(2005-10-28) Since the start of Giving Children Hope’s humanitarian assistance in the Gulf Coast, there has been a tremendous outpouring of community support for hurricane relief. This support is an essential part of GCH’s relief work and helps to expand the range of aid and assistance offered to hurricane victims.
Students and teachers at several local schools – from grade schools, to high schools, to adult schools – have rallied together to make a difference in communities ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Below are some of the many examples of individuals and schools in the local community using creativity to reach out to those in need:
Students at Oceanview High School, members of the Future Business Leader’s Association
At Oceanview High School in Huntington Beach, members of the Future Business Leader’s Association organized a candy sale and generously donated their proceeds to Giving Children Hope. A GCH representative met with the students to thank them for their hard work.
Students at the Marine Avenue Learning Center
Students at the Marine Avenue Learning Center, a Wilmington branch of the Harbor Community Adult School purchased hygiene items, such as lotions, soaps, and shampoos, and put together several hygiene kits. The students, who are in English as a Second Language courses, also wrote notes to include in each kit, adding that extra personal touch. GCH distributed the hygiene kits to churches and shelters in the Gulf Coast.
Jayme Rubin developed a project she called “Sleep Tight.”
Jayme Rubin, a 5th grader at Brawerman Elementary School in Los Angeles developed a project she called “Sleep Tight.” Noting that many evacuees were constantly relocating, she “thought it would be nice if these children could have [personal sleeping bags], so if he or she had to move around they could at least have their own sleeping bag and pillow.” After finding a company that would sell fleece sleeping bag and pillow sets for $4.00 each, Jayme collected donations from classmates and friends – raising enough money to purchase 96 sleeping bags! Personal notes and drawings were included with each bag, showing the young victims of the hurricanes that they have not been forgotten.
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Giving Children Hope’s second shipment of aid arrived Monday, June 30th, to the Church on Fire Christian Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
See what Pastor Brenton Hall of the Church on Fire Christian Center in Iowa had to say about the aid sent to Iowa.
Giving Children Hope has sent out their own medical team to Myanmar where they have been assessing what the greatest needs are in the area, bringing medicine and working with doctors, and working to open up distribution channels for the last two weeks.
