Who We Are
Mennonite Disaster Service is a volunteer network through which various constituencies of the Anabaptist church can respond to those affected by disasters in Canada and the United States.
While our main focus is on clean up, repair and rebuilding homes, this activity becomes a means of touching lives and helping people regain faith and wholeness.
Latest News
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Preparing the Way - News from the MC Canada/MDS Pandemic Preparedness Workshop
July 11, 2008 -
MDS Volunteers Clean Debris at Fire Damaged Church
July 7, 2008 -
MDS Clean up in Iowa "Rushing Right Along"
June 27, 2008 -
MDS Responds to Iowa Flooding
June 17, 2008 -
Finding the Good in Disaster
June 16, 2008
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Quilted Wall Hangings
Since November 2004, MDS house dedications include the gift of a quilted wall hanging to the new homeowners. The wall hangings are made and donated through the Mennonite Church USA Mennonite Women's group. If you are a quilter and would like more information on this program, e-mail MDS at communications@mds.mennonite.net.
To read the Mennonite Weekly Review article about the quilts, click on following link:
Needles stitch healing into storm-ripped lives.
MDS representatives continue to coordinate clean up in Iowa
Danny Yoder, a long-time MDS coordinator, was recently quoted in the Gazette OnLine, “If you’ve got the love of Jesus in your heart it’s easy to help. And if you help for a day, or a week, or a month, you never miss it. You get blessed in ways that money can’t buy and words can’t express.
The Gazette reported that about 65 volunteers were at River Front Estates in Coralville, Iowa on July 10 and 11.
Volunteers worked on Jean McCarty’s house. Jean is quoted, “These people make me want to be a better person. I don’t care about the house, but when I think about how kind people have been, I just start getting teary.”
Currently local volunteers are meeting the needs in Iowa, but people interested in helping can donate as well as monitor future long-term recovery needs on the website under "Urgent Needs."
Volunteer
MDS volunteers are known for repairing and rebuilding homes damaged by disasters. But it takes more than construction skills to serve with MDS. During the time that you serve as a volunteer, you will learn that MDS also restores lives.
Donate
Your contribution will help to connect volunteers with disaster survivors who need assistance on their path to recovery. MDS depends on the support of people who believe that disaster response is an important part of helping those who are in need.
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MDS Locations
Mennonite Disaster Service project locations are the physical response centers established by MDS in a disaster-affected community. In addition to housing the local MDS office, the projects function as base camps for MDS volunteers who need a place to eat and sleep while they serve. This section of the MDS website contains updated information about current MDS projects.
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