volunteers to crash and relax in while they are here working! Local social service and government agencies also pitch in to help find resources for the families as well, agencies such as The Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida, The United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, the Rotary Club, the City of Clewisoton, the County SHIP programs in both Hendry and Glades counties, USDA Rural Development, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Lutheran Disaster Response, Volunteer Florida Foundation, and others all either helped provide direct assistance or fund the work of the volunteers,or help out with CREW expenses so that they could locate, recruit, coordinate, and fund this assistance.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
The forgotten Wilma vicitms get help from one small rural community!
Clewiston and surrounding communities really pull together to cater to those volunteering their time to help out residents still recovering from Hurricane Wilma in Hendry and Glades counties. Local businesses, such as Cafe' Tropical, McDonald's, Subway, Burger King, Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q, Clewiston Bakery, and Common Grounds often offer free or reduced price meals for our volunteers. Community Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church feed almost every group that visits at least one time a week for dinner, offering fellowship as well as nourishment. In addition First United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, Community Presbyterian Church, and Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal MI churches all provide rooms for these volunteers to crash and relax in while they are here working! Local social service and government agencies also pitch in to help find resources for the families as well, agencies such as The Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida, The United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, the Rotary Club, the City of Clewisoton, the County SHIP programs in both Hendry and Glades counties, USDA Rural Development, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Lutheran Disaster Response, Volunteer Florida Foundation, and others all either helped provide direct assistance or fund the work of the volunteers,or help out with CREW expenses so that they could locate, recruit, coordinate, and fund this assistance.
volunteers to crash and relax in while they are here working! Local social service and government agencies also pitch in to help find resources for the families as well, agencies such as The Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida, The United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, the Rotary Club, the City of Clewisoton, the County SHIP programs in both Hendry and Glades counties, USDA Rural Development, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Lutheran Disaster Response, Volunteer Florida Foundation, and others all either helped provide direct assistance or fund the work of the volunteers,or help out with CREW expenses so that they could locate, recruit, coordinate, and fund this assistance.
Monday, April 23, 2007
CREW is Grateful!
CREW, Inc. had a very successful celebration and awards banquet on Saturday night (April
21, 2007). We celebrated the successes and discussed what more needs to be done. Exact figures for income minus costs are not in, but we figure that we made about $7,000 Saturday night.
We wanted to make sure the community knows that we did not do this alone. First and foremost, we know that God has had His hand in this from the beginning; we Praise and Thank Him for this. If it had not been for the Clewiston Ministerial Association, CREW would not have been born or gotten off the ground. The volunteers both local and from all over the country have helped us achieve the successful closing of 340 cases. We have had over 50 groups and numerous individuals both locally and from all over the nation assists us. Organized groups such as United Methodist Committee On Relief,
Presbyterian Disaster Association, Lutheran Disaster Response and United Church of Christ have sent work teams repeatedly. We have over 350 open cases to go. We completed our first rebuild, have repaired numerous roofs and repaired interior damage, built handicapped ramps, removed debris, and demolished homes. We have completed assessments and developed case plans on 750 families. 90% of these cases are related to Hurricane Wilma, the remaining are Tropical Storm Ernesto and 4 were fire related.
The following partners have helped CREW become what it is today and were recognized at the banquet: Clewiston Ministerial Association, Ministerial Association of Hendry County, Community Presbyterian Church, Church World Service, Lutheran Disaster Response, Rotary Club, United Church of Christ, NFL/United Way Partnership, Presbyterian Disaster Association, United Methodist Committee On Relief, United Methodist Storm Recovery,
United Way of Lee Hendry and Glades County, Voluntary Florida Foundation Disaster Recovery Fund, Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal MI, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Iva Pittman, City of Clewiston, Aida Barnhart Hendry County SHIP program, Erica Villafuerte Glades County, Clewiston Inn, and The Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida.
The following people donated items to the silent auction at which we raised $460. Susan Deveney, Trish Adams, Mimi McCallum, Robin Lee Makowski, Sunkist Tanning, Hungry Howie’s, Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Que, and Paul and Helen Nelson.
God Bless Hendry and Glades Counties and all those who make it great!
Trish Adams, LCSW
Executive Director for CREW
Long Term Recovery Coordinator for United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties
21, 2007). We celebrated the successes and discussed what more needs to be done. Exact figures for income minus costs are not in, but we figure that we made about $7,000 Saturday night.We wanted to make sure the community knows that we did not do this alone. First and foremost, we know that God has had His hand in this from the beginning; we Praise and Thank Him for this. If it had not been for the Clewiston Ministerial Association, CREW would not have been born or gotten off the ground. The volunteers both local and from all over the country have helped us achieve the successful closing of 340 cases. We have had over 50 groups and numerous individuals both locally and from all over the nation assists us. Organized groups such as United Methodist Committee On Relief,
Presbyterian Disaster Association, Lutheran Disaster Response and United Church of Christ have sent work teams repeatedly. We have over 350 open cases to go. We completed our first rebuild, have repaired numerous roofs and repaired interior damage, built handicapped ramps, removed debris, and demolished homes. We have completed assessments and developed case plans on 750 families. 90% of these cases are related to Hurricane Wilma, the remaining are Tropical Storm Ernesto and 4 were fire related.
The following partners have helped CREW become what it is today and were recognized at the banquet: Clewiston Ministerial Association, Ministerial Association of Hendry County, Community Presbyterian Church, Church World Service, Lutheran Disaster Response, Rotary Club, United Church of Christ, NFL/United Way Partnership, Presbyterian Disaster Association, United Methodist Committee On Relief, United Methodist Storm Recovery,
United Way of Lee Hendry and Glades County, Voluntary Florida Foundation Disaster Recovery Fund, Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal MI, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Iva Pittman, City of Clewiston, Aida Barnhart Hendry County SHIP program, Erica Villafuerte Glades County, Clewiston Inn, and The Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida.The following people donated items to the silent auction at which we raised $460. Susan Deveney, Trish Adams, Mimi McCallum, Robin Lee Makowski, Sunkist Tanning, Hungry Howie’s, Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Que, and Paul and Helen Nelson.
God Bless Hendry and Glades Counties and all those who make it great!
Trish Adams, LCSW
Executive Director for CREW
Long Term Recovery Coordinator for United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties
Sunday, April 22, 2007
CREW Fundraising Gala is a success!
The CREW fundraiser was a success and also was a chance for CREW to recognize all those individuals, families and agencies that have helped us along the way. Awards of appreciation were given to all those who helped CREW in meeting the needs of the community. Reverend John Hicks and Vice President of CREW David McClusky presented the awards and told the story of how CREW grew from a request made by the City of Clewiston to
the Clewiston Ministerial Association. Friend and former Radio DJ and Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, Sean Moore, helped MC the night. Two of the families CREW helped also attended and told how much the help they received from CREW helped them get their lives back together. CREW also presented their first rebuild, for one of these families, with their official Certificate of Occupancy as a surprise after overcoming numerous road blocks. During the event, CREW shared about all the families they have been able to help (over 300), and how many more Hurricane Wilma families are still left to help (still over 300). They also shared their hopes that no future storms will wreck havac on our two counties, and talked about their plans to help residents in our counties recover from smaller disasters such as fires and tropical storms, as well as to promote disaster preparedness and awareness and to help mitigate homes in the future.
Check out the pictures! http://www.msnusers.com/CREWInc/shoebox.msnw
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Pictures were taken a a gift by Photos by Renee. Visit their website at: http://www.prophotosbyrene.com/mp_includes/index.asp
CREW celebrates National Volunteer Week!
CREW celebrates Volunteer Appreciation Week! Grace Ministries from Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Coral was here on the 14th and Art Haas from the Lutheran Disaster Response volunteered all week. We also had our volunteer Long Term Recovery Meeting for FEMA related clients on Tuesday and our volunteer Long Term Recovery Meeting for the two counties as a whole on Wednesday. In addition, a new volunteer group arrives today from New Hampshire through the United Church of Christ Organization!
“Volunteers are not paid -- not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.”
Anonymous (from CRWRC Website)
http://www.crwrc.org/?action=d7_article_viewer_view_article&Join_ID=147772
“Volunteers are not paid -- not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.”
Anonymous (from CRWRC Website)
http://www.crwrc.org/?action=d7_article_viewer_view_article&Join_ID=147772
CREW receives award at National VOAD conference!
C.R.E.W. Inc. wins award for National Excellence in long term recovery from National VOAD (National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) at their annual conference in beautiful New Mexico. The award was given for partnering with so many agencies and having a lot 
of heart and few resources but still managing to help so many in need from Hurricane Wilma and a handful from other disasters.
of heart and few resources but still managing to help so many in need from Hurricane Wilma and a handful from other disasters.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
CREW helps clean up Clewiston!
CREW is dedicated to helping our community. On Saturday, their day off, four staff members (Laisa Mariana, Trish and Akiva), Board Treasuer Scott and five children (Ty-Sean, Bruce, Bobby, DJ and Jonathan) all pitched in on the CREW team to help Clean up Clewiston in the City's 2nd Annual Spring Cleaning. They filled up 13 bags of trash in just a four block radius! Pictured here is Scott, Bruce, Ty-Sean, Bobby, Trish, Mariana, and Laisa!
VOLUNTEER GROUPS PITCH IN!
A group of 10 volunteers from Tangier United Methodist Church in Virginia come and work the week of March 11th through March 17th on their vacation time to work on a Wilma destroyed home, replacing half of his roof, hanging drywall, finishing drywall, laying sub flooring in a bathroom and installing a bathtub. They also, repaired his porch from the roof to the screen. They worked hard the entire week in Clewiston.
A group of 30 High School students from Boca Raton Christian School students and 6 adults come for their Spring Break for the week of March 22nd through March 27th. The group worked on 3 homes, installing vinyl flooring throughout the entire homes. This group took the weekend off, and despite their bus having some starter issues managed a trip to Busch Gardens.
They also helped with some demolition work. They worked in Montura and Ridgedill.
A group from the Presbyterian Church of Boca Raton returned (they have helped out several times before) for the day on March 17th. This group sent 10 volunteers to help install four windows, two doors, build a ramp and repair some drywall in Labelle.
A group of 30 High School students from Boca Raton Christian School students and 6 adults come for their Spring Break for the week of March 22nd through March 27th. The group worked on 3 homes, installing vinyl flooring throughout the entire homes. This group took the weekend off, and despite their bus having some starter issues managed a trip to Busch Gardens.
They also helped with some demolition work. They worked in Montura and Ridgedill.A group from the Presbyterian Church of Boca Raton returned (they have helped out several times before) for the day on March 17th. This group sent 10 volunteers to help install four windows, two doors, build a ramp and repair some drywall in Labelle.
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