Four Staging Areas Named
for Wilma Response
 

3 November 2005  Updated

Four churches have been named by Lutheran Disaster Response--Team Florida as staging areas to receive donations of Hurricane Wilma response supplies and serve as distribution points.  Two are on the southeast coast, and two are on the southwest.

Congregations of the Florida-Bahamas Synod are encouraged to collect non-perishable food items. water and various other supplies, such as are listed in the "In Kind Items for Donations."

On the southeast coast, please take supplies to:

St. John Lutheran Church (ELCA)
241 Cypress Dr.
Lake Park, FL 33403
561-848-3142

or

Faith Lutheran Church (LCMS)
555 US Highway 1
North Palm Beach, FL  33408
561-848-4737

On the southwest coast, please take supplies to:

Guadalupe Social Services

211 S. 9^th St.

Immokalee, FL  34142

239-657-6242

or

Hope Lutheran Church (LCMS)
25999 Old 41 Rd
Bonita Springs, FL 34135
239-992-6952

Volunteers will be available at these locations to assist with unloading.  Please phone ahead to make arrangements for the reception of donated items. 

Donations are particularly needed in the Belle Glade and Immokalee areas.  Churches are encouraged to collect donations quickly.