Thank you for helping Galena rebuild after the historic 2013 Memorial Day Flood. All of our families were able to move back to Galena by October 2014, so we’re happy to have everyone home. Thank you also for your contributions to

Galena Rebuilders

who helped fund all sorts of projects in the rebuilding of our community.

90% of homes were damaged, but we are thankful there were no casualties, even during the tumultuous evacuation.  A FEMA rep said that the Galena devastation and recovery is the most challenging they’ve ever seen.  It was a big mess, and the harsh winter made for short rebuilding seasons.

Special thanks to the many organizations who joined us in rebuilding our community:
Changepoint, AmeriCorps, UMVIM, Baxter Road Bible Church, Cornerstone Church, FEMA, SBA, Galena City School District, Missionary Aviation Repair Center, Peninsula Power Sports, Samaritan’s Purse, Kingdom AirCorps, Chapel by the Sea, Petra Church of Salinas, Faith Bible Fellowship of Big Lake, The Gathering Place of Pineville Louisiana, Fairhill Community Church of God in Fairbanks

And I’m sure there are more groups and individuals… HUGE thanks to all of you!

Check out these organizations for ways you can do a world of good:

Self-Harm

• To Write Love on Her Arms

  http://www.twloha.com/

• Kristin Brooks Hope Center
  1-800-SUICIDE

  http://www.hopeline.com

Youth Services

• Big Brothers Big Sisters

  http://www.bbbs.org

• Young Life
  Galena Young Life Donation
  Click search, then by area number, and type in “AK24″ to help Galena Young Life

Services for Homeless, Rehab for Teens & Adults,
Shelter for Human Trafficking Victims,
Help for Sexual Abuse Victims

• Dream Center: Project Hope – rescuing victims of sex trafficking

  http://www.dreamcenter.org/about-us/

  http://www.dreamcenter.org/dream-center/human-trafficking/

• War Chest Boutique
  Do your shopping here and help victims of sex trafficking
  http://www.warchestboutique.com/

• Not For Sale

  http://www.notforsale.org/

• Rescue Missions

  http://www.agrm.org/agrm/default.asp

• Choose Respect
  Alaskans Ending the Epidemic of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault

  http://http://gov.alaska.gov/parnell/priorities/choose-respect/breaking-the-silence.html

• Standing Together Against Rape (S.T.A.R.)
  Alaska Crisis Line 1-800-478-8999

  http://www.staralaska.com/

• Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (R.A.I.N.N.)
  1-800-656-HOPE National Sexual Assault Hotline

  http://www.rainn.org/

Human Rights Advocacy

• Prisoner Alert

  http://www.prisoneralert.com/

• Amnesty International

  http://www.prisoneralert.com/

• The One Campaign

  http://www.one.org

Help People in Poverty

• World Vision

  http://www.worldvision.com

• Blood:Water Mission

  http://www.bloodwatermission.com

• Compassion International

  http://www.compassion.com

• VolunTours
  http://www.voluntours.ca

VolunTours Mission Statement: To connect people in developed countries to people in developing countries and to promote peace and understanding between the two. To make it a very simple process to volunteer abroad and to have every person who takes an El Camino VolunTour return home a changed person. To be the gateway to volunteering abroad and to change the world in a positive way.

• The One Campaign
  http://www.one.org