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Volunteers in St. Petersburg, Fla. pray during hurricane cleanup. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
While volunteer opportunities will arise in the future, right now the greatest need is financial support and physical donations for cleanup and rebuilding homes, churches, and lives.
Please help by donating to United Methodist Committee on Relief and the NIC Disaster Relief Fund. You may give through your church. (Churches can give through the normal apportionment process.) Make your donation to your church and note the fund it is supporting. We recommend one of these funds:
Download a bulletin insert about donating to relief.
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Midwest Mission continues to collect and ship supplies. Their supply of disaster relief are getting heavily depleted as they send supplies to areas affected by the recent hurricanes. To learn what they need right now, visit their website. Supplies and kits can be dropped off at several of the drop-off sites in our conference; see the image to the right.
DON'T travel to affected areas to try help. You will be in the way. At this stage, only trained, invited groups may enter. The NIC Disaster Response Team will announce volunteer opportunities when they arise. If you have questions, contact Colin Monk, NIC disaster response coordinator.
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