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new orleans water still needed in new orleans
by vinncent / blast furnace radio Saturday, Sep. 16, 2006 at 6:34 PM
vincenteirene@gmail.com

water urgently needed in the 9th ward

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Bottled water urgently needed for New Orleans’ 9th Ward

On average Common Ground Relief has from 200 to 250 volunteers gutting houses
and working in various areas daily. We also have about 300 families coming to our
distribution centers each day as well.
At the pace that we are and should be using water we would need approximately
60,000 bottles of water per month for our volunteers and 90,000 bottles to be passed
out through distribution. Unfortunately, we don’t have such a supply and we have had
to limit distribution to families and volunteers.
With both residents and volunteers suiting up in protective gear; they are essentially
cooking themselves while they work inside moldy houses with no form of air circulation.
This combined with not enough water to go around is a dangerous combination.
There is a lot of work to be done and with the new hurricane season upon us the work
is even more urgent. Call if you can offer any type of assistance.


Will Speaker
Common Ground Relief
504-583-0742 (cell) 504-304-9097 (office)

Our non-profit status is through our sponsor organization Community Futures Collective in California.
Their non-profit EIN is 91-2114465.

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