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Gulf Coast Community

Families in the Gulf Coast need your help more than ever!
The devastation of the Mississippi Gulf Coast began in 2005 with hurricanes Rita and Katrina. In 2008, hundreds of displaced residents were still living in dangerous temporary housing when Hurricane Gustav ravaged the area. Now, more than ever, families in the Gulf Coast need our thoughts, prayers and actions. The Thrivent Builds Gulf Coast Community program makes it easy for you to help one of these families.

Thrivent Builds Worldwide Gulf Coast Community
This program brings members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans together, along with other Lutherans and volunteers, to build homes with partner families in need of simple, decent, affordable housing.

On behalf of its members, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans committed $2.5 million to Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2008 to build up to 40 homes—nearly all in the Trace Lane community—and contribute to the affiliate’s ability to serve more families.

In 2009, Thrivent Financial will start building a new Community in Gulfport, Mississippi where it is committing an additional $1.7 million.

Your membership helps change lives
Your membership in Thrivent Financial opens the door to financial security for you and your family. It also opens the door to new lives for families in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Because of your membership with Thrivent Financial, programs like the Thrivent Builds Worldwide Gulf Coast Community are helping build hope by building homes. We provide the program. You create the hope.

This is your chance to be part of an experience that will help change families’ lives—and rebuild entire communities.

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Be inspired
Read journals from past Thrivent Builds Worldwide teams to see how they changed lives — even their own.

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Hurricane Katrina damage
Hurricanes Rita and Katrina
ravaged the Gulf Coast

 

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This document was last updated on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 1:29 PM