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Pass Christian Rises.org Rebuilding the Lives and Community of Pass Christian, Mississippi |
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As of July 2008 - 16 homes have been built and are now occupied by happy people. More planned, but funds are needed. On August 29, 2005, nearly 80% of the homes and buildings in Pass Christians were either disappeared or were so severely damaged that they condemned by authorities. Federal and state government, insurance, and other health and human services came to The Pass as they did to countless others in the Gulf Coast. It has been nearly three years and most of the services, agencies, and assistance has left. Pass Christian's Rotary Club has persevered to maintain an awareness of the their community's continued plight, but, more so, have been working very hard to create worthwhile projects and continuing to reach out to fellow Rotarians and other groups and agencies to fund them.
Rebuilding in such areas come with new rules and regulations. The Rotarians learned while the government and agencies were in the assistance stage that some local residents people would not be able to replace their homes lost during the hurricane. The bottom-line was that some people did not qualify for federal or state guidelines for any assistance. Rotarians learned that the numbers were over 100 in their small community. People who had property, but no means to rebuild their homes.
Rotary Rebuilds was initiated by the Pass Christian Rotary Club and its president in 2005, D.H. Short II, local medical doctor. Rotary Rebuilds was the first of nine projects that the Club has not only managed to fund through their Rotary Charity Fund which has been in place since 1976,. Through donations and gifts, Pass Christian with the Mennonite Disaster Service has been able to build homes thus far with more planned, as long as their are funds to make it happen. DH has traveled coast-to-coast and even into Canada. He has even worked with Rotary clubs in other countries toward the goal of "Pass Christian Rises." The PROJECTS page in this website outlines the types of projects. We will now share pictures of the ten homes that have been built with the cooperation and unselfish work of the Mennonite Disaster Service, who provide the labor and expertise while Rotary provides the funding for materials. We will continue to add stories to this site about the people in those homes. Not just words, but action, good practices, efficient use of materials, and the donations from caring people and organizations.
Scenes below show was homeowners found after the Hurricane, where their home once stood .
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