FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
St. Paul,
Minn.- September 11 (The
Langenfeld Foundation) -- Langenfeld Foundation Responds to
Catastrophies
A
grassroots effort, launched by The
Langenfeld Foundation, will provide flood recovery to victims of
the Hurricanes
in Texas and Florida. In
the spirit of
"people helping people", the St. Paul based nonprofit has
established
more than a dozen Disaster
Relief
sites throughout the Twin Cities.
Donated DART PORTABLE STORAGE pods, measuring 20' x 8' x
8.5', will be
unlocked during daylight hours.
People may
contribute supplies to
help those suffering from the Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, in
Texas and Florids. The
collection ends when the pods are
full. Trucks will
transport ALL relief
items to the disaster zones.
The epic
storms submerged people's homes in foul water.
Houston was a flood of biblical
proportions.
Mr.
Paul Langenfeld, Founder and President of The Langenfeld
Foundation, told us,
"In Houston, our pointman is Judge Wayne L. Mack, Justice of the
Peace,
for Montgomery County. He is the coordinator of the Flood
Relief." Langenfeld
added, "They have created a
Warehouse Distribution and Volunteer Center, and our trucks will
deliver
collected supplies to that location.
Right now, we are talking to Florida to determine the
best delivery site
for relief supplies."
When
contacted by phone, Judge Mack said, "The important thing right
now is to
clean up the mess floodwaters left. We
need to wash and disinfect all homes, inside and out. And, tear out or
demolish what was destroyed;
carpeting, drywall, wood panneling, etc."
The
Judge reported the shocking details of the situation: "We have
literally hundreds of
volunteers show up here every day, with sleeves
rolled up ready
to help flooded residents.
But, most are
left standing idle and empty-handed, because there is such a
shortage of
demolision tools, cleaning products, and equipment." Before hanging up the
phone, he emphesized,
"Please, we have to put supplies in their hands and give them
the tools
they need to help these people."
That
is where The Langenfeld Foundation comes in.
Texas has the workers, Minnesota has the stuff; let's get it together and make this happen.
Minnesota
Vikings legend Chuck Foreman joined the Disaster Relief Team as
well. The 5-time
Pro Bowl Player (who is no
stranger to must-win situations against overwhelming odds) said,
"We are
all in this together.
This is about
family. We are ALL
God's children, and
when disaster hits one of us, it hits all of us." To help inspire the
team, Foreman #44
emphesized, "Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do
something. It
doesn't have to be a big
deal. If you can
give a little--DO
IT."
Houston
has a problem. Judge
Mack identified
eight categories of items they need most:
1. Bottled
water
2. Nonperishable
food
3. New
clothing ONLY (they have mountains of used): undergarments
must be white and
new-in-package
4. Baby
products of ALL KINDS
5. Cleaning
tools and products: bleach,
soaps, mops and ringers, brooms, shovels, 5-gallon buckets,
cleaning gloves,
N95 dustmasks and goggles, garbage bags
6. Demolition
tools: hammers, crow
bars, sheetrock cutters, axes and hatchets
7. Mosquito
repellent: DEET insect
products
8. First Aid
items and personal hygiene
products
The
Langenfeld Foundation is welcoming help with funding, for
trucking, fuel, and
extra needed supplies not fully met by donations. People may do so on
their GO FUND ME
page: https://www.gofundme.com/
langenfeld-foundation-flood- relief.
Or on their
website: TheLangenfeldFoundation.org.
The
Langenfeld Foundation Disaster
Relief
Sites, as of 9/7/2017:
•
Teresa's
Mexican Restaurants (Mendota Heights, Prior Lake, Maple Grove,
Osseo)
•
Gabe's
by the Park (St. Paul)
•
Tavern
on the Avenue (St. Paul)
•
Joe
& Stan's (St. Paul)
•
Bierstube
(Hastings)
•
St.
Victoria Parish Family - Catholic Church (Victoria)
The
Langenfeld Foundation is a St. Paul-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, now
in its 12th year. Their
mission is to
raise the quality of life for disabled veterans and people with
special needs. The
foundation has taken many safari trips to
Africa, demonstrating that people with disabilities can live
life to the
fullest...all they need is an opportunity and a little help.
To
help move society in a more positive direction toward folks with
disabilities,
The Langenfeld Foundation produces a TV show, No Greater Love.
The program
is broadcast to 600,000 households throughout the entire
7-county Twin Cities
area. The show airs
on cable channel
MCN6, Wednesdays, at 8:30 P.M.
Mr. Paul Langenfeld, is founder and president of
The Langenfeld
Foundation. Paul is
a Hastings native,
and was the keynote speaker for the Hastings Veterans Day
Program in 2015. (He
enjoys a working relationship with the
Hastings Bierstub on fundraising raffles to help the cause.)
Paul Langenfeld, created The Langenfeld Foundation
in 2006. He named
the organization in honor of his
parents, Tony and Elizabeth Langenfeld of Hastings. In 2008, the
University of
St. Thomas (UST) named Langenfeld the Humanitarian of the Year.
That award recognizes
an outstanding individual
who has made contributions to the betterment of the spiritual
and material
welfare of the less fortunate.
As well, Langenfed has accepted a special award
from the Congress
of the United States of America.
Hand-in-hand with that, he was named a Star of the North,
by Minnesota
Congressman John Kline. On
behalf of The
Langenfeld Foundation, he was named a Community Game Changer, by
the Minnesota
Twins Baseball Club. Those
awards
affirmed the great benefits The Langenfeld Foundation is
bringing to our
society.
Learn
more at: www.thelangenfeldfoundation.org
Interview
Contacts:
Paul
Langenfeld, Founder and President, The Langenfeld Foundation,
651-491-8410,
TheLangenfeldFoundation@gmail.com
Judge
Wayne L. Mack, Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, TX,
936-672-4362,
Wayne.Mack@mctx.org
Fernando
Mata, General Manager, Teresa's Mexican Restaurant,
706-306-6780,
Fernandomx2012@gmail.com
Telephone:
651-491-8410
TheLangenfeldFoundation@gmail.com
www.TheLangenfeldFoundation.org
http://www.thelangenfeldfoundation.org/MakeADonation/index.html
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