How Churches of Absarokee will offer relief from the Derby Mountain Fires.
The churches of Absarokee have developed a plan for the dispersal of funds to help ranchers affected by the recent Derby Mountain Fires of this past August and September. The focus of our relief efforts will be to offer fencing materials to ranchers who have lost their fences from the fire. Specifically the funds collected by the churches of Absarokee will be used to purchase as many steel (1.33 lb./ft.) fence posts as possible and have them be made available to ranchers who have lost fencing to the Derby Mountain Fire.
Applications will be made available to ranchers for them to apply for these steel fence posts at either D and J Feeds or the Beartooth Lumber and Hardware of Absarokee. The criteria for awarding the fence posts are as follows: money raised in the Absarokee community will be made available to those who are Nye, Fishtail, and Absarokee; those who consider this area to be their community and reside in the fire area; they consider Absarokee their primary residence and attend school, use Absarokee businesses, gain their livelihood from the land and live in this area. To the ranchers who apply and qualify, fence posts will be made available to them to help restore their perimeter fencing. Each individual rancher can decide whether they want to use contract labor or volunteer labor for the restoration of their fencing.
Applications will be taken until close of business Thursday, 30 November, 2006. After all the applications have been received, all the qualifying ranchers will receive a given number of steel fence posts until the supply runs out.
The churches of Absarokee feel this is the best way to use the funds raised to help those in need. The money raised cannot replace all the fencing but can help reduce some of the financial burden that restoration of fencing will impose on area ranchers. Neighbors helping neighbors any way possible has been our goal. We as a community work together and help restore our economic viability, so we as a whole can thrive and grow. We are in this together.
Applications will be made available to ranchers for them to apply for these steel fence posts at either D and J Feeds or the Beartooth Lumber and Hardware of Absarokee. The criteria for awarding the fence posts are as follows: money raised in the Absarokee community will be made available to those who are Nye, Fishtail, and Absarokee; those who consider this area to be their community and reside in the fire area; they consider Absarokee their primary residence and attend school, use Absarokee businesses, gain their livelihood from the land and live in this area. To the ranchers who apply and qualify, fence posts will be made available to them to help restore their perimeter fencing. Each individual rancher can decide whether they want to use contract labor or volunteer labor for the restoration of their fencing.
Applications will be taken until close of business Thursday, 30 November, 2006. After all the applications have been received, all the qualifying ranchers will receive a given number of steel fence posts until the supply runs out.
The churches of Absarokee feel this is the best way to use the funds raised to help those in need. The money raised cannot replace all the fencing but can help reduce some of the financial burden that restoration of fencing will impose on area ranchers. Neighbors helping neighbors any way possible has been our goal. We as a community work together and help restore our economic viability, so we as a whole can thrive and grow. We are in this together.
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