As the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, some Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) responders have looked back on that time as one in which the traditional model of response had to change. Tom Smucker, who was MDS Executive Director at...
Tom Smucker still regards responding to the Sept. 11 attacks 25 years ago one of the toughest responses he ever led for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS). Then MDS executive director—and now retired but still volunteering for MDS—Smucker analyzes...
Volunteers coordinated by the New York Unit of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) are building a new home for a family from Copenhagen, New York, who lost everything in a house fire in May. Since the family is currently living in a mobile home...
The home has been under construction for many months on the grounds of the Mount Academy in Esopus, New York—founded by the Bruderhof Christian community movement in 2012. High school senior Niels Wipf explained some of the many skills he’s...
As the sounds of hammers and saws rang out across the grounds of the Mount Academy in Esopus, New York—founded by the Bruderhof Christian community movement in 2012—high school senior Niels Wipf explains some of the many skills he’s learned on...
The year 2021 marks 20 years since terrorists took 2,996 lives in attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. The following brings back some memories of the ways in which Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) responded. “How to get people in...
First time in the city? Yes. Where you from? The Prairies. Want to share your first impressions? Sure, why not. Good, I’m listening. Well, for starters there are lots of taxis on the streets, mostly yellow, over 10,000 of them I&#...
As power continues to come back in Louisiana, many residents are returning to survey severe flood damage from Hurricane Ida. Many other states are also reeling from deadly tornadoes and flooding unleashed by Ida’s remnants as the storm cut a wide...
As communities from Tennessee and North Carolina up through northeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York cope with the aftermath of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Henri on August 21-22, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has been communicating...
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