Camp Hope: Rebuilding Homes and Lives
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina affected millions of Americans. Though many returned after the disaster to find their homes, possessions, and jobs destroyed, a PCA effort is helping to bridge the gap in Mississippi.
Mission to North America (MNA), Heritage Presbytery, First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport, Miss., and many volunteers from across the nation have banded together through the love of Christ to establish Camp Hope. The camp seeks to meet the physical and spiritual needs of those in the Gulfport community who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Mission to North America (MNA), Heritage Presbytery, First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport, Miss., and many volunteers from across the nation have banded together through the love of Christ to establish Camp Hope. The camp seeks to meet the physical and spiritual needs of those in the Gulfport community who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
“They not only rebuild homes, they rebuild lives,” said Melody Brown, one of those assisted by Camp Hope. Her house in Long Beach, Miss., had severe wind and water damage from a tree falling on her roof, and she suffered the loss of many loved ones close to the time of the storm. “Camp Hope and the volunteers who worked on my home have renewed my faith in God,” said Brown.
The camp is currently equipped with a kitchen and dining facility, a laundry and bathhouse, and three bunkhouses. There are plans to increase capacity for the bunkhouses and to add family and married housing. Since its inception, the camp has drawn more than 2,000 volunteers to serve the community and repair more than 80 homes. The volunteers have also helped many with debris removal and clean up.
“The Camp Hope project is an awesome blessing not just to those in the Gulfport area, but to volunteers too,” said Rusty Dukes, team leader for a Delaware high school. “It has allowed our group to be the arms and feet of Christ through our work and to share our faith with those precious families that we have helped.”
To learn more about Camp Hope, contact Lisa Ladner at lladner@fpcgulfport.org or (228) 697-7990.
The camp is currently equipped with a kitchen and dining facility, a laundry and bathhouse, and three bunkhouses. There are plans to increase capacity for the bunkhouses and to add family and married housing. Since its inception, the camp has drawn more than 2,000 volunteers to serve the community and repair more than 80 homes. The volunteers have also helped many with debris removal and clean up.
“The Camp Hope project is an awesome blessing not just to those in the Gulfport area, but to volunteers too,” said Rusty Dukes, team leader for a Delaware high school. “It has allowed our group to be the arms and feet of Christ through our work and to share our faith with those precious families that we have helped.”
To learn more about Camp Hope, contact Lisa Ladner at lladner@fpcgulfport.org or (228) 697-7990.
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