{"id":23467,"date":"2024-03-22T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23467"},"modified":"2024-03-22T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T22:54:57","slug":"cds-deploys-to-ohio-after-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/cds-deploys-to-ohio-after-tornadoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Disaster Services deploys to Ohio in response to tornadoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Carolyn Neher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 20, Childrens Disaster Services (CDS)&#8211;a ministry within Brethren Disaster Ministries&#8211;deployed volunteers to two Multi Agency Recovery Centers (MARCs) in Ohio, in collaboration with longtime partner Child Life Disaster Relief. One volunteer was sent to Russells Point and two were sent to Lakeview, in the Indian Lake area, in response to the series of tornadoes that hit the Midwest on March 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tornadoes particularly affected Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. A series of tornadoes in Logan County, Ohio, including one that was a category EF3, killed three people and injured about two dozen others in the area of Indian Lake Reservoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CDS volunteers arrived with a calm presence for children and families affected by this disaster, and a Kit of Comfort, a suitcase with toys and activities chosen especially for children to help with their emotional recovery after such a traumatic event. Through CDS, children are provided with a safe and secure environment in which to play while families seek assistance to aid in their recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Carolyn Neher is associate director of Children\u2019s Disaster Services.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Winchester_IN_EF3_tornado_damage-courtesy-National-Weather-Service-Indianapolis-IN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Winchester_IN_EF3_tornado_damage-courtesy-National-Weather-Service-Indianapolis-IN.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Winchester_IN_EF3_tornado_damage-courtesy-National-Weather-Service-Indianapolis-IN-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Winchester_IN_EF3_tornado_damage-courtesy-National-Weather-Service-Indianapolis-IN-560x378.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A view of damage caused by one of the tornadoes that was part of a series hitting midwestern states on March 14. Photo courtesy of National Weather Service, Indianapolis, Ind.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/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\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/health-care-education-scholarships\/\">Health Care Education Scholarships are awarded to nine recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/engage-event-supports-mission\/\">Engage event offers opportunity to gather in support of global mission, resources are available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/shine-curriculum-for-fall-2026\/\">Shine curriculum for Fall 2026 includes new features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bfia-grants-go-to-churches-and-camp\/\">BFIA grants support congregations\u2019 outreach to neighbors and a memorial to victims of violence, among other projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/elizabethtown-hosts-rise-up-conference\/\">Volunteers rise up: New CWS outreach campaign draws refugee advocates to Elizabethtown Church<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 20, Childrens Disaster Services (CDS)&#8211;a ministry within Brethren Disaster Ministries&#8211;deployed volunteers to two Multi Agency Recovery Centers (MARCs) in Ohio, in collaboration with longtime partner Child Life Disaster Relief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1252,456,1253,1758,457,3,1254,2965,2041,2650],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-23467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-bdm","tag-brethren-disaster-ministries","tag-cds","tag-children","tag-childrens-disaster-services","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-disaster-relief","tag-indian-lake","tag-ohio","tag-tornadoes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23469,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23467\/revisions\/23469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23467"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=23467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}