assembly of God in Austell. One community Convoy of Hope is focusing on is the city of Austell located nine miles north of Douglasville. This community has several hard hit neighborhoods that have been neglected.
• A VRC (Volunteer Reception Center) has been set up at the Mableton Assembly of God.
• Stats at a Glance
o Trucks Loads 9
o Pounds of Resources Provided: 384,790 lbs
o Participating Churches: 6
o Partnering Organizations: 10
o Volunteers: 628
o Sites: 6
o Debris removal: Austell, Georgia in the neighborhood of Pontiac Circle
• Since Tuesday, September 22, the Disaster Response Team has worked through five distribution points with 628 volunteers, helped 4,678 families with 384,790 pounds of water and cleaning products. We are currently working in the neighborhood of Pontiac Circle in Austell, Georgia with debris removal.

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9/26/09 GVOAD Notes:

From update sent in Friday evening:
Convoy of Hope activated a full-scale operation on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, in response to the flooding in GA . To date the organization has shipped 366,605 lb of food and supplies to help families who have been impacted by the flood.

Wednesday we opened a distribution site in Douglasville at Pray’s Mill Baptist Church. A one day distribution site was set up in Toccoa, GA where Glad Tidings Assembly distributed water to their community which lost their water plant due to the flood.

On Saturday Convoy of Hope is set to open two mobile and walk-in distribution sites; one located in Douglasville and the other in a community in Villa Rica, west of Douglasville. A new drive through distribution site will open Sat in Douglasville.

Starting no later than Monday, Convoy of Hope, will be coordinating clean up teams for debris removal in partnership with Mableton Assembly of God in nearby Mableton. One community Convoy of Hope is focusing on is the city of Austell located nine miles north of Douglasville. This community has several hard hit neighborhoods that have been neglected.

Stats at a Glance
o Pounds of Resources Provided: 366,605 lbs
o Participating Churches: 5
o Partnering Organizations: 10
o Volunteers: 188
o Sites: 4

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9/25:

17. Convoy of Hope (Steve Irwin)
• Yesterday:
Prays hill church pod.
Hwy 5 in Douglasville
608 cars- families assisted
Load and half 65000 lbs distributed.

Distributed full load of water in Toccoa at Glad Tidings church.
45,000 lbs

• Today:
Same Pod at Prays Hill church
Running close to same numbers as yesterday

Setting up for Pod at Crossroads church on Stewart ave in Douglasville. Water and food.

Brought mixed load of water and bleach to New Georgia Baptist church in Villa Rica for distribution.
22,000lbs of water and bleach each.

Bringing same type of mixed load to Baptist Op center in Douglasville on South Sweetwater Dr to be used for mobile distribution in the affected areas.

Bringing another load of water to Toccoa for distribution tomorrow.
45,000lbs.

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Joyce Meyer Ministries Sends Disaster Relief Aid to Georgia Flood Region
Water and cleaning supplies already distributed with additional loads en route

Multiple distribution sites set-up throughout northeast Georgia

10 lives claimed, more than 100 roads closed, damage estimates at $250 million

Contact: Randy L. Jones, Joyce Meyer Ministries, 636-349-0303 ext. 2931, rajones@joycemeyer.org

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Joyce Meyer Ministries, through its Hand of Hope missions group, has partnered with Convoy of Hope (www.convoyofhope.org) to bring immediate short-term assistance and aid to the many families and individuals devastated by the destructive floods that have ravaged much of the northeast Georgia region.

The ministry has already sent an initial truckload of water and cleaning supplies that arrived Wednesday, as well as an on-site support team to the hardest hit area of Toccoa, GA. In addition, already dispatched and en route are three additional loads to Douglasville, GA, two of which will be going to a distribution site at Pray's Hill Baptist Church in Douglasville. The local point site is Chapel On The Hill Church who helped set up the Pray's Hill location. Distribution will begin tomorrow morning (Sat., 9/26) at 9:00 a.m.

Also on Saturday, a fifth load will be delivered to a new distribution site opening at The Pantry, a community food ministry located in downtown Douglasville. These new shipments bring the total number of loads to five -- four to Douglasville and one to Toccoa. All distribution sites are run and staffed by dedicated volunteer teams comprised of local groups who coordinated the distribution of the much-needed drinking water and cleaning supplies.

"Floods can be especially challenging as we are forced to wait for water to recede in areas and people to return to their homes so assistance -- both in supplies, support and service -- can be provided," said David Meyer, CEO, Hand of Hope. "Through our grassroots partnership with Convoy of Hope, we were able to respond quickly by sending an assessment team from their disaster response office to Georgia soon after the flooding began."

Kary Kingsland, Convoy of Hope's vice president of disaster response, emphasizes one of the biggest needs is clean drinking water. "As with all flooding conditions this is a hurry up and wait situation due to inaccessibility, however, Convoy of Hope is being proactive and is sending a tractor-trailer load of bottled water and cleaning supplies to meet the most immediate needs."

There are numerous people who still need help as many have lost everything they own. Throughout the region, boil water orders remain in affect. Compounding their crisis, a large number of them have had to wait for days to return to their homes and are only now in the beginning phases of trying to put the pieces of their lives back together. In addition to our prayers, donations, more supplies, and additional volunteer support are greatly needed.

About Joyce Meyer Ministries
Joyce Meyer Ministries (JMM) is an international nonprofit organization that focuses on reaching people through media with a potential audience of 3 billion people. Impacting lives around the world, through its outreach arm, Hand of Hope, JMM provides life-changing global humanitarian and missions relief. In 2008, JMM provided more than 18 million meals supporting feeding centers in 25 countries and free medical care to over 150,000 people in multiple remote areas. JMM also operates 44 children's homes globally and provides a host of other disaster, missions and humanitarian aid. For more information, please visit www.joycemeyer.org.

About Convoy of Hope
Since 1994, Convoy of Hope, a nonprofit organization, has provided resources to organizations and churches to meet physical and spiritual needs for the purpose of making the community a better place. This is accomplished through domestic and international outreaches, supply lines, and disaster response.