{"id":10640,"date":"2015-11-05T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2018-11-07T20:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:21:12","slug":"material-resources-logs-busy-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2015\/material-resources-logs-busy-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Resources Program Logs a Busy October"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10641\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/material-resources-staff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/material-resources-staff.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/material-resources-staff-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Material Resources staff celebrated Roger Burtner&#8217;s 89th birthday with a group picture at the warehouse at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md. \u201cRoger is a long time volunteer at both Material Resources and SERRV,\u201d said a Facebook post in his honor. \u201cHe is a retired United Methodist Church pastor and a founder of the CWS Crop Walk. What a rich and full life he has had.\u201d Photo courtesy of Terry Goodger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOctober was just crazy (in a wonderful way),\u201d said an update on the work of the Material Resources program of the Church of the Brethren, provided by office coordinator Terry Goodger. Material Resources processes, warehouses, and ships disaster relief goods and other humanitarian aid on behalf of a number of ecumenical partners, based at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOctober sure turned out to be a busy, busy month!\u201d Goodger reported. \u201cMaterial Resources was blessed with 368 volunteers (22 groups). Box car season began with donations coming in via train. And even with our loading dock under repair\/reconstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the month of October, Material Resources processed:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 4 Church World Service shipments in the US totaling 959 pounds of disaster relief kits and blankets<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 1 IMA World Health shipment of medical supplies to Haiti, weighing 19,703 pounds<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 1 IMA World Health shipment of relief supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo, weighing 43,869 pounds<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 1 Lutheran World Relief shipment of quilts and disaster relief kits to Ukraine, weighing 32,278 pounds<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 1 International Orthodox Charities (IOCC) shipment of relief supplies to Serbia, weighing 35,366 pounds<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 1 IOCC shipment of school books to Chicago, weighing 7,205 pounds<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 1 IOCC shipment of relief supplies to South Carolina, weighing 8,320 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the ministry of Material Resources, go to <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/brethrenservicecenter\/materialresources\">www.brethren.org\/brethrenservicecenter\/materialresources<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOctober was just crazy (in a wonderful way),\u201d said an update on the work of the Material Resources program of the Church of the Brethren, provided by office coordinator Terry Goodger. 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