Hurricane pain doesn’t always have to hurt!

9.20.2007

Positive way to deal with Disaster Grief!

So many people thought it was a shame when Hurricane Felix slammed big time into the South American coast. People it seems quickly go form one disaster story to the next thanks to media coverage.

Well not all people go from one hurricane disaster to another. There are those who stop for a bit and arrange a creative way to help address the pain a suffering a hurricane causes. Now that is the most positive hurricane aftermath that a citizen of the world can offer or experience in my humble hurricane related opinion.

Just read an article about Steve Drummond the Destiny Resorts owner and 417 helping Hands Hurricane Relief Benefit. Generally you never think of a hurricane affecting Branson MO but this is the best way to have a hurricane affect a town! Monday the community will do something very fun and creative to raise support ofr the families in the tiy fishing village near southern Mexico. What a great way to help with Distant Grief.

Steve Drumond feels for that community since frequently visits there and is building a vacation home there. It just goes to prove that you can have distant grief and find a productive way to address the pain for the purpose of healing not only your own distant grief but the hardships of those directly impacted by such hurricane devastation.

Got plans for Monday? If not and your live near Branson – go to the auctions for the dinners and then go dance the night way – you’ll be doing lots more than fun! You’ll be helping hurricane victims who have nothing to dance about right now!

Here is the great article!

ozarks Updates – News

Benefit Monday in Branson to help fishing village bit by hurricane

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/BREAKING01/70919049/-1/RSS

night out in Branson will help victims of Hurricane Dean in a tiny fishing village in southern Mexico.

The 417 Helping Hands Hurricane Relief Benefit will be Monday at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand theater complex.

A tour of the 57 Heaven Museum, a bachelor and bachelorette auction and a night of dancing at Club 57 will raise funds to help Mahahual just north of the Belize border. Hurricane Dean hit the little village on Aug. 21 with winds of more than 175 miles per hour.

Steve Drummond, owner of Destiny Resorts, became familiar with Mahahual after vacationing in the area several times. He and his family are establishing a second home in the village, and Destiny Resorts is in negotiations to purchase a resort in the area.

Relief to the village has been slow, Drummond said. The Puerto Costa Maya cruise dock, which brought in tourism from cruise ships, was severely damaged. It is not expected to reopen until mid-2008.

The first $5,000 raised during Monday’s hurricane relief benefit will be used to purchase goods for the village. Any funds raised beyond that will be shared with Convoy of Hope for hurricane relief in the region — 30 percent will go to Convoy, and 70 percent to direct relief to Mahahual, Drummond said.

The benefit will begin at 5 p.m. with a tour of the 57 Heaven Museum. The $5 cover charge will be donated to the effort.

At 8 p.m., the bachelor and bachelorette auction will begin, with eligible men and women available for a date with the highest bidders. Other items, including a one-week stay at Big Cedar Lodge Wilderness Club, golf rounds, Segway rides and dinners at area restaurants, will also go on the auction block. All funds raised going toward the relief effort.

At 9:45 p.m. Dirty Old Towne, a Springfield-based dance band that forges Irish folk music and Celtic rock and roll, will take the stage. A $10 cover charge will also go toward the relief effort.

Those attending are also encouraged to bring canned food items for distribution.

For more information, call 339-3336. To donate directly to Convoy of Hope, visit www.convoyofhope.org.

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Dr. Terrie Modesto, Critical Incident Thanatologist

She is an international expert in dying, death, loss and critical incident individual and community disaster preparation and response, with over 60 courses, books and training manuals to her credit. She has 20+ years experience in assisting those in need. Dr. Modesto is available for consultations, lectures media interviews.

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