Hand In Hand Ministries
2225 Steier Lane
Louisville, KY 40218
Toll Free: (888) 244-9056
Office: (502)459-9930
Fax: (502) 459-9945
Hand in Hand volunteers and staff are providing tornado relief in areas devastated by Friday's tornadoes. Staff from Hand in Hand's Auxier Center have been in the Salyersville area where St. Luke's church was destroyed along with many homes where they have been part of search teams, clean-up and more for those affected by the storms.
Monday morning update
Our focus is going to be on tornado relief in Salyersville and Magoffin County - areas we have worked in since 2005. St. Luke's Church was destroyed Friday afternoon by a tornado that also destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes in the area. There were 7 neighbors who had taken refuge from the storm in the basement of the church and were trapped by debris until rescued (unharmed) about an hour after the storm.
Helen Penningtong ran St. Luke's Open Door food bank and clothes closet. It is the only food bank serving Magoffin County. With a 23% unemployment rate in Magoffin County, the food bank was vitally important to the area. Fr. Bob Damron, the pastor of St. Luke's, has already announced plans to rebuild, but it is going to take a long time.
Hand in Hand volunteers had renovated St. Luke's several years ago and continued to provide clothing, food and other items to the food
bank. Hand in Hand is helping set up a temporary replacement and is in
emergency need of bottled water, non-perishable foods and canned
goods. We also need cleaning supplies, diapers, pull-up diapers, adult
diapers and personal care items.
We have enough clothes from previous donations and need to focus on
the items listed above.
We have also been inundated with requests for home repair and are
working on scheduling trips to help as many people as we can. Needless
to say, our budget for home repair did not include response to this
natural disaster and we donations to help as many people as possible.
The toughest vacation you will ever take will be one of the greatest weeks of your life. For more information about joining an immersion trip for 2012, contact Mary Helen Thompson at 502-459-9930 or email maryhelen@myhandinhand.org.
IMMERSION TRIP AVAILABILTY 2012
Please Note
If you are interested in participating on an immersion trip, the following schedule lists trips available. Any trip marked OPEN, is available for anyone wishing to make a life-changing trip. If you are interested in a date listed for a specific group, there may be space available. Please contact the Hand in Hand office 502.459.9930 or email Mary Helen Thompson at maryhelen@myhandinhand.org for more information.
BELIZE OPEN TRIPS
JUNE 17-24, 2012
NOVEMBER 18-24, 2012 * SPECIAL THANKSGIVING TRIP
NICARAGUA OPEN TRIPS
OCTOBER 21-27, 2012
APPALACHIA OPEN TRIPS
APRIL 25-28, 2012
JUNE 27-30, 2012
AUGUST 1-4, 2012
OCTOBER 10-13, 2012
OCTOBER 24-27, 2012
Hand in Hand Ministries works with churches, schools and other organizations to schedule immersion trips. Contact the HHM office if your organization is interested in taking a group to Appalachia, Belize or Nicaragua.
2012
Belize Jan. 1 – Jan. 8 Fordham University
Belize Jan. 8-15 Boston College
Belize January 23-Jan. 31 SCN
Belize Feb. 4-12 Sat – Sun O’Toole Family
Belize Feb. 18-25 Spring Hill College
Belize March 4-10 Sun. - Sat. Villanova Universtity
Belize March 11-18 Fairfield University
Belize May 20-27 St. Xavier Univ. Chicago
Belize May 27-June 3 Loyola, Chicago
Belize June 3-12 Loyola HS, New York
Belize June 24-July 1 St. Xavier High School - Louisville
Belize Oct. 6-13 Villanova Universtity
Belize December 1-12 Rush University
Nicaragua January 15-22, 2012 HHM/GLMS
Nicaragua Feb. 5 – Feb. 12 HHM - Halifax
Nicaragua Feb. 18-25 Spring Hill College
Nicaragua March 11-18 University of Texas Catholic
Nicaragua June 17-24 English High School, Boston MA
Appalachia April 8 – 11 Presentation Academy
Appalachia April 11 – 14 St. Gabriel Youth Grp.
Appalachia May 17-20 St. Mark’s UCC, New Albany
Appalachia May 18-20 ARGI Financial
Appalachia June 6-9 St. Francis Xavier, Mt. Washington
Appalachia June 10-13 St. Matthew’s, Mt. Vernon, IN
Appalachia June 13-16 St. Lawrence
Appalachia June 17-23 Epiphany
Appalachia June 24-27 Middletown Christian Church
Appalachia July 8-11 Sacred Heart Academy - Louisville
Appalachia July 11-14 Northeast Christian Church
Appalachia July 15–21 St. Edward
Appalachia July 22-25 Jeffersontown Christian Church
Appalachia July 25-28 Greenwood
Appalachia July 29 – Aug. 1 Ascension/St. Bernard
Appalachia Aug. 8-11 OPEN DATE
Appalachia Oct. 14-20 Stewards of Appalachia
