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- Holy Family Adopts a
Hurricane Family
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Caledonia Cares – Katrina Relief is a community
organization formed from a group of caring individuals from
our Caledonia School district, churches and local
businesses, to reach out and help some of the victims of the
Gulf Coast Hurricanes. This group went to Louisiana and
interviewed (one on one) 18 families who they hope will be
adopted by the Caledonia Community.
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Through our efforts to enhance Holy Family’s Outreach
Ministry, the Stewardship Council is recommending we adopt
one of the families affected by Hurricane Katrina. After
careful consideration through information we have received
from the Caledonia Cares group, and with support from our
Leadership Councils, Holy Family has decided to adopt a
family who lives in one the Hurricane ravaged towns of
Louisiana.
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Jan Hamer Pinero Family is our adopted Family. Jan is a
teacher with four boys, three living at home (Rory 19, is a
freshman in college, Blaise 14, Connor 9, Duncan 6˝). They
lost their home and most of it contents and are staying with
Jan’s parents right now.
- To
take care of Jan and her family’s immediate needs we will
be placing Starfish on the Giving Tree in the Narthex. The
victims of these areas prefer gift cards rather than the
actual items needed. They want to be able to spend the money
in their communities to begin to build back up their local
businesses. The only store open right now is Wal-Mart. Jan
also expressed a need for Shell Gas Cards. She also asked
for lots of “prayers, prayers, prayers.” She is not
comfortable asking for assistance as she feels there are
many more who are worse off than her family.
- Our
commitment as a parish is not only financial. We will
eventually be asking for volunteers to go down to help Jan
and her family rebuild. This is not possible right now
however as there is still so much trash and other debris
left over that no one is able to begin the rebuilding
process.
- We
have a wall in the Narthex dedicated to sharing information
about the Pinero family. It includes a picture of Jan and
her family, updates on their needs, her address if you wish
to write her and the boys, and other information.
- As a
sponsorship parish we must make a commitment to provide
support for as long as it takes to restore the Pinero Family
to a fully functioning state. This is estimated to take up
to 2 years. Please see the back of this stuffer explaining
sponsorship guidelines as a Caledonia Cares – Katrina
Relief sponsor.
- Now
is the time friend, to reach out as we do so well here at
Holy Family and show Jan, Rory, Blaise, Connor and Duncan
the love and support they so desperately need!
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