Rebuilding Pearl River County Together

Serves: Pearl River County, Mississippi, and local surrounding
areas

Speciality: Rebuilding homes for reoccupation due to Hurricane
Katrina

Description of volunteer needs: Skilled labor to do roofing,
hang sheet rock, and basic carpentry. Could use assistance for
food distribution (twice/wk) and for the free medical clinic
(thrice/wk).

Skills volunteers are required to have: Carpentry, Roofers,
Electricians, Plumbers, Framers, etc.

Useful Skills: Any carpentry skills; ability to assess costs
of repairs

Tools or supplies volunteers should bring: Personal tools, if
possible. Any tools associated with plumbing, electrical,
carpentry jobs.

Will volunteers need to bring any money or material, such as
for housing: They will need to be responsible for their own food
and personal items. Housing must be scheduled in advance.

Length of time volunteer can help: One week or longer

Size of volunteer team: Any size

Are individual volunteers welcome? Yes

Age restriction, if any: No one under age of 18 years

Denomination/affiliation, if any: Ecumenical

If yes, must volunteer be a member: No

Any other restrictions: No

Housing provided for volunteers, if any: Yes, if scheduled in
advance. Please call for specifics.

Meals provided for volunteers, if any: No. Individuals are
responsible for their own meals - however, there is available
kitchen access.

Any additional notes: Helping low income and elderly. Located
within 50 minutes of New Orleans and within 2-1/2 hrs. of Alabama
Gulf Shores Orange Beach area.

Approximate date the project started: Jan-01-2006
Estimated date the project will end: Jan-01-2009