The Venice leadership team this week continued as last week, with PD LeRoy Janzen (NE), cooks Val and Lynn Kipfer (IN), OM Stan Kauffman (MI), CS Bob Nafziger (PA), crew leaders Maik Hinz (Germany) and Lowell Peachey (KS). Rita Peachey assisted...
Disaster Date:10/09/2024
Venice, FL – SYP
Hurricanes
What Happened
On October 9, 2024, Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm, made landfall on Florida's west coast with winds reaching 120 mph. The storm brought widespread destruction across the region, including severe flooding, storm surges, tornadoes, and power outages, affecting millions of homes and businesses in Florida
What MDS Is Doing
MDS work will focus on repair work.
Location
Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The city includes what locals call "Venice Island", a portion of the mainland that is accessed via bridges over the artificially created Intracoastal Waterway. The city is located in Southwest Florida
Weekly Reports
This week’s Venice leadership team included LeRoy Janzen, (NE), who arrived the middle of last week to take the PD hand-off from Mitch Kingsley; head cook Val Kipfer assisted by her husband Lynn (IN); Stan Kauffman, OM (MI) assisted by Rita Peachey...
The Venice team this week included Mitch Kingsley (PD, Ohio), Val and Lynn Kipfer (head and assistant cook, Indiana), Stan Kauffman (OM, Michigan), Bruce Kindey (CL, Ohio), Ray Heisey (CL, Virginia), year-long volunteers Maik Hinz (Germany) and Mary...
