The Empowerment Temple Church said it helped raise $35,000 between church funds and community donations for those impacted by the gas explosion on August 10th.
Much of the funds went to pay for the funeral costs for the two victim's killed in the blast, Joseph Graham and Lonnie Herriott.
THEIR HOMES AND GET BACK TOSOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
ASWMAR 2 NEWS' DAVE DETLINGSHOWS US --- MONETARY SUPPORTCONTINUES TO ROLL IN --- ONECHURCH HAS ALREADY HELPEDRAISE 35- THOUSAND DOLLARS.Well, next week will mark theone-month anniversary of thegas explosion on August 10.Behind me you can see theblast site.
Itbeen cleared of all debris.Still, this neighborhood alongLabyrinth Road is recovering.Itpart to community support andone area church.
AS CREWSALONG LABYRINTH ROAD REPAIRTHE AREA IN FRONT OF THE BLASTSITE ... CORTLAND: We seeMONETARY SUPPORT CONTINUES TOCOME IN FROM NEIGHBORS LIKCORTLAND NEELY WHO GAVE 50DOLLARS TO A VOLUNTEERWEDNESDAY.
I know times arehard but nothing is as hard aslosing everything.
Thosepeople lost everything.
NEELYLIVES ONE STREET AWAY FROM THEBLAST SITE.
MANY OF HISNEIGHBORS HOMES REMAIN BOARDEDUPBLOWN OUT FROM THE AUGUST 10THGAS EXPLOSION.
We all got topull together right now.
Notjust because of this butbecause of everything thatgoing on.
AND THE COMMUNITY ASA WHOLE HAS RALLIED.
EARLIERIN THE DAY AT A NEWSCONFERENCE AT THE EMPOWERMENTTEMPLE CHURCHBARNES SAID MORE THAN 35THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS RAISEDBETWEEN THE CHURCH ANDCOMMUNITY PARTNERS.
MUCH OF ITGOING- TOWARDS THE FUNERALCOSTS OF THE TWO VICTIMSKILLED IN THE BLASTGRAHAM AND LONNIE HERRIOT.
Onbehalf of the families and thechurch, we thank all of thecitizens that helped ussupport that.
We were able tocover 100% of those costs forboth families and bothfunerals and related expenses.AND THE GIVING IS NOT OVER.EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE CHURCH SAYSIT'S PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN10 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONSINCLUDING THE AMERICAN REDCROSS AND UNITED WAY TO HELPOFFER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.ITFAMILIES PAY FOR INSURANCEDEDUCTIBLES TO REPAIR DAMAGEHOMES.
What wenow, in our form they wereasking all do you need memberswho need or like toparticipate in that, to fillout.
First and foremost wejust getting basic demographicinformation such as where theyare in relation to where thexplosion was.
Ihere until itTHEN THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS LIKESHIRLEY BROWN.
SHEOF EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE CHURCHAND HAS BEEN ON THE GROUNDHANDING OUT CANNED GOODS,WATER, TOILETRIES AND MORESINCE DAY ONE.
I see thesepeople in need.
If that was myplace I know somebody wouldreach out and try to help me.The day I saw it on TV, I camethe next day.
I said I got todo something to help them.THEYMEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS WHO WALABYRINTH ROAD TO MAKE a FULRECOVERY.
This community hasbeen here a long time.
Itbe OK itit through this Andempowerment Temple church saysit will be back in this areaover the next week or so tocanvas the neighborhood to geta better idea of whatneighbors need.
In North WestBaltimore, DAVE DETLING, WMAR2 NEWS.PROTESTS, FOLLOWED
