cat_notes: Removed as posted left the area - Support for Named Disaster: 2005 Hurricane Katrina Support See history for notes in Gulf ->

status: Open -> Unknown

name: Compassion First -> Compassion First HQ
mission: The mission of Compassion First is to provide sustainable hope-filled solution to situations of human disaster. -> The mission of Compassion First is to provide sustainable hope-filled solution to situations of human disaster.

facility_type: Donor -> Volunteer Camp
areas_served: -> Nationwide
mission: The mission of Compassion First is to provide sustainable hope-filled solution to situations of human disaster. -> The mission of Compassion First is to provide sustainable hope-filled solution to situations of human disaster.

notes: If you are interested in volunteering or donating to the organization, please contact us at serve@compassionfirst.org or at 503.672.8394. ----------------------- Vernonia, OR Vernonia Outreach Compassion First has partnered with Medical Teams International (formerly Northwest Medical Teams) to help rebuild and restore the community of Vernonia. If you are available and interested in volunteering, following are the areas of immediate need (Download the Volunteer Forms): -> If you are interested in volunteering or donating to the organization, please contact us at serve @compassionfirst.org or at 503.672.8394. ----------------------- Vernonia, Oregon: Volunteer efforts still continue in flood effected Vernonia, OR. Teams are coordinated Thurs. - Sat. If you are interested in serving in Vernonia, please contact Michael Do: mdo @compassionfirst.org ---------------------- Biloxi, Mississippi: While core operational efforts have concluded, CF is still coordinating occasional teams to the Gulf. If you would like to schedule a team, please contact Ken Wetzel: kwetzel @compassionfirst.org ---------------------- Galveston, Texas: Compassion First is not yet announcing a response to Hurricane Ike, but is currently working with peer organizations toward a long-term rebuilding operation in Galveston, TX. Should rebuilding efforts be engaged, they will not begin until first and second responders have completed their work. Please check back.
mission: When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005, BFS Relief set out on a journey and a commitment to bring hope, restoration, and solution to meet the needs in the community of East Biloxi, Mississippi. Today, BFS Relief continues in its commitment to focus on the unmet housing needs in East Biloxi. Our mission is to bring together organized resource and volunteer labor for the purpose of rehabilitating existing homes as well as building new homes where houses were completely destroyed. Our organization is a community outreach to the elderly, the widowed, and single mothers. Each reconstruction and/or rebuilding project is case managed by a certified case manager, thereby working within the necessary guidelines to meet all the necessary housing needs. Our goal is to restore homes, lives and the strong sense of community in East Biloxi. BFS Relief is compelled by the character of Christ to use our time, talent and financial resources for the sake of restoration, renewal and investment in the hope-filled future of Biloxi, Mississippi. ------- Compassion First (formerly BFS Relief) Departs From Biloxi, Mississippi Following the dedication at the end of May 2008 of the 45th home reconstructed and the 148 homes remediated since Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, we have closed our operation where we were blessed to have served for the past 3 years through the faithful work of our volunteers and partner organizations. As Compassion First departs from this region, we want to leave you two avenues for continued volunteer service and financial support to the Biloxi area. -> The mission of Compassion First is to provide sustainable hope-filled solution to situations of human disaster.

notes: If you are interested in volunteering or donating to the organization, please contact us at serve@compassionfirst.org or at 503.672.8394. ------------------------- Volunteer Camps http://compassionfirst.org/Support/Volunteer.html Biloxi, MS Disaster Relief in Biloxi, Mississippi Compassion First will continue to serve in Biloxi for as long as there is need, resource, and volunteer will; teams will continue to be formed and serve as often as every two weeks. It goes without saying that we are heavily dependent on volunteer support going forward. ----------------------- Vernonia, OR Vernonia Outreach Compassion First has partnered with Medical Teams International (formerly Northwest Medical Teams) to help rebuild and restore the community of Vernonia. If you are available and interested in volunteering, following are the areas of immediate need (Download the Volunteer Forms): -> If you are interested in volunteering or donating to the organization, please contact us at serve@compassionfirst.org or at 503.672.8394. ----------------------- Vernonia, OR Vernonia Outreach Compassion First has partnered with Medical Teams International (formerly Northwest Medical Teams) to help rebuild and restore the community of Vernonia. If you are available and interested in volunteering, following are the areas of immediate need (Download the Volunteer Forms):
cat_notes: Removed as posted left the area - Support for Named Disaster: 2005 Hurricane Katrina Support -> Removed as posted left the area - Support for Named Disaster: 2005 Hurricane Katrina Support See history for notes in Gulf

cat_notes: -> Removed as posted left the area - Support for Named Disaster: 2005 Hurricane Katrina Support

mission: When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005, BFS Relief set out on a journey and a commitment to bring hope, restoration, and solution to meet the needs in the community of East Biloxi, Mississippi. Today, BFS Relief continues in its commitment to focus on the unmet housing needs in East Biloxi. Our mission is to bring together organized resource and volunteer labor for the purpose of rehabilitating existing homes as well as building new homes where houses were completely destroyed. Our organization is a community outreach to the elderly, the widowed, and single mothers. Each reconstruction and/or rebuilding project is case managed by a certified case manager, thereby working within the necessary guidelines to meet all the necessary housing needs. Our goal is to restore homes, lives and the strong sense of community in East Biloxi. BFS Relief is compelled by the character of Christ to use our time, talent and financial resources for the sake of restoration, renewal and investment in the hope-filled future of Biloxi, Mississippi. -> When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005, BFS Relief set out on a journey and a commitment to bring hope, restoration, and solution to meet the needs in the community of East Biloxi, Mississippi. Today, BFS Relief continues in its commitment to focus on the unmet housing needs in East Biloxi. Our mission is to bring together organized resource and volunteer labor for the purpose of rehabilitating existing homes as well as building new homes where houses were completely destroyed. Our organization is a community outreach to the elderly, the widowed, and single mothers. Each reconstruction and/or rebuilding project is case managed by a certified case manager, thereby working within the necessary guidelines to meet all the necessary housing needs. Our goal is to restore homes, lives and the strong sense of community in East Biloxi. BFS Relief is compelled by the character of Christ to use our time, talent and financial resources for the sake of restoration, renewal and investment in the hope-filled future of Biloxi, Mississippi. ------- Compassion First (formerly BFS Relief) Departs From Biloxi, Mississippi Following the dedication at the end of May 2008 of the 45th home reconstructed and the 148 homes remediated since Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, we have closed our operation where we were blessed to have served for the past 3 years through the faithful work of our volunteers and partner organizations. As Compassion First departs from this region, we want to leave you two avenues for continued volunteer service and financial support to the Biloxi area.

main_phone: -> 503.643.0170
notes: -> If you are interested in volunteering or donating to the organization, please contact us at serve@compassionfirst.org or at 503.672.8394. ------------------------- Volunteer Camps http://compassionfirst.org/Support/Volunteer.html Biloxi, MS Disaster Relief in Biloxi, Mississippi Compassion First will continue to serve in Biloxi for as long as there is need, resource, and volunteer will; teams will continue to be formed and serve as often as every two weeks. It goes without saying that we are heavily dependent on volunteer support going forward. ----------------------- Vernonia, OR Vernonia Outreach Compassion First has partnered with Medical Teams International (formerly Northwest Medical Teams) to help rebuild and restore the community of Vernonia. If you are available and interested in volunteering, following are the areas of immediate need (Download the Volunteer Forms):
website: -> http://compassionfirst.org/
temp_perm: Temporary -> Permanent
mission: -> When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005, BFS Relief set out on a journey and a commitment to bring hope, restoration, and solution to meet the needs in the community of East Biloxi, Mississippi. Today, BFS Relief continues in its commitment to focus on the unmet housing needs in East Biloxi. Our mission is to bring together organized resource and volunteer labor for the purpose of rehabilitating existing homes as well as building new homes where houses were completely destroyed. Our organization is a community outreach to the elderly, the widowed, and single mothers. Each reconstruction and/or rebuilding project is case managed by a certified case manager, thereby working within the necessary guidelines to meet all the necessary housing needs. Our goal is to restore homes, lives and the strong sense of community in East Biloxi. BFS Relief is compelled by the character of Christ to use our time, talent and financial resources for the sake of restoration, renewal and investment in the hope-filled future of Biloxi, Mississippi.