[StBernard] Center to distribute free cookware, dishes

[Westley Annis]

Center to distribute free cookware, dishes
Thursday, September 18, 2008St. Bernard bureau
The Community Center of St. Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St., Arabi, has received a
large donation of cookware and dishes from the Louisiana Recovery Authority.


These items are part of the $85 million in FEMA supplies that were
originally intended for the Gulf Coast Katrina recovery, but which were
stored in warehouses in Texas for two years before finally being returned to
Louisiana in June 2008. 

The Community Center will be disbursing these items through its Mustard Seed
Distribution Program, which regularly provides food, clothing, and household
items to low-income residents. 

Program participants will be able to choose either one box of cookware or
one box of dishes. Each box of cookware includes a 1-quart covered saucepan,
a 2-quart covered saucepan, a 4-quart covered stockpot, and a 10" sauté pan.
Each box of dishes includes a 16-piece set of Corelle dinnerware and a
12-piece flatware set. 

Anyone who wishes to receive these items must be registered with the
Community Center's Mustard Seed Distribution Program and must have current
documentation on file with the program. The program requires proof of
residency, proof of identification and proof of income for each participant.
More details are available at http://www.ccstb.org/images/mustardseed.pdf. 

Anyone whose documentation is incomplete will not be eligible to receive
these supplies. Clients will be able to register for the program or provide
missing documentation during the regular Community Center hours, Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

"The Community Center is very pleased to have received this donation, and we
will move to quickly get these supplies into the hands of those who truly
need them," stated Mustard Seed Distribution CoordinatorJason Horwitz. 

The distribution of the kitchenware will begin on Friday at 11 a.m. and will
continue until all of the items have been disbursed. 

For more information, call Horwitz at 504.281.2512