Gal County OEM Reports Efforts Going Well
COORDINATED RELIEF EFFORT
GOING STRONG IN GALVESTON COUNTY
LEAGUE CITY, Sept. 5, 2005 - Emergency management officials across Galveston County continue to focus their efforts on meeting the needs of Hurricane Katrina's evacuees.
Since powerful Katrina devastated portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Aug. 28-29, local emergency managers have been coordinating efforts to assist evacuees with food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. These efforts may continue for several months.
While officials estimated upwards of 2,000-3,000 Katrina evacuees had found their way to Galveston County by Sept. 1, an exact number is difficult to determine. Many evacuees may already have left the area, even as others are still arriving.
And as emergency officials work to meet the needs of this new population, they are assisting the Red Cross, United Way, Salvation Army, churches and other groups with an equally difficult task - managing the enormous outpouring of donations and volunteer assistance.
Officials are continuing to encourage monetary donations to the Red Cross (409-945-7200 Texas City/409-763-5971 Galveston) and United Way (409-948-4211 Texas City/409-762-4357 Galveston); and donations of all other items to the Salvation Army (409-935-1190Texas City/409-763-1691 Galveston) and other relief agencies.
As of Labor Day, three primary shelters were operating in Galveston County - Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd St. in Galveston; First Baptist Church, 1400 Ninth Ave. N. in Texas City; and Camp Good News, 6205 Delany Road in Hitchcock. The Moody and First Baptist shelters are operated by church leaders and volunteers with assistance from the American Red Cross, the state's designated shelter operator. The Red Cross has coordinated a portion of its response activities from the county's new Emergency Management Facility in League City.
Camp Good News is operated solely by area churches with some municipal assistance.
In addition to providing basic services, shelter operators are linking evacuees with other needs, including Social Security, unemployment, Food Stamps, counseling, health care, and temporary and permanent housing. Health care issues are being addressed at First Baptist Church and Moody Methodist Church jointly by the University of Texas Medical Branch, the Galveston County Health District, and Mainland Medical Center.
Local officials will continue to meet daily to manage the recovery effort and to address issues as they arise.
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GOING STRONG IN GALVESTON COUNTY
LEAGUE CITY, Sept. 5, 2005 - Emergency management officials across Galveston County continue to focus their efforts on meeting the needs of Hurricane Katrina's evacuees.
Since powerful Katrina devastated portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Aug. 28-29, local emergency managers have been coordinating efforts to assist evacuees with food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. These efforts may continue for several months.
While officials estimated upwards of 2,000-3,000 Katrina evacuees had found their way to Galveston County by Sept. 1, an exact number is difficult to determine. Many evacuees may already have left the area, even as others are still arriving.
And as emergency officials work to meet the needs of this new population, they are assisting the Red Cross, United Way, Salvation Army, churches and other groups with an equally difficult task - managing the enormous outpouring of donations and volunteer assistance.
Officials are continuing to encourage monetary donations to the Red Cross (409-945-7200 Texas City/409-763-5971 Galveston) and United Way (409-948-4211 Texas City/409-762-4357 Galveston); and donations of all other items to the Salvation Army (409-935-1190Texas City/409-763-1691 Galveston) and other relief agencies.
As of Labor Day, three primary shelters were operating in Galveston County - Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd St. in Galveston; First Baptist Church, 1400 Ninth Ave. N. in Texas City; and Camp Good News, 6205 Delany Road in Hitchcock. The Moody and First Baptist shelters are operated by church leaders and volunteers with assistance from the American Red Cross, the state's designated shelter operator. The Red Cross has coordinated a portion of its response activities from the county's new Emergency Management Facility in League City.
Camp Good News is operated solely by area churches with some municipal assistance.
In addition to providing basic services, shelter operators are linking evacuees with other needs, including Social Security, unemployment, Food Stamps, counseling, health care, and temporary and permanent housing. Health care issues are being addressed at First Baptist Church and Moody Methodist Church jointly by the University of Texas Medical Branch, the Galveston County Health District, and Mainland Medical Center.
Local officials will continue to meet daily to manage the recovery effort and to address issues as they arise.
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