Providing Help

[Mahaogany958]

To anyone out there...I live in Grand Prairie/Arlington Area. I am collecting clothes, shoes, food etc., from friends, church members and neighbors. I am looking for people who are staying with families in large numbers and need assistance. I know there are a lot of people in small homes. Please contact me and tell me what you need. If I don't have it, then I will try to get it. Contact me now!

[Jeannine]

Marksville, Louisiana.
We have thousands of evacuees here .Families in our schools, churches, store parking lots, some just laying in yards. They have no place to go. Entire families with small children and nothing but the clothes on their backs. We're taking them into our homes and anywhere we can think to house them. The Red Cross will be slow getting here as they are tied up in Baton Rouge & New Orleans areas. In the meanwhile our community is trying to take care of these people and we're overwhelmed as there are so many! The Relief Coordinator for our parish (like your county) and has given me a list of items we desperately need. We are not asking for money...only items needed for these people. If you can help with whatever you can send we would be most grateful! Myron & I will make sure they are distributed where needed. We have a lot of donations of soap, toothbrushes, etc so we're ok on those for now.
The following are items we have none or very little of and need desperately:
*Baby Items: baby wipes / disposable diapers/ formula / baby bottles / baby shampoo / baby blankets >anything for babies
*Purell or some type hand sanitizer
*Pillows / blankets
*little T-shirts ( babies to childrens sizes)
*Over the counter pain relievers (tylenol, motrin, tums, alka seltzer, pepto bismol, band-aids, etc)
* color books / colors / board games / books (for kids in shelters)
You can send to:
Marksville City Hall
Attn: Myron Gagnard /Hurricane Relief Coordinator
427 N. Washington
Marksville, La. 71351
Phone # to the mayor's office for verification: 318-253-9500