United Way help offered

United Way has a half time employee Mark Anthony, who is coordinating
recovery volunteers with work requests & working with Mark & Carol Martin,
who head the local ecumenical volunteer efforts. Mark Martin says that
there are a lot of college students coming to town to volunteer during their
spring break. Sooooooo, people should call UW & request volunteers for any
needs. In fact, there have been volunteers coming to town all along, so
it's possible to get volunteer help before that.

Also the term "unmet needs" seems to also cover debt incurred due to the
flood. So people who didn't interview with the "green shirts" should talk
with UW about giving that interview. The grants / donations coming to UW
will be distributed based on this data. The UW office is on the corner of
5th St & 12th Ave in Coralville.

And finally, our local ecumenical group meets at 3:30 every Thursday at
First Christian Church, Lincolnshire Place, Coralville. It's an open
meeting. FEMA rep Phoebe Trepp comes. Her title is "Volunteer Agency
Liaison" & if people want to talk to her directly, she's
phoebe.trepp@dhs,gov Also, Adam Yak comes. He works for the state level
flood recovery people. The rest of the people represent local faith groups.

Katharine Nicholson
319-339-4604
cell: 319-331-3874