Relief Trip to Mississippi and Louisiana

Mo. Mandy--with a little help from her friends--works to unlock a truck containing hurricane relief supplies at a Laurel, Miss., Methodist Church distribution center.

Mo. Mandy talks with the Rev. Stanley Runnels, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Laurel.

Mo. Mandy and Emmanuelite Johnny Terrell (on truck) unload supplies in Laurel.

Waymond Mundy (left) of Athens listens as Emmanuelite Elaine Kalber talks to Glenda Orange, a volunteer at the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church distribution center, Baton Rouge, La. “We were burnt out two years ago and lost everything, so I know what it feels like,” Glenda says. “A lot of things were donated to us. I don’t have a lot of money, but I can do something.”

Rich Rusk talks with a Hurricane Katrina victim.

Emmanuel volunteers (left to right) Margaret House, Georgia Collier and Kim Ripps organize relief goods at Allen Chapel.

Waymond Mundy (left) and St. Gregory’s parishioner Richard Shoemaker work at Allen Chapel.

Mo. Mandy reads to a young shelter resident.

The Allen Chapel warehouse benefited from the efforts of (left to right) Kim Ripps, Allen Chapel volunteer Dale Washington and Georgia House.

Emmanuel volunteer (back) Erwin Greene and Mo. Mandy helped fix up a house for New Orleans evacuees (front) Theodore and Brenda Thompson, who were interviewed by Elaine Kalber.

Erwin Greene and Mo. Mandy work at the Thompsons’ new house.

Erwin Greene’s fingernails get a makeover at the Allen Chapel shelter.

Georgia Collier and friend

Thanks to Richard Shoemaker for all the pictures except the last.
Thanks to Erwin Greene for the last one.