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Donations Needed .

Help, Aid, Support, Donations --- All are needed in varying degrees to bring Pass Christian to some semblance of what it was. Fortunately, many of the residents were well to do and had grand homes situated along the Beach Front or in upscale subdivisions or inland from the Gulf shoreline along several bayous or rivers. However, most of these houses were blown away and or innundated by the 30-foot tidal surge. The poor were very poor, but proud people who would find it hard to accept handouts.

It will take years for residential dwellings to be reconstructed. In the mean time, the community infrastructure is completely gone. Only one of four public schools was left operable. Only one of a dozen city buildings exists. The Sewerage and Water Board system was severly damaged.

Following Hurricane Camille, 37 years ago, the city officials shunned Federal Aid in deference to going it alone. This time, Katrina devastation is enormously worse. There was only one commercial enterprise that processed through the storm undamaged. It was a Snowball Stand that sells Ice cones for a dollar. The most recent tax contributor was the heavily damaged WalMart, and all of us dearly hope that they will join us in the rebuilding process. Beyond doubt, Pass Christian needs a lot of Help!

Cash Donations received directly by the City of Pass Christian are listed below:

City of Pass Christian Recovery Program, Inc. Account

Date	Donor	City, State	Amount
9/8/2005	Phillip G. Hunt	Dorchester, MS	$75
9/15/2005	City of Springfield	Springfield, KY	$5000
9/26/2005	Beth Turner	Wilmington, DE	$2000
10/11/2005	Vicki M. Riles	Albany, GA	$100
10/14/2005	Elizabeth & Wayne Ford	Gulfport, MS	$200
10/28/2005	John W. & Bertie Murphy Deming Foundation	Alexandria, LA 71303	50,000.00
10/20/2005	Klinkau America, Inc	Exton, PA 19341-1259	500.00
10/20/2005	Donald Osborne, LLC	Farmington, CT 06032	250.00
10/21/2005	T-Mouse, LLC	Charleston, SC 29413-1929	1,000.00
10/28/2005	John Whitney Payson	Hobe Sound, FL 33455	500.00
11/16/2005	Alvin or Karen Dauenhauer	Zachery, LS 70791	50.00
11/20/2005	Roger A & Melanie Lawson	White Stone, VA 22578	300.00
11/20/2005	Vintage Rallies, Inc - Mountain Mille	Sharon, CT 06069	4,000.00
11/27/2005	RJ or Jean Everett	Arlington, TX 76015	50.00
11/27/2005	Vintage Rallies, Inc - Mountain Mille	Sharon, CT 06069	200.00
11/27/2005	Vintage Rallies, Inc - Mountain Mille	Sharon, CT 06069	1,050.00
12/5/2005	David & Gabrielle Fitzgerald	Seattle, WA 98112-2933	500.00
12/9/2005	Elizabeth Hanson	Gulfport, MS 39507	50.00
12/9/2005	Advantage Rutherford Foundation		3,256.50
12/9/2005	Steven Rondeau	Lowell, MA 01851	25.00
12/9/2005	Rutherford County Chamber		10,000.00
12/9/2005	Rutherford County Chamber		35.00

$79,141.50

Plus $8,339.00 from Florence, Oregon

Mobile County EMA - Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund	$20,000
Toys For Havana Kids of Havana, FL	$1,037
Bonita Springs Lions Charities of Bonita Springs, Fl	$1,000
Round Table Development Company of Concord, CA	$600

$22,637.00

Donations are also requested for the following special projects.

St Paul Catholic Church needs its whole complex rebuilt. The Church, the Rectory, the Elementary School, an Auditorium-Gymnasium, Administrative offices, the Cemetery, and a few other needs.

Donations should be mailed to PO Box 848, Pass Christian, MS 39571 and marked Church, or School, or Cemetery.

URGENT: Strong possibility that Diocese may close down St. Paul without needed Help!

Rev. Father Dennis Carver, Pastor. 228.452.4686

Click to: St Paul Church or Cemetery

Trinity Episcopal Church has like needs for a church building, a meeting hall, administrative offices, children's day care, and other facilities besides the Live Oak Cemetery, which is open to all denominations.

Donations should be mailed to PO Box 459, Pass Christian, MS 39571 and marked Church, or School, or Cemetery.

Rev. Father Chris Colby, Pastor. 228.234.2047

Click to: Trinity Church or Live Oak Cemetery

Mother of Mercy Catholic Church is an African American church parish that miraculously escaped the chopping block. But, the Priest's house was destroyed, and the Convent, Parish Hall, and Day school need major repairs.

Donations should be mailed to PO Box 546, Pass Christian, MS 39571 and marked Church, or School, or Cemetery.

Otis Gates, Knights of Peter Claver -- 228.216.3954

Click to: Save our MOM

There are three other African American churches of various denominations that also need to be rebuilt.

War Memorial Park and the Playground area north of Second Street provided a venue for most of Pass Christian's Annual Events. What Katrina didn't destroy is now in further deterioration because it has been used as a Tent City for Military, Volunteers, and residents made homeless.

Donations should be mailed to PO Box 546, Pass Christian, MS 39571 and marked Gazebo, or Playground, or Landscape.

Click to: Memorial Park

Or to

Jazz FOR the Pass -- Toledo, Ohio

Click to: Building Bricks

Buy a Brick to put in the Park with your name on it. Click Brick at right

Pass Christian Public Library was greatly damaged and lost all of its inventory of books, computers, furniture, visual aids, business office, conference and study room equipment, etc.

Donations of furniture, books, or cash -- mail to: 111 Hiern Avenue, Pass Christian, MS 39571

Contact Sally James, Librarian in Charge-- 228-304-1137

Click to: Public Library

Each of the above, in addition to new appeals when presented by an authorized sponsor, will be posted herein. It is hoped that readers are prompted to investigate the web pages as indicated above in helping determine the extent of their gifts.

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