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Subj:	Re: A Favor for	Maw-maw Goose
Date.	8/31/2006 5:56:03	PM Central Standard Time
From:	BvForegger
To:	PBethyWI
Volunteers stand outside the battered home of Patricia and Harry Wilson (seated center) in Pearlington, Miss, on March 16. The couple was among hundreds of families assisted by the Savannah charity Pickin' Up the Pieces.
Savannah couple continues Pickin' Up the Pieces
By Dana Clark Felty
(912) 652-0311
dana.felty@savannahnow.com
Since forming the local charity Pickin' Up the Pieces just days after Katrina, Michael and Linda Edwards have returned to Hancock County, Miss., about a dozen times.
They have delivered 350 bags of household essentials, launched a holiday adopt-an-angel program benefiting 750 people, led a team of college students to work during spring break, helped rebuild homes and delivered outdoor toys for children, tool kits and vacuum cleaners.
"What they have done to restore our old lives is nothing short of a miracle," wrote Patricia Wilson in a March 28 letter to the editor in the Savannah Morning News.
"It has been an edification to realize that people so far away care enough to come here to help," said Wilson, who spent her 57th wedding anniversary riding out the storm with her husband and daughter in an attic.
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The Edwards want to do more. But their charity is hitting a dry spell for volunteers.
"We've taken several volunteer groups down there and kind of exhausted our recruiting efforts among our churches, friends and e-mail list," Linda said. "Volunteers are becoming increasingly hard to come by."
Thursday, August 31, 2006 America Online: PBethyWI