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To: [log in to unmask] 97.616186 by LEON PHILLIPS, Mar. 19, 1997 at 22:59 Eastern OHIO RIVER VALLEY FLOOD UPDATE Lutheran Disaster Response of the Ohio River Valley is coordinating volunteers in cleanup and debris removal over a widespread area of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Hundreds of calls have been received from people willing to help, and volunteer crews are being sent out every day. Emergency supplies are being received at pickup points, and distributed in areas of need. A coordinator is presently based in Columbus (Mary Kanopka) and two are based in Cincinnati (Stan Friesen, Carroll Grimes). A third coordination office will be established farther South to serve additional areas of Kentucky and Indiana. Those wishing to volunteer can make arrangements by calling LDR's site office at 800-664-5947. They are receiving more than a hundred calls a day, and will take your name and number and get back to you. Persons living in the Southwest Ohio area should call 513-771-8333. Contributions to help in this major disaster relief effort may be sent to: ELCA Domestic Disaster Response/PO Box 71764/Chicago, IL 60694-1764. LEON PHILLIPS 3:52 pm Wed, Mar 19, 1997 Director, ELCA Domestic Disaster Response( Division for Church in Society), Lutheran Disaster Response ( a cooperative ministry of ELCA and LCMS) Phone: 610-776-8390 FAX: 610-776-8392 Internet e-mail: [log in to unmask]