{"id":24761,"date":"2025-01-14T18:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=24761"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:09:31","slug":"cds-serving-in-shelters-in-l-a-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/cds-serving-in-shelters-in-l-a-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Disaster Services begins caring for children in shelters in Los Angeles area"},"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 Sharon Franz\u00e9n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children\u2019s Disaster Services (CDS) on the request of the Red Cross has sent two teams of seven volunteers in each team to serve in shelters in the Los Angeles, Calif., area. The volunteers are helping to care for children and families affected by the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of structures, burned over 60 square miles, caused at least 24 deaths, and left as many as 200,000 under evacuation orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One CDS team traveled to the area on Tuesday, Jan. 14, and the second team traveled the following day, Wednesday, Jan. 15. These CDS teams will serve for two weeks, after which a decision will be made as to whether other teams will be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CDS is a ministry within Brethren Disaster Ministries, which is continuing to monitor the wildfire situation. Staff are attending informational calls by FEMA and the National and California Volunteer Agencies Active in Disaster (VOAD), and communicating with partners to determine how best to respond. Brethren Disaster Ministries was planning a coordination call with the leadership of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Pacific Southwest District to take place this week.<\/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\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/EatonFireDamage-WikimediaCommons-600px.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24762\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A home burned in the Eaton fire. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Sharon Franz\u00e9n is office manager for Brethren Disaster Ministries. Find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bdm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/bdm\">www.brethren.org\/bdm<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/cds\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/cds\">www.brethren.org\/cds<\/a>. Give financially to support the ministry of Children\u2019s Disaster Services 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\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\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>Children\u2019s Disaster Services (CDS) has been requested by the Red Cross to send two volunteer teams of seven to serve in shelters in the Los Angeles, Calif., area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24762,"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":[1252,456,1253,457,2285,3180,1369,3187,2195,1708],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-24761","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-childrens-disaster-services","tag-disaster-response","tag-los-angeles-fires","tag-pacific-southwest-district","tag-southern-california-fires","tag-service","tag-wildfires"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761","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=24761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24775,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761\/revisions\/24775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24761"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=24761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}