Staff of Brethren Disaster Ministries continue to work with district leaders to help coordinate response efforts including the collection and distribution of relief materials and donations for emergency funding–especially for the hardest-hit areas in Southeastern District. Another conference call with district leaders is planned for Friday afternoon, Oct. 11.
Brethren Disaster Ministries urges church members and others wanting to help out to contribute by sending disaster relief kits and monetary donations to the coordinated response of the districts and denomination.
The Church of the Brethren is supporting collections of disaster relief kits by Church World Service (CWS), many of which are warehoused and shipped by the denomination’s Material Resources staff at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.
Most needed right now are Clean-Up Buckets, and also Hygiene Kits and Period Packs. Find out how to assemble these kits at https://cwskits.org/assemble-kits. Staff are encouraging people who put together CWS kits to take them to a CWS “depot”; find locations at https://cwskits.org/ship-kits.
An initial $30,000 in grants has already been allocated from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) for emergency relief. The response to Hurricane Helene will be a multi-year effort.
Donations toward the effort are received in two ways:
— Online at www.brethren.org/givehurricaneresponse.
— By mail, through checks made out to the Emergency Disaster Fund with “hurricane response” in the notation line. Mail to: Emergency Disaster Fund, Church of the Brethren, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin IL 60120.
More tips for how to help are at www.brethren.org/news/2024/how-you-can-help.
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