HR923 Summary

• Commends Forest Lake Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa for community service and relief efforts following the April 27, 2011, tornadoes that caused unprecedented destruction across Alabama.

• Church members, despite extensive damage to their own facilities, established a ministry center in their basement within two days to distribute canned food, water, hot meals, baby supplies, clothing, bedding, cleaning supplies, books, furniture, and pet food to tornado survivors and relief workers.

• Church location served as headquarters for out-of-state volunteers from Mississippi and Florida who provided meals, and the facility became a repository for relief donations from locations throughout the nation.

• Church addressed both physical and spiritual needs of tornado victims and instilled a spirit of volunteerism in adults and children that will provide lasting positive influence on the Tuscaloosa area and state.