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For Immediate Release
September 6, 2005
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White: Butler Area Effort to Help Hurricane Katrina Victims Underway

Requested items may be taken to Hindman Hall in Butler

Harrisburg – State Sen. Mary Jo White (R-21) today urged area residents to support the local effort to provide aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina. 

White said that local members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and several local business owners have put together a list of items that are needed and a process for collecting it. 

The senator said that Hindman Trucking LLC of 121 Hindman Lane in Butler has stepped forward to be the Butler Area gathering, staging and shipment facility. As the items are gathered, they will be loaded into trucks and directly delivered to specific distribution centers located in the devastated states. 

All donations may be taken to Hindman Hall. Hindman Hall will accept only the items listed below. However if your organization has already begun gathering items and needs them picked up, please email James L. Thompson, President of Calvary Lutheran Church at butlerhelpskatrina@zoominternet.net and he will arrange the pickup of those items. Please provide your name, address and phone number. 

Hindman Hall will accept the items listed below: 

Financial donations can be sent to: 

ELCA-Southeastern Synod
100 Edgewood Ave, Suite 1600
 Atlanta, GA 30303
(Please designate "Katrina Recovery Fund / Butler PA Project") 

If your organization wants to volunteer to help in those areas please contact: Elaine Schwartz, Southeastern Synod/LDR at eschwartz@elca-ses.org. 

"Everyone has seen the images of devastation and despair along the Gulf Coast. This is a way to support local efforts to provide some relief to fellow Americans in need," said White.  "I commend the local religious and business leaders for taking the initiative to organize this operation."