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SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTERS
DISASTER RELIEF
HURRICANE KATRINA
September 6th, 2005
JOHN TRAVOLTA DONATES VACCINES FOR RESCUE WORKERS
John Travolta visits Louisiana; donates vaccines for rescue workers in disease-prone areas in New Orleans.
Scientology Volunteer Minister medical personnel inoculate police and other emergency rescue personnel with tetanus shots to protect them from the high risk of disease in the areas where they are working
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John Travolta and Kelly Preston thank official and emergency service personnel for the selfless work they are doing in New Orleans
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Dr. Ari Rohit heads up the Scientology Volunteer Minister team administering tetanus shots to those working in dangerous conditions in New Orleans
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Actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston flew in to Baton Rouge and New Orleans yesterday, bringing words of praise and encouragement for rescue workers and victims, along with enough tetanus vaccine to inoculate 450 emergency rescue personnel who risk disease due to the unsanitary conditions.
Mr. Travolta and Ms. Preston first visited Baton Rouge, where they met with the Mayor-President, Mr. Kip Holden, and Chief of Police Jeff LeDuff. They thanked rescue workers and comforted evacuees housed at the "River Center" shelter, where Scientology Volunteer Ministers have been helping disaster victims.
Helicopters and state trooper cars then took them and the chairman of Jefferson Parish to the East Jefferson police station in New Orleans, which is operating as a command center for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts for the county. About 100 police and coastguard officials and other law enforcement and rescue workers, who have been working around the clock, gave them a rousing and emotional welcome. They also met and thanked the Scientology Volunteer Ministers who are working with the police in the area.
Mr. Travolta and Ms. Preston then proceeded to St. Bernard's Parish, where part of Mr. Travolta's movie Basic was filmed, and which Katrina has devastated. Once again, they received heart-felt greetings from the rescue workers.
In the last two days, a Volunteer Minister team, headed by a medical doctor, has provided 1,200 tetanus shots to salvage and rescue personnel.
During his visits, Mr. Travolta showed a demonstration of the "assists" that the Volunteer Ministers are giving and which are helping individuals overcome the trauma of loss of homes and loved ones.
Assists operate on the principle that one tends to withdraw mentally or spiritually from an injured area. Only by restoring communication with this area can one bring the spiritual element into healing, thereby greatly speeding the healing process. Assists are used to alleviate stress and physical aches and pains, or to orient a confused or distraught individual to his present environment. Assists are not "massages." They are techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard to alleviate the spiritual component of physical pain, shock and emotional trauma.
For more information call the VM Hotline 1-800-435-7498 (US & Canada) or from outside North America call 1-323-960-1949 or e-mail vm@volunteerministers.org
For more information: Scientology Volunteer Ministers News
1. Assists are techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard. They operate on the principle that one tends to withdraw mentally or spiritually from an injured area. Only by restoring communication with this area can one bring the spiritual element into healing, thereby greatly speeding the healing process. Assists are used to alleviate stress and physical aches and pains, or to orient a confused or distraught individual to his present environment.
Learn on-line how to do Scientology Assists.
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