Greater Houston
Community Foundation
awards a $65,480 (corrected)
grant to Partner agency:
St. Matthew's UMC

Purpose of the Grant:
To CLEAN DEBRIS for the underinsured, low income families, Seniors on limited funds and to help get our Bolivar Peninsula friends back into their peninsula homes, our community and churches. This grant will have a positive affect on stablizing our peninsula children to our local community school.

This is a global grant to help the people from High Island to Pt. Bolivar!
Should you need assistance or know someone that might,
please forward "IKE REQUEST form" to them ASAP.
(CLICK ON FORM BELOW TO VIEW)

Our board meets weekly to approve requests, accept bids from contractors and to schedule work to be done.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Administrator, Nicole Boddie, of St. Matthew's UMC @ 409-767-0590 or email me gerrylang@camtel.net.

"TOGETHER, WE ARE STRONGER"

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PRESS RELEASE

OFFICE OF THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYGALVESTON COUNTY, TEXASDecember 6, 2008 Owner’s Recovery of Property Removed DuringContracted Debris Removal on Bolivar Peninsula In response to concerns regarding the cleanup of debris on Bolivar Peninsula, specifically the subsequent attempts by the true owners to reclaim their property from the specific contractor or others demanding monies to restore the property to the rightful owner, please be advised of the following: The removal of debris from a home or business site pursuant to contract with that owner does not to equate or amount to the legal transfer of “ownership” of the removed property to the contractor or any other individual. Simply stated, one’s identifiable property being on another’s land as a result of Hurricane Ike does not become “abandoned” property subject to another’s claim of ownership above that of the true owner, simply because the property has been moved from one location to another. We recognize the authority of the rightful owner of any property to be entitled to recover personal property that’s been displaced as a result of Hurricane Ike, and pursuant to statute, specifically the Texas Penal Code, under Chapter 31, Section 31.01, we would look to that statute for possible theft charges, if a person holds that property and refuses to return it to the proper owner until a reward or other compensation has been paid. The Theft statute clearly states that a person commits the offense of theft if he acquires control over property without the owner’s consent, with the intent to restore the property only upon payment of reward or other compensation. ,and any citizen, whose property is being held unless such compensation is paid, should contact our office directly at 409-7662355 and complete a Citizen’s Complaint form, which we will review for possible criminal theft charges. Kurt Sistrunk

Criminal District Attorney

Galveston County

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