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Date: Sept. 23,  2005
Contact: Cheryl  Brumbaugh-Cayford
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
Sept. 23, 2005
 
Shipments of relief goods continue from Brethren Service Center
 
Sept. 23, 2005 (Elgin, IL) --  Church of the Brethren staff, on behalf	of 
Church World Service (CWS), sent the first shipment of relief materials to  
areas affected by Hurricane Katrina on the evening of Aug. 30. The 5,000 
blankets 
and the 5,040 Gift of the Heart Health Kits reached their destination,	Baton

Rouge, La., and were distributed on Aug. 31. 
 
As of Sept. 19, 18 more shipments from the warehouses at the Brethren  
Service Center in New Windsor, Md., have been sent to affected areas.
Brethren,  
along with other CWS partners, are invited to celebrate this outpouring of  
relief.
 
Following are summaries of relief materials received, by state: 
 
Alabama: 1,035 Health Kits and 1,020 School Kits
Arkansas: 540 Health  Kits
Louisiana: 6,000 blankets, 22,230 Health Kits, 510 School  Kits
Michigan: 315 Health Kits
Mississippi: 6,000 blankets, 19,545 Health  Kits, 1,625 Clean-Up Buckets
Texas: 1,000 blankets, 7,065 Health Kits, 1,020  School Kits
Virginia: 720 Health Kits, 1,830 School Kits, 25 Kids Kits
 
Totals as of Sept. 19: 13,000 blankets, 51,450 Health Kits, 4,380 School  
Kits, 25 Kids Kits, 1,625 Clean-Up Buckets
 
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to  
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its
faith  in 
community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith  
traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its
 300th 
anniversary in 2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United	
States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil, the  
Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.
 
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For more information contact:
 
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Director of News Services
Church of the  Brethren General Board
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
847-742-5100  ext. 260
_cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org_ 
(mailto:cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org) 
 
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