- CDS helps care for children and families among asylum seekers in Chicago areaby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on November 17, 2023 at 7:03 pm
Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) deployed a team of three volunteers to Oak Park, Ill., to aid children and families among asylum seekers who have been sent to Chicago from the southern border of Texas. The team served from Monday, Nov. 6, to Thursday, Nov. 9, caring for 51 children.
- Children’s Disaster Services deploys to Lewiston, Maineby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on October 31, 2023 at 7:42 pm
On Oct. 28, Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) deployed a team of five Critical Response Childcare volunteers to Lewiston, Maine, in partnership with the Red Cross. This deployment was made in response to the mass shootings at two locations in Lewiston in which 18 people were killed and 13 others were injured.
- Children’s Disaster Services deploys second team to Hawaii after wildfiresby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on September 12, 2023 at 10:28 pm
Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) has deployed another team to Hawaii in partnership with the Red Cross. The volunteers traveled to Maui on Sept. 4-5.
- Children’s Disaster Services deploys volunteers to Hawaii after wildfiresby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on August 21, 2023 at 3:30 pm
The Church of the Brethren’s Children’s Disaster services (CDS) has deployed volunteers to Hawaii in partnership with the Red Cross. The volunteers traveled on Aug. 14-15. They have set up a Children’s Disaster Services Center in a Family Assistance Center in Lahaina, on the island of Maui. The volunteers are scheduled to serve through Sept. 4.
- Children’s Disaster Services deploys team to Guam after Typhoon Mawarby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on June 16, 2023 at 7:27 pm
Children’s Disaster services (CDS) has deployed a team of six volunteers to Guam in partnership with the Red Cross. The first volunteer traveled on June 12, and the full team will be in place by June 16.