Sorry to take so long.  We finally have a time line to begin disaster recovery.

Our first workday will be Saturday, February 2, 2013.
We are asking volunteers to meet at 8:00 AM at Adairsville Church of God located at
297 Old Dixie Highway NW in Adairsville.

Assignments and credentials will be done. Friday they are letting a small team in to survey and assess the property damage, from there we will be able to prepare for Saturday.The focus will be on clean-up.  We will need chainsaws, trucks, gloves, etc. Please let your church know that if they can plan to volunteer Saturday their help will be appreciated. We will provide you with more strategic information tomorrow as we have it available.

Needs:
Trucks
Chainsaws
Gloves

David Franklin

Morning Brothers and Sisters, as we begin the first full day of recovery, let me ask each of you to start at the appropriate place – and that is in prayer.  Pray that God would help every person impacted by this storm and all of those who trying to respond.  May God give us grace, wisdom, and the necessary provision to meet every person’s need.
David

We are still in the process of organizing our relief efforts. If you would like to volunteer to help with the recovery please click on the “I want to help” tab and fill out the form. If you are a company that would like to help please fill out the form on the “Corporate Help” tab. Please note that we will look for those with specialized skills and those how have been through disaster relief training first then move on to organizing the rest.

The Bartow Christian Disaster Response Team is at work.  We have been meeting with the government and here is what we know so that you can communicate this to your church as much as possible.  We are still in Phase I of the process. Emergency Teams are in the process of making sure that everybody is safe and secure.  In Phase II we will be able to go in and assess damage.  This should be the first thing in the morning, 1/31. We will have a report by sometime mid-day.  

We know that there was a significant amount of damage.  We know that the recovery process will be involved and long.  We are anticipating having information about what we will be doing this weekend.  We anticipate needing things like chainsaw crews, tree removal experts, garbage clean up, etc. this weekend.  We will have it organized hopefully by tomorrow, 1/31 and will communicate to you as effectively as we can.  Thanks for your heart to help minister to people.

Immediate Supply Needs:

chainsaw crews
Heavy duty Garbage Bags
gift cards for clothing (we will not take any clothing donations this year, we will only take gift cards).

David Franklin

We are in the process of gearing up our recovery efforts in Adairsville, GA. If you would like to sign up to volunteer please fill out our “I Want to Help” form. We will use this form to keep you updated for our recovery efforts.

Thanks!