 
DECEMBER
2007
SALVATION ARMY
COMES TO THE AID OF TROPICAL STORM NOEL VICTIMS
Photos at right:
Service With a Smile: Major Lester Ferguson, Divisional
Commander of The Salvation Army (left) and Major Oral Morris,
Divisional Secretary (right) help to load boxes of cleaning supplies
and canned goods onto a truck for shipment to the southern Bahamas.
In
the aftermath of Tropical Storm Noel, The Salvation Army is continuing
its mission of goodwill by sending 1,200 gallons of drinking water, 200
cases of
cleaning products, 100 cases of canned goods, 500 mops and a supply of
clothes to islands affected in the southern Bahamas.
According to Major Lester Ferguson, Divisional Commander of The
Salvation Army, the charitable organization felt compelled to help as
many families as soon as possible, especially with the potential
outbreaks which can occur as a result of the flooding.
“Although we haven’t been to Cat Island and Long Island since the storm
we’ve heard of the devastation and we are doing our best to respond to
what island administrators have stated as residents’ greatest needs,”
he said. “Our care package to Long Island and Cat Island will arrive on
Wednesday and we are also organizing packages to be shipped to
Eleuthera and Exuma by the end of the week.”
Major Ferguson noted that the 200 cleaning buckets are filled with
supplies such as bleach, Joy, Ajax, Pine-Sol and collapsible mops while
the 20 cases each of canned goods contain corned beef, tuna, mackerel,
sardines and evaporated milk. He further explained that the 1,200
gallons
of drinking water will also be shipped.
When Tropical Storm Noel swept through The Bahamas last week, it left
extensive flooding and caused the death of one person in the southern
Bahamas. A week after the chaos, most homes and businesses on Exuma,
Long Island and Cat Island are still submerged in waist high water.
(Photos
and story by Arthia A. Nixon, DPA)
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