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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Perdue Farms, associates assisting with hurricane relief efforts
Special to the HHJ
SALISBURY, Md. -
Perdue Farms has made an
initial pledge of more than a
half-million-dollars worth of
ready-to-eat products to
assist the immediate and
long-term relief efforts in
the communities affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
“Our company is working
with America’s Second
Harvest to provide product
Perry UMC donates to Habitat
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HHJ Timothy Graham
Houston County Habitat for Humanity recently received a $12,500 donation from the
Perry United Methodist Church. From left are Nick Zoumberis and John Sillers for
Habitat and Jean Bennett, Missions Chair for Perry United Methodist Church. Habitat
will be building a home in Perry soon and if there are any residents of the area who
wish to donate time they can contact Sillers at 328-3388.
Loise Wallace was recog
nized with the Home of the
Month Award by Keep
Warner Robins Beautiful.
Also pictured are Freda
Hankins (Wallace’s daugh
ter) Jack Steed, Terry
Duemberger, Claire Taylor,
Cheryl Taylor, Linda
Larson, Ron Street and
Francis Wilson (all of
KWRB).
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First Baptist Church, locat
ed at 1135 Watson Blvd.,
was presented with the
Beautification
Award of Excellence by
Keep Warner Robins
Beautiful. Pictured are
(front row, from left) Terry
Duernberger, Francis
Wilson, Jack Steed, Neil
Hamaker (church proper
ty/grounds chairman),
Justin and Amanda Tedder
(R. Tedder Enterprises
LLC), (back row) Ron
Street, Cheryl Taylor,
Claire Taylor, Linda Larson
and Bob Shiver (church
maintenance/personnel).
submitted
Bill Butler Chrysler Dodge
Jeep was recognized with
the Beautification Award
of Excellence
by Keep Warner Robins
Beautiful. Accepting the
award from Jack Steed
(KWRB) is Billie Butler
(owner). Also pictured are
(first row) Susan Jones,
Denise Rodrigues, Theresa
Garrett,
Jim Butler, Sandy Butler,
Francis Wilson, Laurie
Mizell, Ray Reynolds,
Eddie Kuhns,
Stephen Rumph, Reginald
Thompkins; (back row)
Dana Teel, Brian Sloan,
Scott Street,
John Gresham, Ron Street,
Claire Taylor, Alan
Johnson and Scott
Kimball.
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donations and ice and will
assist with transportation,”
said Chairman Jim Perdue.
“As a company, we can
count our blessings that our
communities have been
spared, but I know that
many of our associates, pro
ducers and business part
ners have friends and family
who were in harm’s way,”
added Perdue. “This catas
trophe touches us all.”
“We know that with hun
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dreds of thousands of people
displaced, the relief effort
will continue for quite a
while, and so will the need
for food,” said Steve
Schwalb, Vice President of
Corporate Development.
“Our initial pledge will
give America’s Second
Harvest access to enough
food to provide well in
excess of one million meals
through their network of
LOCAL
community food banks,”
said Schwalb. “Plus, we can
assist them with refrigerat
ed transportation and ice.
This is the best way we can
use our company’s resources
to support the relief effort.”
The company has already
shipped the first two truck
loads of the 250,000 pounds
of product it is has made
available to America’s
Second Harvest. Associates
Weyerhaeuser donates $500,000 to
support Hurricane Katrina disaster relief
Special to the HHJ
The Weyerhaeuser
Company Foundation has
made a direct cash dona
tion of $500,000 to support
relief and rebuilding efforts
of areas devastated by
Hurricane Katrina. This
contribution represents the
foundation’s single largest
donation to a natural disas
ter.
The half-million dollar
donation will go to the
American Red Cross
Disaster Relief Fund to
benefit storm victims in
Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama, where
Weyerhaeuser has thou
sands of employees. The
company is also encourag
ing employees to make
financial contributions to
the American Red Cross
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2005 ♦
throughout the company are
also undertaking local fund
raising efforts. In the Gulf
Coast region, associates are
providing assistance to vic
tims, even opening their
homes to refuges from the
storm.
Ranked third in sales in
the poultry industry, Perdue
Incorporated is a leading
international food and agri
culture business providing
through its internal web
site.
The cash donation will
aid in the deployment of
American Red Cross volun
teers and services to the
hardest hit areas of
Katrina’s destruction, pro
viding shelter, food, coun
seling and other assistance
to those in need.
“Our thoughts are with
everyone who has been
affected by this disaster,”
said Steven R. Rogel, chair
man, president and chief
executive officer of
Weyerhaeuser Company.
“Weyerhaeuser and our
employees have a long his
tory of providing support to
our communities as they
struggle to recover from
disasters.”
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www.methodistrelief.org,
or through your church.
Catholic Charities USA
Make donations through
your church or make
online donations at
www.catholicchari
tiesusa.org.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity
has announced a three
stage effort to help with
recovery, including build
ing homes in units out
side of the disaster area
and bringing them in to
set them up with volun
teer teams. Volunteers
and money are needed.
To learn more and to
donate on line go to
www.habitat.org. Or
send checks to Katrina
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City of Warner Robins
OFFICIAL ELECTION NOTICE
According to the Georgia Municipal
Code (section 21-2-374 (b), you are
hereby notified that the Optical Scan
System will be tested in preparation
of the City Special Election (Septem
ber 20, 2005) on September 14, 2005
at 11:00 am, in the Council Chambers,
700 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins,
Georgia.
Carolyn Robbins
Municipal Election Superintendent
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quality products and servic
es to customers in more
chan 40 countries.
Privately held and family
run for three generations,
the company employs 19,000
associates and partners with
7,500 independent farm
families - all who share in
the commitment to quality,
service and reliability that
has guided the company
since its founding in 1920.
Weyerhaeuser employs
almost 5,000 people at 44
locations in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama,
including heavily impacted
communities in south
Mississippi and Louisiana.
The company manages
more than 2.4 million acres
of timberlands in the three
states.
Rogel said that the mag
nitude of the destruction
will require long-term sup
port, and that
Weyerhaeuser senior man
agers, the Weyerhaeuser
Company Foundation and
employees in the affected
states will continue to
assess and implement ways
Weyerhaeuser can respond
to specific needs as they are
realized.
Hurricane Relief Fund,
121 Habitat St., Americus,
GA 31709-3498
Episcopal Relief and
Development
Make donations through
your church or make
online donations to the
U.S. Hurricane Fund at
www.er-d.org.
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