Katrina's Aftermath: Operation Rebound!

POC: Bob Durfey 617-921-5870

South Shore Neighbors FRAME homes for SINGLE MOTHERS … Gulfport victims of KATRINA.

Local residents plan to frame FIVE HOMES for single moms and their children, Saturday Feb 18 at the old South Weymouth Naval Air Station and have them trucked down to MS, where they will be completed. What started as a trip to the Coast by a handful of South Shore friends, has grown into a house building project at the old South Weymouth Naval Air Station. Not just one house, but FIVE !!

What is different about this project from other home building projects, is that it is a team effort among South Shore churches and their neighbors, not a project sponsored by a National Organization or TV Series. What is exciting about this project is the short timeline and the great response from neighbors and friends. Local small business builders are volunteering their time, local merchants are donating supplies, friends who hear of the effort are giving generously and BEST OF ALL …. Single mothers with children in Gulfport,MS, some of the poorest victims of Hurricane Katrina, will soon have their own homes.

Operation Rebound is VERY APPRECIATIVE of our Donors and South Shore Tri-Town Development Corporation for their support of these building efforts. INFORMATION will be available for these STORIES:

• South Shore area Churches working side by side – TEAMING up with a small church in Gulfport, MS.
• Small business builders sacrificing employment opportunities to help others.
• Gulfport, MS church pastor (Eddie Hartwell) helping at the building site on Saturday the 18^th.
• Operation Rebound members who have already made 2 or 3 trips to Gulfport at their own expense.
• Volunteers going on future trips (March and April already planned) to Gulfport MS.

--AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS--
BUILDING DAY - SATURDAY Feb 18^th from 7AM to 7 PM. SOUTH WEYMOUTH NAVAL AIR STATION (old) FIRE HOUSE
Live Music and Drama, as well as food has been donated and will be provided for the work crews. Drama at 12:20 PM – Press briefing and interviews to follow WATD RADIO will be LIVE on site.
GIFTS are TAX DEDUCTABLE

MEDIA ARE WELCOME TO VIEW THE WORK PROJECT
If able, please call ahead (617) 921-5870; a media escort will be provided.
Matthew 25:40