Monday, August 5, 2013

Power in Community Support

Published July 31st, 2013



Christopher Holland and Wayne Shelton.

The Fathers House reaches out to the community to fundraise for $20,000 in trauma kits for IMPD

By Nicole Davis

The type of Gun Shot Wound Trauma kit which Pastor Christopher Holland of The Father?s House held in his hand can prolong a life for an average of six minutes, allowing first responders time to get to the scene. In an effort to raise $20,000 to supply 200 Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers this kit, The Father?s House has called on the community to help fundraise and show their support for the officers.

?Love is a powerful thing, and everyone deserves to be appreciated,? Holland says. ?You can make a difference in your community if you start somewhere. Our church is not about those four walls. The bible says when there is not vision, the people perish. So if you have a vision to help, you go beyond those four walls, you can touch everyone.?

For five years now the Franklin Township church has hosted an Annual IMPD Roll Call, where several hundred officers from multiple districts can hold their Roll Call at the church. They are treated to a full meal and a gift before they return to work.

?This year as we started talking together as a team and planning there were some things in the media where police officers had been shot and first responders couldn?t get to them,? Holland says. ?That increased what we normally do by several thousand dollars. But it was exciting for us, so we began to reach out to the community.?

Holland said they hope to raise the money by the first of September to prepare for this year?s Roll Call on Sept. 13. The kits, which cost $100 each, contain an Asherman Chest Seal to cover a gunshot wound, a blood coagulant and other first aid supplies.

?This is something every officer should have,? says Wayne Shelton, a detective and member of the church. ?I can?t imagine being out there with a fallen officer with only the shirt off my back to use. So this is a great opportunity for me to partner with The Father?s House and the police department. It says that the community really does support the police. This is something we can do to counteract some to the negative.?

Donations can be made online at TheFathersHouseIndy.com or mailed to IMPD ROLL CALL, The Father?s House, 1600 S. Franklin Road, Indianapolis, IN 46239.

?There are a whole lot of needs in the Police Department right now,? Shelton says. ?That?s why I really like what we?re doing. If we can get this to snowball, we can really have an effect.?


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