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From Monday, September 17 2007 - 8:00am
To Sunday, September 23 2007 - 5:00pm
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![City Seal]() CITY OF HOUSTON
NEWS RELEASE
OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PETER BROWN
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MINISTER'S BRIEFING CANCELLED: Call for Volunteers Instead
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HOUSTON, Texas - Due to Hurricane Ike, the ministers' briefing meeting scheduled for tomorrow, September 16, 2008 at the Hermann Park Garden Center, has been cancelled. Our efforts, instead, will be devoted to volunteering in our community and helping our families, friends, and neighbors to recover from this storm. Houston has been known to be a city with a HUGE heart - so let us continue with this tradition.
TO VOLUNTEER for a neighborhood network to distribute supplies to residents in need, churches, civic groups, and individuals, may volunteer by contacting our office at 832-393-3014 or email us at
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. Our office is working with Bishop James Dixon and the Community of Faith Church located at 1023 Pinemont Drive, Houston TX 77018. We could use your help distributing food and water to those in need at Community of Faith Church. You can reach the Community of Faith Church at (713) 688-2900. Community of Faith needs volunteers beginning at 8:45 AM daily until further notice.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS WANTING TO HELP please contact Katy Moses with the City of Houston at (713) 894-7393. Contact Katy if your church, civic club, or organization wants to help.
Houstonians are always so generous during times of crisis. We thank you for all that you have done to help our area recover as quickly as possible from this devastating storm.
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For more information, contact Maverick Welsh in the Office of Houston City Council Member Peter Brown at 832-393-3014 or visit our website at www.houstontx.gov/council/1.
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