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[RICH.SCHRAMM@ecunet.org]

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

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AMERICAN BAPTISTS IN NYC CLEANUP EFFORT 
REQUEST PRAYER
 American Baptist Men Disaster Relief teams 
engaged in cleanup efforts in Lower Manhattan have 
requested prayer support as they work to clean 
apartments in the vicinity where the World Trade Center 
towers once stood.
 American Baptist Men's Ministries President Cody 
Pollington, of Great Falls, Mont., asked for prayer for the 
health and safety of the teams traveling to and working in 
New York City.  He also requested prayers "for our 
American Baptist family and all of the families involved in 
this disaster."   
 Dozens of volunteers from ABMen's organizations 
across the country responded quickly to the initial request 
for crews committed to serve one-week assignments.  
Currently there is no need for additional volunteers. 
 The cleanup effort began Oct. 21 and is based at 
the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  The ABMen 
Pennsylvania/Delaware Disaster Relief trailer arrived on 
that day, along with Bob Swan, PA/DE regional 
coordinator and former national president of ABMen USA, 
who directed the first week's operation.  He is succeeded 
this week by Fred Duffield, disaster relief coordinator for 
ABMen of West Virginia.  Other coordinators during the 
four-week cleanup include Dan McFaul, disaster relief 
coordinator for ABMen of New England, and Royce Jones, 
disaster relief coordinator for Mid-American Baptist Men.
 In addition to the Penn/Delaware trailer, the West 
Virginia and New York State trailers are on site. The New 
England trailer is scheduled to arrive Nov. 3. 
 Ken Webster, former ABMen national disaster 
relief coordinator, and Z. Allen Abbott, director of ABMen's 
Ministries, helped to set up the operations base last week 
in New York City.  For more information about the ongoing 
effort call Abbott at 1-800-ABC-3USA/x2286 or a regional 
ABMen's president or disaster relief coordinator.  Contact 
information is available at www.nationalministries.org/ABMen.

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