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Christina Forbes, business coordinator for Powerhouse Temple Church of God in Christ on North
Williams Avenue, accepts donations from a community member.
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evacuees feel com fortable and an­
sw er questions.
At the form er W ashington High
School in southeast Portland, more
than 50 displaced residents arrived
Sunday and received inform ation,
support and resources from the Red
Cross, Salvation Army, City o f Port-
land, M ultnom ah County, T ri-M et.
Department of Health Services, U.S.
Postal S ervice, S ocial S ecurity
A dm inistration and others.
The Red Cross said some arrived
by plane, bus, car and even hitch­
hiked.
More than 4,(XX) meals have been
served to hurricane evacuees at
W ashington High School. Locally,
the Red C ross has raised $2.8 m il­
lion in donations and $5(X),(XX) in in-
kind gifts for the disaster relief.
Pow erhouse T em ple C hurch is
planning on bringing back at least
10 more fam ilies from the hurricane
region via plane and bus during the
last w eek o f Septem ber.
T o m ake donations, visit the
church at 4525 N. W illiam s Ave.
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ate assistance and housing for any
victim o f the storm.
“The way that all these different
com m unity groups are interacting.
I’m ju st seeing collaboration and
support at a level I’ve never expe­
rienced before," M iller said. “The
story is about helping about people
in need, but there’s also the story
up to be trained and deployed to
affected regions.
Portland-area fam ilies already
hosting survivors should call the
Red C ross at 503-284-1234 to in­
quire about available services and
benefits. C om m unity m em bers are
also encouraged to call 211 or 1 -
800-SA FE -N E T for accurate, up­
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co n cern s w ere not m o tiv ate d by
racism .
Several people said they hoped
those w ho cam e to Portland out of
the disaster w ould get som e sort of
screening. O ne man, w ho said he
m oved to S outheast H aw thorne
Boulevard after “fleeing” North
K illingsw orth Street and A lbina
A venue, said his concern was as
much for the refugees as for the
surrounding com m unity.
“L et’s say that 950 are ordinary
people w ho are ju st trying to get
out o f hell,” he said, “and 50 are
crim inals. That ’ s a lot o f crim inals.”
Jesse Clay, a R ed C ross w orker
and another local A frican-A m eri­
can resident, said she had ju st re­
turned from the Sixth W ard o f New
O rleans and felt safer there than
Portland.
She asked if neighbors would
ask for screening if the displaced
A m ericans w ere from M artha’s
Vinyard.
Southeast Precinct com m ander
Rosie Sizer said the police had
“m ade good progress” in dealing
with safety concerns.
Red Cross workers Mary Loftin
and Bob Keeler said the intent is to
move refugees into permanent hous­
ing and to place them in jobs and
schools, as quickly as possible.
Some residents and nearby busi­
nesses said their attem pts to help
and to donate goods o r services
w ere rebuffed by the Red Cross.
But Loftin said the agency is not
se t up to a c ce p t d o n a tio n s o f
goods and that these are best made
to o ther agencies such as St. Vincent
de Paul.
H ughes said she had previously
attended a m eeting in northeast
Portland w here people w ere plan­
ning a w elcom ing for the displaced
residents and w as m oved to tears
by the intense, w arm and caring
faces.
“D uring that evening am ong all
those people w ho ‘did not look like
m e,’ though m any w ere not strang­
ers to m e, I learned a thing or two
about com m unity,” she said.
A sked his im p re ssio n o f the
B u c k m a n m e e tin g , N o rth e a s t
C o alition o f N eig h b o rh o o d s chair
W illie B row n said , “ W e all have
to do a lot m ore listen in g to each
o th e r.”
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