DUNWOODY--After surviving the destructive storm of April 9, hundreds of All Saints Church parishioners are trying to begin the recovery process at their damaged homes and in their devastated neighborhoods.

They will be assisted by hundreds of their fellow parishioners. Clergy and staff at the Dunwoody parish, five of whom experienced storm damage at their own homes, are orchestrating a work day Saturday, April 18, which is expected to send 250 or more All Saints parishioners out in work teams to serve those families most in need of clean-up or moving help. They will help pack up and move families whose homes were destroyed or clean up trees and debris in littered yards and streets.

Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan, pastor, said after visiting some of the hard-hit streets April 13 that it was good to give parishioners moral support, but disheartening to view the tornado's destruction. The work crews will be sent out from the parish at 9 a.m. and will be assigned specifically to help parishioners who have called All Saints and asked for volunteers. Twenty or more families have asked for help.

"We are finding more and more people every day that were affected," said Deacon Ray Egan. "We are getting phone calls all the time asking for help."

He estimated April 13 that 200 or more families in the parish had some storm damage and that 50 to 60 homes of parishioners were severely damaged or destroyed.