September 7, 2005

Hurricane Katrina Relief

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Give Life Foundation has organized hundreds of volunteers who have donated and/or collected desperately-needed essential relief supplies for the victims. We have begun taking them down
in full-sized trucks to shelters in Alabama and Louisiana as we collect funds for the trucking expenses.

As you see on television, with are so many victims being randomly placed in makeshift camps, many just haven't seen much of any relief at all, even of the basic supplies essential to just surviving for the next few weeks. Any
monetary donation you can make will directly reach people whose lives have been so severely affected.

If you haven't already selected a charity, or you would like to see your hurricane relief donation best utilized, please Donate Now ONLINE! to make your donation online or you may send your donation to:

Give Life Foundation
Re: Hurricane Katrina Relief
205 Van Buren Street, Suite 420
Herndon, VA 20170

Give Life Foundation is a 501c3, not-for-profit organization and accordingly, your donation will be fully tax-deductible. Our federal tax ID # is: 41-2114486

Thank you so much! Below is a newspaper article that describes our efforts thus far:

Manassas church to help Katrina victims
By JACLYN PITTS
jpitts@potomacnews.com
Manassas Journal and Potomac News
Wednesday, September 7, 2005

It's a state of emergency for many surviving the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and one local church is trying to help those people find relief.

Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manassas began a relief collection Tuesday afternoon in the church's Great Hall, where people donated everything from clothing to food to personal hygiene products.

Congregation member Dave Warner, who is spearheading the drive, said the church plans to fill two 26-foot rental trucks, with one scheduled to leave for the Mobile, Ala.-area Thursday morning. The other is leaving Friday
morning for a shelter in Shreveport, La.

He said he has a sister who lives in Mobile and a brother in Houston, and this personal connection made him want to help. "It's kind of a combination family reunion trip, (while doing) good works along the way," he said.

Warner said the church is working in conjunction with the American Red Cross, the Give Life Foundation and churches in the Mobile area. "The Bethel church community has been very responsive," Warner said. "And
whatever Manassas can do (to help) is great."

The truck rentals are being funded through private donations and the Give Life Foundation, Warner said. Warner and the church's pastor, Michael Tassler, are driving the first truck to the Mobile, which Warner said is
about a 24-hour drive. The Give Life Foundation's president, Pat Hughes, is driving the second truck, Warner said.

Tassler said he thinks the "word is getting out" about the church's relief efforts, as people began donating items early Tuesday morning. "We all felt kind of helpless because we didn't know where to send things (for relief),"
said church member Dianne Rice of Manassas. Rice, who works at Prince William Hospital, said she's been recruiting some of her coworkers to donate items as well. She said the hospital is also collecting items to
send to hurricane victims.

Some items requested include cases of water and juice, canned goods, diapers, soap, toilet paper and blankets. "The biggest thing to think about is what I would want if I didn't have anything," said Reston resident Drew
Banister.

The church is collecting and sorting donations from 2 to 8 p.m. every day through Friday. "But if it were up to me, I would do this all the time until everything was fixed," Warner said.