Sharon Hess
Sharon Hess
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One man called us and said, 'I have a three-bedroom house I'm working on, and you can use it. He is letting us use his home for Katrina evacuees.
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When we went to talk to those families, we found out that one of the families was originally from Herrin, so we were able to quickly place them in one of our vacant homes in Herrin. Our agency covers 24 counties, and if we don't have a house available, we can still help a family by making referrals.
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We have a total of 38 families here in Williamson County. We probably have such a large number here because of the interstate. Other surrounding counties have considerably fewer evacuees. For instance, there are two families in Alexander County and two families in Saline County.