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“Bridging Together” Partnership Launched

SALISBURY – Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) have announced “Bridging Together,” a partnership to build bridges in hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina so that people can come home and thrive in...

In Hawaii, work begins in Ohana Hope Village

After devastating fires in Maui, Hawaii, there is hope—in the form of Ohana Hope Village. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers arrived on October 7, 2024, working to build what’s called “midlevel” housing for fire survivors. An...

Service starts at home

When Burton Friesen agreed to accompany Benny Penner on a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) home visit, he didn’t know what he was getting himself into. Penner, the Atlantic Canada Unit Chair, was responding to a call for help from Truro, Nova...

Glenn Hillard will go “back to school”

It’s “back to school” time. After retiring as finance manager for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) several months ago, Glenn Hillard is thinking about “going back to school”—to MDS leadership training, that is! “My wife and I are...

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