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things get much better Putnam said the Can- Pearlington. The "Town
Since	moving	to	for them."	Do organization works	Meeting" will give peo-
Pearlington from The sign on the primarily to have corpo- pie an opportunity to ask New York shortly	Pearlington	Recovery	rate America pay for	questions	and share
after	Hurricane	Center's	entrance reads	recovery efforts in devas-	ideas, she said.
Katrina devastated the	"Pearl-Mart,"	and the	tated areas around the	More	information
region, Laurie Spaschak,	0ffjce where	Spaschak	globe. He said with cor-	about Pearlington recov-
along with several volun-	an(j team	WOrk is a	porate donations and vol-	ery efforts	and communi-
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As manager of the Pearlington Recovery Center and volunteer coordinator, a position she has held since January, Spaschak teams-up with numerous organizations in the area and across the country to aid the community in day-to-day necessities, like food and water, social activities to boost spirits and long-term efforts to rebuild homes and the economy.
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of need.
"What we hear over
and over is 'How can we ever thank these people enough?1 We, the Tourism Bureau think that this is a good place to start," said Beth Carriere the Hancock County Tourism director.
Please mail or e-mail your special friends contact information to:
"Thanks Y'alll C/0 Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau, P. 0. Box 3002, Bay St. Louis, MS
39521
tourism@mswest-
coast.org
The Hancock County
Bureau hopes to have a
significant number of
contacts to initiate a
mass mailing by or
before the Aug. 29
anniversary date. Please
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your contact information
as well as your stories.
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locals. They come to collect supplies, share conversation and receive a dose of hope.
"We try to provide food, water, a place to take a hot shower, information and assistance in a variety of areas of concern, like hurricane preparedness, insurance issues, medical issues, housing i>NUC'. a of things. Spaschak said. "We try to help in any way we can."
Spaschak said the Mobile (Ala.) Food Bank, the Salvation Army and churches from across the nation have provided the bulk of the donations	helping
Pearlington.
"The	faith-based
groups have been an enormous help," she
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"We need about $1.5 million to build 157 homes here," he said. "That's about $20.00^ a home, but we can do it The families here with five or six pcor lire They A
cated approximately 78U pc j’. ifc >.-ncfciiv lining :n Pearlington Spaschak said about 128 children call Pearlington home. The community's population prior to Katrina was approxi-
mateh 1.600
We need to build the economy here from the inside," Putnam said "This has always been a bedroom community for people who work in the
ty needs can be found at http://www.pearlington.b logspot.com/ or call the Pearlington Recovery Center at 228-533-0101.
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