Emergency Communities in St Bernard Parish, LA. Emergency Communities is a new type of disaster relief. Formed after the horrific Hurricane Katrina, we seek to fill gaps in traditional relief models. We are a grassroots, on-the-ground relief effort using compassion and creativity to provide for those worst effected by disasters. Our first major project, the Made with Love Cafe and Grill in St. Bernard Parish, adjacent to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, has already served over 100,000 meals to thousands of returning residents. We provide food, clothing, and comfort for returnees from this awful storm. But more importantly, we provide a safe, warm space for the community - a space filled with compassion, love, and hope as we work together to recover and build anew. We are currently the Made with Love kitchen, which was created after the New Waveland Cafe closed in November. We desire to be mobile, and are in need of a 20 foot diesel box truck to help transport all of our equipment and supplies. With this truck we'd be able to transport our kitchen and community to new locations as well as to the gatherings. If any one can be of service please contact me or leave a post http://www.emergencycommunities.org Love and Light.
