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Thank you for your warm and generous support for the people
impacted by the
Gulf
Coast
hurricane disaster. Your enthusiastic response to the appeal for help is deeply
appreciated by all the tireless volunteers from Airline Ambassadors
International and by all the hundreds and thousands of people that your
donations have helped.
Nancy Rivard, President of Airline Ambassadors, and her AAI
team have through the good use of leverage with vendors and other supporters
multiplied the donated amount to over tenfold in aid! Thank you so much for
your kindness and care for our fellow beings in need. What we did was to offer
a hand with love to help them up, you made it possible.
After the initial rescue, the Gulf residents now have to figure
out how to rebuild their lives. We can help by going to the area with AAI
volunteers to work with the residents there to clean, repair, strategize, play,
make music, educate and otherwise help them start afresh from the ruins. What a
heartfelt way to make a difference and to do worthwhile service.
I will let Nancy Rivard, the Founder and President of AAI speak
to you in her own words about the opportunities for volunteer service that is
so needed now in the Gulf area:
"I joyfully offer our Airline Ambassador missions on the
Gulf
Coast
and throughout the world as venues for Global Service...and would love to have
anyone from Us Foundation participate. Anyone can check our web site and
participate as it fits their schedule.
www.airlineamb.org
It will take years for the people there to recover, and although the trip may
be a bit "rough" (there are no hotels in town, and the work can be difficult)
but it is so inspiring to see the tears in their eyes as they share that we
have given them renewed hope. As winter sets in we are now receiving requests
for blankets and coats....and working on "manifesting" these for the many
residents are still camped out in front of their homes.
Airline Ambassadors International have "adopted" the town of
Slidell
, LA but we are also working in Bay St. Louis, MS. Volunteers
should be a member of Airline Ambassadors and complete a Disaster Relief
application form and then
contact the Mission Coordinator for the trip they are interested in.
Mission
costs are typically $150 after airfare, to cover transportation and
donations...and volunteers can stay as long as they like. If members would like
to visit on their own or come in a different time frame from the missions
below, we can set that up too. Contact Marie Rivard (our Missions Director)
at missions@airlineamb.org
for details."
You may find more information on our website
www.airlineamb.org
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