Teamsters offer Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief assistance in Louisiana, Texas

CLEVELAND, September 24 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in Louisiana and Texas after Hurricane Ike damaged homes and property in early September.
Assistance is available to individuals and households in the following Louisiana counties who may have experienced a loss due to this disaster:
Acadian, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Sabine, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion, and Vernon Parishes.
To help increase awareness of this valuable assistance, members who live and work in Louisiana are asked to print and post the following notice at their places of work:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/LAikedisasterflyer.pdf
Assistance is also available to individuals and houses in the following Texas counties:
Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller, and Washington Counties.
To help increase awareness of this valuable assistance, members who live and work in Texas are asked to print and post the following notice at their places of work:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/TXikedisasterflyer.pdf
If you or someone you know needs help, please call the Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund office at: (202) 624-8971. If you were impacted by the hurricane, please download and complete the "Request for Help" form available below. The completed "Request for Help" forms (including all requested documentation) must be returned to the Teamsters by Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
Members living in Louisiana who wish to apply for relief should print and complete the following “Request for Help” form:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/LAikedisasterrelief.pdf
Members living in Texas who wish to apply for relief should print and complete the following “Request for Help” form:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/TXikedisasterrelief.pdf
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
bentley@ble.org
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1997-2008 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
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