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Governors Wife Visits iCare Village
WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI, October 5, 2005 –Marsha Barbour, wife of Mississippi’s
Governor Haley Barbour, surprised iCare Village volunteers with a personal visit
today.
The iCare village is being built by The Morrell Foundation at
Buccaneer State Park on land donated by the state of Mississippi.
The village was built to house volunteers from around the country
that want to come to Waveland and provide hurricane relief.
“Marsha Barbour first showed me Buccaneer State Park from the air about three
weeks ago, and her continuing support for our efforts here has been an
inspiration,” said Founder and Chairman of the Board, Phil Morrell. “The FEMA
plan calls for thousands of volunteers but does not provide any housing for
them. The Governor and his wife understood this dilemma from the beginning, and
together we are building housing that will be here as long as it is needed,” he
said.
Marsha Barbour has helped locate beds, a dozen washers and dryers and
numerous other resources for the foundation. iCare Village will now provide the
first laundry facilities to the residents of Waveland since the hurricane and
expects to start housing volunteers in the upcoming week.
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