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Flood Victims to Announce Details of Aid Concert Tuesday
More than 40 families still without permanent housing, says committee.
The Woodbridge Flood Victims Committee, made up of victims from the Holly Acres Mobile Home community and Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Mexicans Without Borders), is having an aid concert this weekend.
Monday the committee announced through Mexicans Without Borders spokesperson Ricardo Juarez Nava said that more than 40 families from the flooding are without permanent housing after the Sept. 8 flood devastated the mobile home park.
"The Woodbridge Flood Victims Committee is working with the Woodbridge Workers Committee, Volunteer Prince William, Potomac Crest Baptist Church, Prince William County schools and many other churches, organizations and individuals to try and bring together a coordinated effort to help the displaced families. There will be a benefit concert being held this coming weekend as part of the support work. A representative from Potomac Crest Baptist Church will explain the donations system that is in place."
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The group will announce details Tuesday at noon at the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park.
Friday the third temporary shelter at First Mount Zion Baptist Church closed, leaving some families without a place to stay.
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