[DC LoCo] Anybody want to do something to help folks who are suffering?

[Paul Flint]

Greetings My Dear Open Source Advocates,

Below is a letter soliciting donations in order to get building supplies 
and tools to Barbados for use after Dorian.  I am seriously seeking ideas 
as to how to accomplish this mission, and I am trying to put the touch on 
the Methodist and other religious groups for support.

I need help to pull this off, so please forward this to anyone who might 
be able to assist in any way.  Finally I would look forward to your 
comments on this screwball idea...

...see below...

Kindest Regards,


☮ Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360 Home
(802) 595-9365 Cell

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Paul Flint
17 Averill Street
Barre, VT
05641


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:02:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Flint <flint at flint.com>
To: donationhelp at umc.org
Cc: Renny Azotea <revrenny at gmail.com>, rev.fraumann at gmail.com
Subject: Bahama Mission Resources

Greetings,

In February my 200 year old house with a 4 year old steel standing seam roof 
suffered a terrible fire.

https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/fire-rips-through-historic-barre-home/article_fcc7c6c7-6c71-5f70-873e-745451b2a061.html

After cleaning up and preserving as much as the house as we could, my wife and 
I have opted to purchase another house in Barre City.

I would like to know if the surviving parts (about 2/3s of the structure 
remains viable) of this magnificent 30'X60' two storey post-and-beam Victorian 
could be transported to the Bahamas and reconstructed for use after Dorian, 
ideally as a combination refuge habitat and house of worship.

I would propose disassembling the building, packing it into several 40' 
inter-modal shipping containers, and transporting these building supplies to a 
shipping facility via either truck or rail from Barre Vermont. Hopefully we 
could find benefactors to contribute about four (4) 40' shipping containers and 
the cost of drayage, the vision being to rally the Methodist community to 
assist in the packing and shipping effort.

Additionally I have the following heavy equipment that I will no longer need 
once the building is disassembled:

1.  1997 Caterpillar 315L Heavy Duty Excavator
2.  2005 Chevy "Top Kick" 10 Ton Dump Truck
3.  1999 Ford F350 Dump Truck.

All of this equipment shall be available to ship once the building is packed 
into containers.

I am looking for financial, shipping, logistic, manpower and other resources 
that we can apply to moving what remains of this fine Victorian Structure to 
where it can be reconstructed and would do the most good in Jesus Christ.

Do you know of anyone who can help me in this Mission?

Kindest Regards,



☮ Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360 Home
(802) 595-9365 Cell

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Based upon email reliability concerns,
please send an acknowledgement in response to this note.

Paul Flint
17 Averill Street
Barre, VT
05641