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HURRICANE KATRINA ASSISTANCE

If you would like to make a donation that will count directly to members of the criminal justice community, the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers has established a fund to aid those folks and their families with issues that other relief organizations are not covering.

Representatives of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the FCPO USA, including the Chief of Police in Gulfport, MS (county population of over 250,000) will help coordinate with the FCPO (Canada) and FCPO USA National Office to be accountable for distribution of the funds.
Examples of what your monies to FCPO will be used for include:

Temporary (and if possible, permanent) refurbishment of officers' homes
Replacement of roofing, plumbing and other minimum essentials for officers, prosecutors and other court personnel

To maintain order and essential services and to begin rebuilding, officers obviously have to stay in the community and can't wait for insurance or FEMA checks to make emergency plumbing or electrical repairs to their own homes. Because many of these men and women are exhausted, FCPO has established a liaison with Gulfport area personnel, FCPO members and others from outside the area who have construction skills and are willing to respond and help make homes habitable until insurance and other more permanent means are available.

FCPO does not have a high overhead or a large national office; what we do offer is accountability that the funds you provide will go directly to fellow criminal justice professionals in a time of real need.
All gifts are tax-deductible.

If you or others you know are available to volunteer to help officers reconstruct their homes now or over the next several months, please contact us.

You'll need to bring most of your own personal provisions for the time you are there. Please let us know your:

Skill sets
Availability (between now and March 2006)
Phone number(s)
E-mail address
Regular mail address

We will try to let you know of opportunities that become available. It is anticipated that in the coming weeks and months we may send some teams to help facilitate as emergency responders leave and the enormity of the disaster hits home.

Cheques should be made out to FCPO-CANADA, with a separate piece of paper marked "Gulfport P.D. Relief." (please do not designate directly on cheques)

Mail cheques to FCPO Canada: 73 Devonshire Ave. Tillsonburg, Ont. N4G 5C3

All gifts are tax-deductible.
(CHARITABLE NUMBER 12036 5804 RR 0001)

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David Greenhalgh, a 36 year veteran of policing, has been assigned as official liaison for FCPO Canada and FCPO USA to the Gulfport PD. This is for the purpose of coordinating assistance with respect to the housing needs of officers and employees of the emergency services in the region. If you can specifically assist with his mission he can be contacted through this website. David is focussed on this mission and has limited access to emails, but, if you can help we want to hear from you.

THANK YOU!