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THE AFTERMATH OF THE FLOODS OF 2008

 

SEIU

  

 

HELPING MEMBERS

REBUILD THEIR

LIVES

 

 

“ I’ve lost everything. Right now I’m living in a tent in my cousin’s yard.”

— Rob Kleppe, SEIU Member and Cedar Rapids School District Custodian

“I’m staying with my mother in her one-bedroom apartment with my three kids, my husband, and two cats. The hardest part is trying to explain to the kids why they can’t sleep in their own beds.”

— Tammy Clark, SEIU Member and Head Start Teacher Assistant

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Right: President Cathy Glasson, talks with member Faith Pahl who lost her home in the floods. Looking on are Treasurer Norman Kalvig and Colleen Mehaffey, the president of the HACAP Chapter. Above: Debris lines the street where Faith Pahl used to live.


TAMMY AND ROB ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF THE DEVASTATION EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF THE SEIU LOCAL 199 FAMILY IN IOWA . OTHERS AFFECTED OR HOUSING THEIR RELATIVES ARE:

Diane Busch, Tina Butz, Mel Cerveny, Gary and Renee Comstock, Carrie Connel, Judy Crawford, Julie Davis, Diane Franklin, Keith Gaster, Deanna Jencks, Willie Jenkins, Mark Jensen, Danielle Kunde, Devin Mehaffey, Terri Mengler, Kimberly Middlekauff, Ann Nevin, Faith Pahl, Cheryl Parnell, David Pitcher, Melissa and Tom Roth, Tina Rusbult, Diana Russell, Dee Wilson, Dorothy Dee.

AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THE LIST KEEPS GROWING...

 PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM:
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO SEIU LOCAL 199 DISASTER RELIEF FUND