MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – A local church that helped relocate a Mississippi family during Hurricane Katrina is looking to do the same for one of the families impacted by Tropical Storm Harvey.
Pastor Matt Sauer of Manitowoc’s First Presbyterian Church feels the community is ready to band together again.
“Just pulling the community together to furnish the house, that house was an older home, there wasn’t necessarily separate bedrooms, so there was some construction.”
Sauer says helping resettle that family involved a realator donating a house rent-free for six months.
“It was a whole community effort. This church had the blessing to kind of be the gathering point for that.”
Churchgoer Kimberly Lees says they’ve also been working with local businesses to raise money to assist flood victims.
“Smiling Moose, they’re also trying to get donations. They’ve already sent a boat down, and they’re trying to get another boat sent down there.”
Sauer notes the last family they helped is no longer in the same house but remains in the area.
