LCIF and Lions Launch Massive Relief Effort after Katrina
by Jay Copp
Not long after Hurricane Katrina slammed into her district in southern Louisiana, Vice District Governor Nancey Farr of 8-N ventured out to assess the damage and see how Lions could help. She encountered scenes stranger than any fictional tale. The cries of a dozen newborns filled the Sunday school rooms of Judson Baptist Church in Watson. The beleaguered Woman’s Hospital in nearby Baton Rouge had asked church leaders to convert their facility into a makeshift maternity ward. At a junior high in Denham Springs Farr found 600 tired evacuees sprawled out on the gym floor. Overnight, the Christian Freedom Center in Walker had built outdoor wooden showers, complete with small hot water heaters, for its 60 evacuees.