Grace Tabeek, my wife Barb and I volunteered at the Presbyterian Church in
Conklin on Sunday.

I was very impressed with the organization at the Presbyterian Church. They had
ample supplies of food, beverages and cleaning supplies for those affected by
the flood and the volunteers. It was apparent that they had a very good set up.

Carol and Ralph Fuller have been working at the Presbyterian Church since the
flood and are doing a great job. Carol assigns people to homes that need
volunteer help and gave us our assignment.

We went to two houses. The first home was right on the river and Grace and
Barney Taylor had been there the previous week. We took out the flood related
garbage that they had, took out a very wet carpet that we had to cut with a
knife and removed some furniture.

The owner of the second place had just gotten back into her home. We hauled mud
and sludge out of her basement for a couple of hours, bagged it and took it to
the curb. The basement is ruined and still has mud and sludge in it. It's not
an easy task as you have to shovel it, cart it, lift it up out of the basement,
bag it and then wheel barrow it or drag it to the curb. It's a very labor
intensive task. By the time we left the front lawn was covered with garbage
bags and other ruined stuff from the house.

We were able to offer some people that needed and appreciated it both some help
and compassion. I'm sure people that are devastated by the flood appreciate it
when others show that they care.

Kevin



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