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How You Can Help

Part-time Volunteers Needed to Assist With Feeding Fire Survivors Through the Holiday Season!

Please come out to assist fire families in the Harris Fire region by helping prepare and serve meals to residents and assist with kitchen clean up. Part-time volunteers are asked to come for a short shift of about 5 1/2 hours, starting at 1 pm and ending around 6:30 pm, to aid with meal preparation and serving meals in the mobile kitchen unit. Kitchen clean up tasks begin at 6:30 p.m.  We are located at the Churches of Christ Center, at the intersection of Barrett Lake Road and Highway 94, Dulzura, CA 91917 (Across from the Barrett Junction Cafe).

Please contact Site Manager, Laura Cremeans, for additional information and volunteer coordination at:  (937) 308-2259 or email her at disasterrelief@hotmail.com

Thank you in advance for your service to these families in need.  Your help is much appreciated and valued. Happy Holidays!

From Phil at FFCC - Hi Team
Several fire families have come forth with a wish list for the holidays and we're looking for supporters.  If your family, your business or your group of friends would like to "adopt a family" by shopping for items they've requested, we can match you up.  Show them how much our community truly
cares. Contact Becky Palenske today, before this season comes and goes! bpalenske@san.rr.com or 858 538-2492.

In my last couple of e-mails I shared with you the needs of a mom who lost all of her CPR/first aid equipment to the fire.  The total loss was approx $2,000.  Once again, you rallied and covered every need this mom had.  Thank
you FFCC team for running with this mom and providing for her needs.

This Saturday FFCC and Dream Dinners will be putting together 250 Christmas Dinners for families who lost their homes on the La Jolla Indian Reservation, in Ramona, Fallbrook and Delzura.  Katy and Rachel, from Rebuild Escondido, are doing a great job in organizing this effort.  Each meal will consist of a turkey, turkey rub, 3 cheese mash potatoes, green bean casserole, dressing, cheesecake and topping.  It will be an awesome meal for these families.  We will have 4 shifts of volunteers beginning at
8:00am on Saturday, 10:00am, 12:00pm and 2:00pm.  We will need 20 volunteers for each shift and the first 3 shifts are already covered.  The 2:00 shift is still open.  If you would like to help us out for 2 hours on Saturday at
2:00, let me know.  We will also need teams to deliver the food to the 4 areas on Sunday.  Let me know if you would like to help with that also. Donations are always welcomed and are tax deductable.  You can mail your donation to 12463 Rancho Bernardo Rd. PMB 158, San Diego 92128.

There is no outdoor work day planned until the 1st of the year.  This weekend we will focus our efforts preparing these Christmas Dinners.  We will pick things back up after the first of the year unless an emergency arises.  I will be flying to Tanzania Africa on Jan 4th for 2 weeks
delivering our 2nd 300,000 meal shipment going out December 28. 

Green Valley Church (www.greenvalleychurch.com), with six families who lost homes in the Rancho Bernardo, Poway and Escondido areas, has launched an address-specific prayer ministry for those areas. Every street was taken and each address is being covered in prayer from now at least until Christmas. The church, located at 11501 Rancho Bernardo Road, is on the edge of the devastated neighborhood of Westwood in Rancho Bernardo. The church also has a fire relief team that is working in the community. For more information, visit greenvalleychurch.com.

Christ in Action is needing volunteers that would like to help in a variety of services to Assist victims of the recent wild fires. They are working out of  Mountain View Community Church in Ramona for more info call 760)789-0866. This organization travels through out the country providing help and support to those affected by natural disasters.

City Teams - We are seeking people who have compassionate heart and a willingness to serve. There are many ways to volunteer with our Disaster Response Teams. We provide volunteers with the training and knowledge to handle many situations in a disaster area. If you would like to learn more about our volunteer opportunities contact Tanya Liston at 408-232-5600 or tliston@cityteam.org.

Any Day, Sand Bag filling at the Recovery Center in RB and 4 locations in Poway. The Poway locations are identified on the following site www.ci.poway.ca.us/index.aspx?page=867 8:30am to 4:00pm.

 

The City of Poway has placed sand and bags at four locations, to assist residents who sustained property damage due to the Witch Creek Fire. Sandbags can be used as an erosion control device. The empty bags are located in a trash container near the sand at each site. Remember to bring a shovel to fill the bags with sand. Sand and bags are available at the following sites:

   *      Valle Verde Park: parking lot. The park is north of Espola Road; Lake Poway Road: “overflow” parking lot on the right,approaching the Lake; Midland Road: east side, across from the Train Barn at Old Poway Park; Garden Road: south side, across from Garden Road Elementary School.

For those of you who are interested in helping with meals please let me know if you connected with Alice Graf - 858-486-1388, her e-mail is 50queeny@cox.net.  I believe they are still waiting on donations before the meal preparation can begin.

From  Pastor Derek Meyers, Pauma Christian Fellowship - they have become a Fire Relief Center for the FIVE Reservations in their area - Pala, Pauma, Ricon, La Jolla & San Pasqual. Rincon and La Jolla Reservations have been hardest hit. They are feeding people on a daily basis, visiting churches & people on the affected reservations to assess the needs and provide much needed help.  He asked me to let you know that they need FOOD & GAS CARDS which is a very effective way to provide immediate, tangible response to those in need. You can either send money directly to PAUMA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP with which cards can be purchased or purchase the cards yourself and mail (see address below)  or bring them to the Church/Community Center. Cards from VONS, ALBERTSONS, TARGET & WAL MART are best as there are stores near the Reservations where people can shop.

Contact Information: Pauma Christian Fellowship, 16650 Highway 76, Pauma Valley, CA 92061 Church : 888 560 6883  e-mail: paumavalley4sq@juno.com   Web: www.paumavalley.foursquareonline.org

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From Good News Etc. - We can use your help in our fire coverage for next month's edition. If you witnessed miracles or experienced God moving in the midst of the 2007 Firestorm, we’d like you to share your stories with us and our readers. Please, send them to AndrienneHasGoodNews@yahoo.com. Include your name, the city you live in, your age, and a phone number where we can reach you. Your contact information will not be published. The deadline is Nov. 3, but every effort will be made to include stories that come in after that date.

Volunteer San Diego Volunteer San Diego is currently working with the County, 2-1-1, and the American Red Cross to identify volunteer needs surrounding the wildfires. Again, they request that you DO NOT go the evacuation sites or leave donations at various locations. Visit their website Volunteer San Diego to sign up and learn how you can help. Once registered, make sure to check the interest category “disaster prevention/recovery relief”.
Willing volunteers should log on to their Web site and register if they wish to help with providing medical services to victims. On the website, they will be able to register the skills they can provide and a coordinator will assist in getting them certified and assigned to a location.  211 Phone Bank Volunteers