St. Luke Lutheran Church

Thrivent Build is a coalition of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans with Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity.  Many volunteers are needed in many categories - contact (909) 865-8782 if you can help. If you know someone who needs a simple, decent, affordable home, contact Habitat for Humanity at (909) 596-7098 to file an application and to see if they are qualified.

There is always a need for assistance from many worldwide disasters, as well as for victims of the fire storm season in Southern California, flooding and tornadoes in the Midwest; hurricanes in the South.  You can reach out to others by contacting the following national service agencies:

• Lutheran World Relief at www.lcms.org;
• Orphan Grain Train Katrina or Hurricane Sandy Relief at www.graintrain.org;
• Southern District LCMS Baton Rouge at their e-mail address of http://southernlcms.org/;
• Salvation Army Disaster Relief at www.salvationarmyusa.org;
• American Red Cross at www.redcross.org (they are in desperate need of blood supply reserves); and
• NAACP Disaster Relief Fund at www.naacp.org.

The American Red Cross can always use blood donations as well as cash donations on a continual basis and for all national disasters. You can call their national hotline at 1-800-435-7669, or go to www.americanredcross.org You can also call any local Chapter Office for local donations.