{"id":26138,"date":"2025-11-18T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26138"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:48:16","slug":"michael-scalzi-retires-from-cds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/michael-scalzi-retires-from-cds\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Scalzi retires from Children\u2019s Disaster Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Scalzi will retire on Dec. 31 as program assistant for Children&#8217;s Disaster Services (CDS), a Church of the Brethren program in Brethren Disaster Ministries based at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scalzi has worked with CDS for three years, since Nov. 9, 2022. He has made significant contributions to the CDS program, specifically his work connecting with volunteers and diligently maintaining accurate volunteer and program information. His consistently positive attitude and willingness to pitch in were deeply valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously he had retired from Carroll County (Md.) Public Schools as a school counselor and behavior intervention specialist. He is a member of Westminster (Md.) Church of the Brethren.<\/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\/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<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/fall-2026-ventures-series\/\">Fall Ventures series features deep dive into stress, trauma, and resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/beth-sollenberger-to-retire\/\">Beth Sollenberger to retire from leadership role in Atlantic Southeast District<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Scalzi will retire on Dec. 31 as program assistant for Children&#8217;s Disaster Services (CDS), a Church of the Brethren program in Brethren Disaster Ministries based at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1252,456,1253,457,3505,1774,1897],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-26138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-bdm","tag-brethren-disaster-ministries","tag-cds","tag-childrens-disaster-services","tag-michael-scalzi","tag-personnel","tag-retirement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26138","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=26138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26139,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26138\/revisions\/26139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26138"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=26138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}