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Volunteer Disaster Response Opportunity Sites
Updated March 2008 |
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Frequently Asked Questions — U.S. work teams
Frequently Asked Questions — Gulf Coast work teams |
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United States sites |
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Work team opportunities for the sites listed below can be scheduled by calling or emailing the person listed as a contact. These sites are managed separately, and information on lodging and other needs will be provided by the site coordinator. |
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Arkansas - flooding & tornadoes
Presbytery of Arkansas
Disaster Response Team
Little Rock, AR
Teams interested in helping with clean-up and recovery efforts related to 2008 flooding and tornadoes in Arkansas may contact the PDA Call Center at (866) 732-6121 or
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Needs: teams to rebuild houses; work varies from carpenter's helper to licensed skills
Minimum age 18
Individuals welcome |
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Southern Arizona - border ministry
No More Deaths
3809 East 3rd Street
Tucson, AZ 85716
Email
(520) 495-5583
Individuals and small teams welcome |
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Needs: work in desert camps to reach out to migrants in distress as they cross the desert (food, water, basic medical aid); work at centers for recently deported migrants in Nogales and Agua Prieta, Sonora
(food, water, medical aid, abuse documentation)
Training provided; minimum age 18 unless accompanied by an adult; Spanish or medical expertise helpful/not essential
Opportunity available Memorial Day through September 30 |
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Florida - hurricanes
Contact Kathy Broyard
(877) FLA-PDAN
(877) 352-7326 |
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- Highly skilled teams/craftsmen needed
- Youth teams needed
- Local rebuilding organizations are hosting teams
- Responding to hurricanes Wilma and Charley and tornadoes
- Florida marks 3 years since Charley - work teams are still needed
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Florida - hurricanes
IHOPE — Immokalee's Long Term Disaster Recovery Team
Friendship Baptist Church (IHOPE office)
708 North 11th Street
P.O. Box 5278 (mailing address)
Immokalee, FL 34143-5278
Dave Grove: (239) 657-3889 (office),
(239) 657-3885 (fax),
(239) 229-9970 (cell) |
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Responding to Hurricane Wilma |
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Kansas - tornado
Mennonite Housing
2145 N. Topeka
Wichita, KS 67214
Linda Howard, (316) 942-4848 or (800) 636-5242
Individuals welcome |
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Responding to the Greensburg tornado
Needs: carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters, framers, contractors and landscapers for new construction work
Minimum age 16 |
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Louisiana - hurricanes
- Presbytery of South Louisiana Disaster Recovery Office
Susan Wade, (877) 942-0444 or
Richard Maag, (877) 942-0444
Web site
Part of the Presbyterian response to Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast; at least 12 locations are hosting teams
*Ask about age restrictions
- RHINO — Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans, outreach project of
St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church
1545 State Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
SCAPC/RHINO Web site
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Maryland - home repair
N.A.I.L.S.
400 N. Mechanic St.
Cumberland, MD 21502
Rich Parsons,
(301) 777-7134 or
(301) 777-3700 |
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Skilled and unskilled welcome
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Mississippi - hurricanes
Presbytery of Mississippi Disaster Recovery Office
Russ Olderman, (228) 604-2424
Please email requested dates, size of your team, special skills, and if you have a preference for a certain church hosting volunteers. |
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Part of the Presbyterian response to Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast; eight locations are hosting teams
Minimum age 15 |
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North Carolina - flooding
Western North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response
Donald Dossey, 828-712-1311 |
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Needs: flood repair and rebuilding |
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North Dakota - flooding/fire
Spirit Lake Sioux Reservation
Bdecan Presbyterian Church
8397 34th Street NE
Warwick, ND 58381
Sharon Georgeson, (701) 294-2287 or
(701) 294-2005 (after 5 p.m. CST) |
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Needs: home renovations, including painting
Skilled and unskilled welcome; housing provided with cooking facilities |
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Ohio - flooding
Teams interested in helping with clean-up and recovery efforts related to flooding in Ohio may contact the PDA Call Center at (866) 732-6121 or
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Texas - tornado |
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Interfaith Longterm Recovery Committee
First United Methodist Church
571 Quarry St.
Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Please email Monica Rich. If you do not have email access, you may also call to leave a message at (830) 773-3208.
Teams of 2 or more, ages senior high+ |
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Needs: home repair, light construction work such as roof shingle repair, sheetrock, painting
Skilled and unskilled welcome; construction supervisor on site to assist |
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West Virginia - flooding
WVMAW, Inc
P.O. Box 5
Charlton Heights, WV 25040
Joan Stewart, (304) 779-2870
WVMAW Web site |
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Needs: reconstruction of homes and churches
Skilled and unskilled welcome; housing provided.
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