PRESS RELEASES
BEAUMONT, TEXAS •
With attention now riveted on Hurricane Irma, more than 50,000 are still displaced in Houston and neighborhoods are flooded. Help is still needed in Texas. Teams of Scientology Volunteer Ministers continue to arrive in Houston to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey.
MIAMI, FLORIDA •
The Church of Scientology Miami, designated as a Disaster Relief Resource Center, is available for help. Located at 2220 South Dixie Highway, the Church of Scientology Miami will stay open with a few dozen experienced Scientology Volunteer Ministers when Hurricane Irma makes landfall.
MIAMI, FLORIDA •
Church of Scientology Miami in Coconut Grove will serve as a Disaster Relief Resource Center for Hurricane Irma. To ride out the storm with the least possible damage to their families and possessions, Miamians are urged to prepare for the hurricane now.
ROCKPORT, TEXAS •
Radio and TV personality Kerri Kasem, in Texas with the Scientology Volunteer Ministers, raises funds for Rockport, a community that was all but destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, and to save the life of a Rockport child.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
Volunteer Ministers provided relief for firefighters battling the blaze. Labor Day weekend was no holiday for the hundreds of firefighters battling the La Tuna fire in Glendale and Burbank that tore across the Verdugo Mountains.
ROCKPORT, TEXAS •
A veteran Scientology Volunteer Minister talks about what it is like on the ground in Rockford, Texas. So much more help is needed.
HOUSTON, TEXAS •
With more than a million displaced by Hurricane Harvey, Scientology Volunteer Ministers are providing relief and solace in shelters. A team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers has been helping those taking refuge in Houston’s Lakewood Church.
BASSAR, TOGO •
Religious and civil leaders officiated the opening of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers African Goodwill Tour in the Central Togo town of Bassar.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
Volunteer Ministers Center in Clearwater sends off 50 volunteers and 500 packages of urgently needed supplies to help Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
ROCKPORT, TEXAS •
Scientology Volunteer Ministers disaster response team in Rockport, Texas, reports on the devastation and the help still needed.
HOUSTON, TEXAS •
Los Angeles Volunteer Minister’s first day providing relief for victims of Hurricane Harvey On Saturday, August 26, Jim, a Scientologist from Los Angeles, saw a Volunteer Ministers’ tent near his Church on L. Ron Hubbard Way.
DALLAS, TEXAS •
Seeing the images of those left stranded by Hurricane Harvey, a Dallas resident set out to find what she could do. Michelle, a Scientologist and Volunteer Minister from Dallas, had enough. Following #Harvey on Twitter, she wasn’t going to let another day go by without doing something about it.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK •
Fifty-two young human rights activists representing 42 nations attended the 14th annual Human Rights Summit at the United Nations August 24 to 27.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
Scientology Volunteer Ministers international headquarters calls for hundreds of volunteers to join Hurricane Harvey disaster response. First teams are assembled and deployed.
BUFFALO, NEW YORK •
World Humanitarian Day open house August 19 at the Church of Scientology of Buffalo acknowledged the Buffalo Special Police for their service and dedication to the city.
WASHINGTON, D.C. •
Bringing the community together in the name of unconditional help In honor of World Humanitarian Day, the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington D.C. held an open house August 19 to honor volunteers who help others in times of disaster.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE •
World Humanitarian Day open house at the Nashville Church of Scientology inspired volunteers to take action and exemplify the spirit of the day. The Nashville Church of Scientology hosted an open house on World Humanitarian Day August 19 to urge volunteers to help others in times of need.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights brought its traveling exhibit to New York to inform and educate those attending the American Bar Association Annual Meeting on the need for the legal community to champion the rights of children and families and protect them from dangerous psychiatric drugs.
NORTH SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA •
Church of Scientology- sponsored humanitarian campaigns bring practical solutions to North Sacramento crime prevention event. Volunteers from the Church of Scientology Sacramento joined in the Robla Community Parks National Night Out to share effective solutions to reduce crime and drug abuse.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL •
Extending help to those in need For the past three years, a group of Israeli Scientologists have been working with Sudanese and Eritrean refugees to help them improve the quality of their lives.