Yesterday (Tuesday 11/4) marked an important event – we held our first group in only five days after the fire. Thanks to the wonderful people at Eastminister Presbyterian Church and Three Trees volunteers for making this happen. Volunteers found the space and then more volunteers provided most of the supplies.

Jacqui, our program coordinator, and her facilitators report it was a good night. Families had a chance to talk about the fire and continue on their own healing path. Board president David Wheeler was there too, sharing a brief message of hope for the future and providing information about the fire. He will be at the Thursday night and Saturday morning group too.

We also met with our insurance adjuster so the process of rebuilding has officially begun! There will be a lot of work to do in the coming days, weeks and months. Work that will require the help of many volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please email us at threetrees@threetrees.org or call the 263-3335 and leave a message.

Yes, our phone is now working to some degree. Incoming calls are going to a voice mailbox from which we are retrieving messages. Have patience if you leave a message as we will call you back.

Thanks to our friends at Dunne Equities we now some temporary office space for administrative use. Dunne Equities is just two building west of our office. Mail is just being forwarded there, too. They are making us feel right at home.

We also purchased a couple new computers and they are now being configured for us. We also had the software we’ll need on our computers donated.

. We want you to know what’s going on and to what extent you can, feel part of our rebuilding efforts. Because of this we plan to provide updates on this blo so please visit it, bookmark it and then share the site with your friends. www.threetreeswichita.blogspot.com

Thanks in advance for checking ths blog out. Please let me know what you think. We’ll post a few photo’s in the coming days.

Jeri