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ARC Opens Cold Weather Shelter
Mar 25, 2010
Harrison County- Isaiah Fredricks Community Center, 3312 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Gulfport MS 39501; this shelter will open in partnership with Feed My Sheep, who will deliver and serve evening meals, and provide morning meals at their facility.
Coast Transit Authority will provide transportation to this shelter along bus route 37 between the hours of 3:40pm and 7pm Thursday and Friday nights. Buses will also run from the shelter to Feed My Sheep at 8am on Friday and Saturday mornings. Hancock County- LESM (Formerly known as Lagniappe Church), 647 Demontluzin Ave, Bay St. Louis MS 39520; this shelter will open in partnership with Lutheran Episcopal Services of Mississippi (LESM). These shelters are open to all (men, women and children); guests can check in as early as 4:00pm. Pets, alcohol and weapons will not be allowed. This shelter will remain open until weather conditions improve or until further notice.
For more information please contact Joshua Joachim or Raemona Seemann at 228-896-4511 or email rseemann@redcross-msgc.org. All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of disaster. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster, please do so at the time of your donation.
Call 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P. O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013. Internet users can make a secure online contribution by visiting www.redcross.org.
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