Camp Biloxi recognized as volunteer non-profit organization of the year
Wed, May 14, 2008
Camp Biloxi, a Lutheran-operated hurricane relief camp, was recently presented with the Volunteer Non-Profit Organization of the Year award for outstanding volunteer commitment by the City of Biloxi. Camp Biloxi Program Director, John Coyle, accepted the award on behalf of the camp on Wednesday, April 30. The Volunteer Non-Profit Organization of the Year award recognized the work of Camp Biloxi and their parent organization, the Southern District LCMS Recovery Assistance Inc, as well as their partner organizations, Lutheran Social Services Disaster Response, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and Lutheran Disaster Response.
“Your volunteers are giving us the most precious thing that you have your time, said Mayor Halloway. John Coyle agreed. “We would not be where we are today without the thousands of volunteers who have come to serve the needs of the many families devastated by Hurricane Katrina. It has been a most rewarding experience for all of us to help people in need and to spread the love of Jesus Christ in all that we do and say. We are truly an organization that is committed to restoring faith, home and community and I am proud to be a part of this.” For more information and to learn how you can volunteer or support the ministry of Camp Biloxi and Southern District LCMS Recovery Assistance, please visit www.campbiloxi.org or call Camp Biloxi at (228) 594-0008.
Courtesy of CNH District
(800) 433-3954
I was stationed in Gulfport immediately after Katrina and worked in Pass Christian and Waveland. Since Katrina, I’ve kept in touch with friends in the Mississippi National Guard who have told me, “Without people-of-faith helping us, we’d still be digging ourselves out.” I was required to go, and was honored to do so. But I thank God for those who have made Camp Biloxi possible by giving freely of their time, money, hard work and skills. Chaplain Christopher Otten, OHANG 178FW, Springfield, Ohio
It is great that the people of this city are working together amidst incidents of natural calamity and destruction. Biloxi, by the way, is further developed to become one of the premier gaming and vacation destinations in the Gulf Coast. For more information about Biloxi, see http://www.biloxi.net/. Cool site!
I was one of the five who built Camp Biloxi in 2005, and i’ve often wondered if it was still operating and how well. I’m absouletly thrilled to see it is still pulling in the volunteers, and that Elder John is running it with the passion he had three years ago. I’m blessed to have taken part in the experience and I wish you all the best.