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S SR 39 | Clayton, IN 46118 | Phone: 765-318-8025 | Email: farmassistance@earthlink.net
Website: www.indianacertifiedorganic.com/farmassistance
7/16/2008
Press Release: For immediate distribution
Indiana Floods of 2008: Disaster Assistance for Family Farmers
Hoosier Organic Marketing Education (HOME), an Indiana-based non-profit organization, has received a grant from Farm Aid to provide emergency direct assistance for those who have faced losses during Indiana’s recent floods. Family Farmers who are in need of emergency funds for food, clothing, utilities or health care related to this emergency should contact HOME immediately.
Funds will be distributed to those whom HOME has identified as most in need via a cash payment of $300.00. We know it will not resolve all of the challenges you face right now. We simply hope it helps in some measure to get you through this difficult period.
We urge you to remain in contact with the organizations in Indiana that are dedicated to providing assistance to family farmers. It is very likely that you will be needing other types of assistance during the coming weeks and months, and keeping a close connection to those organizations may help speed delivery of aid. If you are outside of Indiana and not familiar or connected to support groups in your region, contact Farm Aid toll free at 1.800.FARMAID (1.800.327.6243). They will do what they can to find help for you.
Indiana Counties Declared to be Disasters Due to Recent Flooding:
Adams, Allen, Bartholomew,
Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford,
Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain,
Franklin, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks,
Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson,
Knox, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan,
Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush,
Scott, Shelby, Sullivan, Switzerland, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh,
Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warren, Warrick, Washington, Wayne, Wells, White,
Whitley