Lutheran Disaster Response Collegiate Corps :: WVU
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first major deployment is to Biloxi, MS, during WVU's Spring
Recess. Departing Saturday morning, March 11, the team began the
nearly 1000 mile trek to Biloxi. At right, you see team members
piling into the vans.Here is the cargo van loaded with sleeping bags and clothing. What you won't see underneath are the tools and equipment that will be used to help with a variety of recovery tasks. |
 The vans made a final stop for fueling at the Star City Sheetz before heading out to I-79. |
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| Scenes from life in Tent City... From top
left, moving clockwise: Laura smiles for the camera. Nick
pretends to contemplate great and weighty matters. Norly &
Kalil unwind. Bob & Nancy Pope enjoy the paper. |
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| Moving clockwise...The "Red Tent" where the team
bunked during the week. Tent City (a.k.a. Camp Biloxi) main
street. The shower container box...hot showers!...large enough
for 8 showers and 3 sinks. The dining tent. |
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Spring Break on the Beach! Mike Lembke, Sarah Toth, Bob Pope, and
Nancy Pope show off the latest in beach ware with UV protection.
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| Debbie Borrelli (above left) spent her week on
KP. She is seen here sweeping the dining hall after dinner.
Chaplain Riegel was assigned to chaplaincy duties in the free medical
clinic at Bethel Lutheran Church. Making new friends was one of the bonuses of the deployment. 170+ volunteers were housed and fed at Camp Biloxi. 70+ were housed and fed at Bethel Lutheran Church. Pictured below, we see Laura Pfeifer conversing over breakfast with one of the other volunteers. Norly is doing the same with Christian from UNC-Chapel Hill with other members of the UNC-CH team in the background. |
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Jacqueline L. Salmon, "By the Thousands, Faithful Toil to Resurrect Gulf Cities: Sojourners in the South Leave Behind Jobs, Schools, Lives," Washington Post, February 5, 2006, Page A01.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020401381.html