Region 1 is seeking volunteers and donations to help build bridges after flooding. Funding is needed to purchase building materials and volunteers are needed to construct the bridges. Flooding is Read More…
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For 17 days straight – every day since Hurricane Michael struck – Rebecca Hambly has been clearing debris from her yard on the rural outskirts of Marianna, Florida. As she Read More…
Dwight Cloud is still, little by little, clearing debris from his yard, more than two weeks after Hurricane Michael struck his town of Marianna, Florida. Though his 100-year-old house somehow Read More…
What is the MDS response to Hurricane Michael? MDS has two assessment teams that started investigating Wednesday, October 17. These assessment teams set up a base at Rivertown Community Church Read More…
Even before Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14 at 7:15 a.m. in Wilmington, North Carolina, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) was quietly gearing up a response that will range from Read More…
What is the MDS response to Hurricane Florence? A bus load of Amish from Lancaster County PA arrived in Lumberton NC the morning of October 1st. They were the first Read More…