Children's Disaster Services

Forms

Workshop forms

• Workshop Registration
• Reference Form
• Criminal Background Check
• Press Release Template - Workshop promotion

Volunteer forms

• Recipe for a Press Release
• Voluntary Hold Harmless Waiver of Liability
• Volunteer Onsite Registration
• Volunteer Expense Voucher
• Kit of Comfort Inventory list

Response forms

• Child Registration by Family
• Child Care Registration Tracking
• Daily Fax of Child Care Contacts
  • Blank
  • Example
• Parent/Guardian Handout
• Petty Cash Account Report
• Reflecting on Your Service

Resources

CDS General Brochure (2.27 MB)

Resources about children and disaster

Vacation Bible School offering resources

• Children Helping Children powerpoint
• Children Helping Children flyer

Videos

Ken Medema sings about the mission and ministry of Children's Disaster Services

CDS promo video

Partnership Video with American Red Cross
courtesy of American Red Cross

Children's Disaster Services YouTube channel

Children's Disaster Services (DVD) - 8 minutes.
An overview of the CDS program and how children benefit from this unique ministry.

Publications and News

• A Moment in Mission: A partnership lets kids play while parents focus on recovery (4/25/2016)
• Gail in Monroe, Louisiana (4/17/2016
• Florida Rapid Response (1/28/2016)
• Missouri Flood Relief: Lindsey in Pacific, MO (1/17/2016)
• Sandy in Arnold, MO: Just a Single Day (1/16/2016)
• USA Today quotes CDS (11/16/2012)
• "Children's Disaster Services is the best..." (Canton Patch, 8/24/2012)
• WHSV news story on CDS volunteers in Joplin, Missouri (5/22/2012)
• Read Herald-Review report on CDS (2/25/2012) 
• Read a San Gabriel Tribune story about CDS workshops (2/22/2012)