wfn.org | Third annual Ecumenical Work Week slated for service in the Gulf Coast

[George Conklin <gconklin@igc.org>]

Third annual Ecumenical Work Week slated for service in the Gulf Coast

New York, January 22, 2009 -- The National Council of Churches 
Special Commission for the Just Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast has 
scheduled the third annual Ecumenical Work Week in Gulfport and New 
Orleans this August 2-8.

The work week, which has been growing steadily since it began in the 
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is expected to attract more 
than 100 volunteers who will spend a week working on houses still 
needing repair since the hurricane's devastation. As in past years, 
their labors will take place in an atmosphere of worship and witness.

Volunteers will choose to work in either New Orleans or Gulfport, 
Miss. They can download a registration form at 
http://www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/EWW2009registrationform.pdf and return it 
along with a $25 per person registration fee to the NCC's Washington 
Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Suite 108, Washington, DC 20002.

Volunteers will be asked to provide their own transportation to and 
from New Orleans of Gulfport. Assistance with housing will be 
provided by the Ecumenical Work Week staff.

Additional information can be found at the Special Commission Web 
site, www.ncccusa.org/justrebuilding

NCC News contact:  Philip E. Jenks, 212-870-2228 (office), 
646-853-4212 (cell) , pjenks@ncccusa.org