Helping Hands
Volunteer carpenters lend helping hands in Mississippi town
By GLENDA SANDERS, DAILY SUN
FRUITLAND PARK - The 10 people aboard the small bus that pulled into Poplarville, Miss., less than an hour before midnight Sept. 18 didn't know what to expect.
They had made the 10-hour trip from New Life Presbyterian in Fruitland Park to Ruth Memorial Presbyterian, 60 miles due north of New Orleans, because they wanted to help Hurricane Katrina survivors."
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Village Daily Sun
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Last week, John Horan left his comfortable Denver office and flew with some friends to Biloxi, Miss., bringing clothing, cash, home-improvement-center gift cards and sweat equity to help people whose independent funeral home business and residential homes were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Horan, who owns Colorado's Horan & McConaty Funeral Home, recently learned that his friend Jeff O'Keefe lost two of his five Bradford-O'Keefe funeral homes during the storm.
Katrina also leveled the homes of 10 Bradford-O'Keefe employees.
Meanwhile, the demand for Bradford-O'Keefe's services skyrocketed, leaving the staff torn between despairing mourners and their own anguished families.
"It's one of those things where it's such an unbelievable mess that it's hard to know what's the most important thing to do first," said Horan, a fastidious man who customarily wears a three-piece suit and immaculate shoes.
"It's one of those things where you look around and think, 'This is too big for me to do something about.' And then, you think, 'Yeah,' but I can do something for these 10 people."
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Denver Post
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Posted on Fri, Sep. 30, 2005
Luckie's Furniture & Appliance
Helping hands bring hope
Volunteers from throughout America - from New York, California, Ohio and more - are camping in Katrina's rubble and sweltering in the unfamiliar heat to help Coast people clean up and rebuild. Some have come and gone but others are still helping.
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Sun Herald - Mississippi
By GLENDA SANDERS, DAILY SUN
FRUITLAND PARK - The 10 people aboard the small bus that pulled into Poplarville, Miss., less than an hour before midnight Sept. 18 didn't know what to expect.
They had made the 10-hour trip from New Life Presbyterian in Fruitland Park to Ruth Memorial Presbyterian, 60 miles due north of New Orleans, because they wanted to help Hurricane Katrina survivors."
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Village Daily Sun
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Last week, John Horan left his comfortable Denver office and flew with some friends to Biloxi, Miss., bringing clothing, cash, home-improvement-center gift cards and sweat equity to help people whose independent funeral home business and residential homes were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Horan, who owns Colorado's Horan & McConaty Funeral Home, recently learned that his friend Jeff O'Keefe lost two of his five Bradford-O'Keefe funeral homes during the storm.
Katrina also leveled the homes of 10 Bradford-O'Keefe employees.
Meanwhile, the demand for Bradford-O'Keefe's services skyrocketed, leaving the staff torn between despairing mourners and their own anguished families.
"It's one of those things where it's such an unbelievable mess that it's hard to know what's the most important thing to do first," said Horan, a fastidious man who customarily wears a three-piece suit and immaculate shoes.
"It's one of those things where you look around and think, 'This is too big for me to do something about.' And then, you think, 'Yeah,' but I can do something for these 10 people."
[ ... ]
Denver Post
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Posted on Fri, Sep. 30, 2005
Luckie's Furniture & Appliance
Helping hands bring hope
Volunteers from throughout America - from New York, California, Ohio and more - are camping in Katrina's rubble and sweltering in the unfamiliar heat to help Coast people clean up and rebuild. Some have come and gone but others are still helping.
[ ... ]
Sun Herald - Mississippi
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