TCCI & Coastal MS Recovery
Due to Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall on August 29, 2005, TCCI's recent activities have included hurricane relief as well as ongoing efforts related to cultural and environmental conservation, restoration, education and community planning. In addition to distributing over $20,000 of relief to residents of the Turkey Creek basin and nearby communities, TCCI is working to protect our watershed's cultural, environmental and housing resources from additional harm during the redevelop-ment process. Like nothing else before it, Hurricane Katrina has dramatized and heightened the need for such work across the gulf coast. Emboldened rather than redirected, TCCI's mission and goals for comprehensive revitalization remain steadfast - with resource stewardship and community values at the core.
TCCI VOLUNTEER CAMP
TCCI has recently completed constructing a temporary camp facility to accommodate volunteers (groups or individuals) interested in helping in the Turkey Creek-North Gulfport area. Most of the many thousands of volunteers who have aided gulf coast communities since Katrina have slept (and worked) where facilities have been available to house them. This has left North Gulfport comparatively unassisted, even though it has long been the City of Gulfport's most disinvested and marginalized community.
Established in partnership with Harrison County and volunteers from Virginia Tech, the newly finished camp includes two 35-person sea-huts, six outdoor showers, two bathrooms, a kitchen facility, and even wi-fi access. Please contact TCCI's Volunteer Coordinators, Ms. Mollie Abshire or Mr. Jon Grant @ (228)865-4420) or click HERE to e-mail.
