Children’s Disaster Services offers new volunteer training events

By Carolyn Neher and Michael Scalzi

Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) is preparing to hold three new volunteer training events in March, April, and May 2025. Upcoming CDS Volunteer Training events are as follows:

March 28–29 at Creekside Church of the Brethren in Elkhart, Ind., starting on Friday at 4:30 p.m. through Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

April 5-6 at La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brethren starting on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. through Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

May 2-3 at McPherson (Kan.) Church of the Brethren starting on Friday at 4:30 p.m. through Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Please share this information with those who are 18 years or older, have a heart for children, and may be interested in becoming Children’s Disaster Services volunteers. Those that are interested in the mission of CDS to bring comfort and serve the needs of children during disaster responses can learn more at www.brethren.org/cds.

For currently certified CDS volunteers: If it has been more than five years since you have been out on a disaster response or taken a training, we suggest attending a volunteer training as a refresher to review policies, procedures, and updates regarding disaster responses.

For those wishing to register in a scheduled training, go to www.brethren.org/cds/training/dates.html.

— Carolyn Neher is associate director of CDS and can be reached at cneher@brethern.org and 410-635-8734. Mike Scalzi is the CDS program assistant and can be reached at 410-635-8735 or toll free 800-451-4407 ext. 4 and at mscalzi@brethren.org or cds@brethren.org.