Lightyears ahead in flood recovery. That’s the kind of impact young people serving with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Clay County, Iowa, had over the summer. Megan Hanges, executive director of the Clay County Long Term Recovery Group,...
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This summer Craig Wollman, South Dakota MDS Unit Chair, received a call from the regional FEMA office in Colorado seeking assistance repairing damage on uninsured homes following a June 29th wind and hailstorm in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. In August...
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...
When the volunteers at the Newton, Texas RV project went to lunch together on the first weekend at the project, another patron came up to them with some questions. She told the group that she comes to Smitty’s Barbeque, the restaurant they were at...
MDS Rocky Mountain Unit volunteers respond to Colorado Wildfires The MDS Rocky Mountain Unit, which serves Colorado and New Mexico communities, has been working to find ways to engage local young people in short term projects (though they also...
Beds donated by Sleep in Heavenly Peace Before a family even walked through the door of their newly built home in Conroe, Texas, the kids had already been welcomed. Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that constructs beds for children, donated beds...
MDS’s website currently lists an opportunity for volunteers from across the US to serve in the town of Spencer, Iowa (though to be fair, all available date ranges listed between Jun 28 and August 29th are “FULL”). In June 2024, The Little...
Salina, Kansas storm damage Some MDS Kansas Unit volunteers were sitting in their regular task force meeting on the morning of June 11. After all the business had concluded, they were discussing the week’s high wind thunderstorms and local...
Bluffton University student Colin Burba, 22, served with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in St. Louis, Missouri, because he was inspired “by the chance to serve others with my gifts that have been gifted to me by God, and the opportunity to visit...
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