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investment' - Volunteers gather in
Sandtown for annual summer building
week
By Lynn Anderson Sun reporter
A paintbrush in her hand, Winifred
Wilson prepared to add another coat
of cream-colored paint to the door
before her. As brush met wood, she
recalled how her family once turned
an apartment building into a
single-family home. "I'm one of 10
kids," said Wilson, who today is
deputy secretary of programs for the
Maryland Department of Human
Resources. "My father knocked down
the walls and then we painted the
whole house," she recalled as she
worked on the door, which will be
hung in a West Baltimore rowhouse
completely renovated by
volunteers...
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A Hometown Huddle for a
Katrina Family
by Lynette Locke, Baltimore
Times
Everyone working together. That's
a simple statement with tremendous
meaning. And that's exactly what
happened to bring about a miracle
for the Katrina displaced Duplessis
family. After the loss of everything
that they owned, and at the mercy of
federal and local agencies,
overwhelmed by the magnitude of the
catastrophe left by the hurricane,
the Duplessis family put their lives
in God's hands.
Helen Duplessis says that she
stepped out on faith and the Lord
led her to Baltimore. With husband
and wife, Reynoud and Helen
Duplessis at the lead, this family
of six children left a ravaged New
Orleans. But, they didn't choose
Baltimore; Baltimore chose them. The
Duplessis family ended up in the
city because of a statement
overheard from a volunteer. That
person, Scott Adams from the Greater
Gesthamene Church, was working in
New Orleans with the victims. He
simply said to them, “come to
Baltimore,” said Mrs Duplessis. They
had no family or friends here, even
though now they count a host of
community as friends; and they left
New Orleans at 3 o'clock in the
morning on faith headed to
Baltimore...
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Ravens lend wing to family
displaced by Katrina
David Carey,
The Examiner
Sep 13, 2006
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Ravens
are working in conjunction with the
Sandtown Habitat for Humanity to
provide a home for a family
displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
On Tuesday, players and
cheerleaders showed up to the 1400
block of Fulton Street to lend
support and get a little dirty.
Before going into the house to
lay bricks, defensive backs Evan
Oglesby and Corey Ivy signed
autographs for neighbors and talked
football with young fans on the
street. “It’s an opportunity to come
out in the community,” Oglesby said.
“I found out what this house is for,
and I wanted to be a part of it.”...
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