On October 22, POJ’s Disaster Relief Ministry set out for Little Gasparilla Island, a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Florida near Fort Myers. The community suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Ian on September 28. It was the first Category 4 hurricane to impact Southwest Florida since 2004. After 16 hours on the road,
Fourteen volunteers worked two days a week over a three-month period to build two new structures at Camp Hanover. The first, a 960-square foot boardwalk along the lake waterfront, complements the floating dock built last year. The second project is a 74-foot bridge to complete Pearson’s Trail, an accessible path connecting the lake and Wise
In October, volunteers from Presbytery of the James churches spent a week helping Ocracoke Island residents recover after Hurricane Dorian devastated the community the month prior. The 9.6 square-mile island is one of the most remote in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There are no roads connecting it to other bodies of land. Three