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Miss America Coming to Camp Restore October 7
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For immediate release
NEW ORLEANS (September 28, 2009)—Miss America 2009, Katie Stam, will be visiting RAI Ministries’ Camp Restore in New Orleans East on October 7th, 2009 to speak to volunteers and take part in a restoration project and house blessing, helping raise awareness for the continuing needs of the people of the Gulf Coast still in recovery four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It will be the final stop for Miss Stam on a two-day tour which will begin with visits to Lutheran schools in Baton Rouge and Metairie.
Miss Stam, from Seymour Ind., is a member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and an alumnus of the LCMS school system.
Recovery Assistance, Inc. Ministries (RAI Ministries) restores faith, home, and community to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the Name of Jesus Christ through the operation of two volunteer camps: Camp Biloxi in Biloxi, Miss. and Camp Restore in New Orleans East. Thousands of volunteers from across the United States travel to the camps each year to physically rebuild family dwellings, churches, and schools and participate in numerous other restoration projects while providing emotional and spiritual care to those in need.
As of September, 2009, RAI Ministries’ camps have housed over 30,000 volunteers, providing approximately 1,348,000 volunteer hours and completing work on over 2,700 major home repairs/rebuilds ($1,000-plus in materials costs) and over 3,900 minor home repairs (<$1,000 in materials costs) and other projects.