{"id":22971,"date":"2023-10-31T19:42:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=22971"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:43:15","slug":"cds-team-deploys-to-lewiston-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/cds-team-deploys-to-lewiston-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Disaster Services deploys to Lewiston, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Carolyn Neher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Oct. 28, Children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Critical Response Childcare team arrived with a calm presence for children and families affected by this disaster, and a CDS Kit of Comfort&#8211;a suitcase with toys and activities chosen specially for children to play with to help their emotional recovery after such a traumatic event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critical Response Childcare teams are made up of certified CDS volunteers who have received additional specialized training to respond to mass casualty events. The team is providing children from affected families with a safe and secure environment to play while their families receive assistance. The team is working to minimize the impact of the traumatic stress experienced by the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to this response in Maine, the most recent deployment of a Critical Response Childcare team was to Uvalde, Texas, in May and June 2022 to support children and families after a mass shooting at a school there. Other deployments in recent years were to a building collapse in Surfside, Fla., in 2021, and to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas (2019), Gilroy, Calif. (2019), Pittsburg, Pa. (2018), Las Vegas, Nev. (2017), and Orlando, Fla. (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Carolyn Neher is associate director of Children\u2019s Disaster Services, a ministry of the Church of the Brethren within Brethren Disaster Ministries. Find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/cds\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/cds\">www.brethren.org\/cds<\/a>. Support the work of CDS with financial gifts at <a href=\"https:\/\/churchofthebrethren.givingfuel.com\/cds\">https:\/\/churchofthebrethren.givingfuel.com\/cds<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-volunteer-service-unit-340\/\">Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 340 completes orientation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/la-unidad-340-del-bvs\/\">La Unidad 340 del Servicio Voluntario de los Hermanos completa la orientaci\u00f3n.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/inite-sevis-volonte-fre-yo-340\/\">Inite S\u00e8vis Volont\u00e8 Fr\u00e8 yo 340 fini oryantasyon an<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/pastors-manual-in-creole-french\/\">New Pastor\u2019s Manual in Haitian Creole and French to be used in Haiti and Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/nuevo-manual-para-pastores\/\">Nuevo manual para pastores en criollo haitiano y franc\u00e9s para ser utilizado en Hait\u00ed y \u00c1frica.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 28, Children\u2019s Disaster Services (CDS) deployed a team of five Critical Response Childcare volunteers to Lewiston, Maine, in partnership with the Red Cross. 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