For people in Marianna, Florida, MDS volunteers are the biggest Christmas gift of all. As 20-year-old Chris Whitehead worked alongside the MDS crew removing shingles from his grandmother’s house, he shared his harrowing storm story. Whitehead and...
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Mennonite Disaster Service – Western Ohio Unit responds to recent natural disasters Thank you to everyone who made Saturday, June 22nd, a day of “rebuilding hope” in a small Dayton Ohio neighborhood. Volunteers came from multiple...
Lee County, Alabama Tornado MDS sent in an investigation team to Macon, Barbour and Lee counties to determine the needs and how MDS can be most helpful. Search and rescue efforts have been wrapped up and everyone is accounted for. Permits to travel...
For 17 days straight – every day since Hurricane Michael struck – Rebecca Hambly has been clearing debris from her yard on the rural outskirts of Marianna, Florida. As she continues to walk back and forth, carrying bundles of branches,...
Dwight Cloud is still, little by little, clearing debris from his yard, more than two weeks after Hurricane Michael struck his town of Marianna, Florida. Though his 100-year-old house somehow weathered the storm, he lost many large trees, some of...
MDS has two assessment teams that started investigating Wednesday, October 17. These assessment teams set up a base at Rivertown Community Church in Marianna, FL, in the heart of a heavily damaged swath. Most of the damage is wind related with huge...
Pine Ridge, S.D. – Sometimes a week of volunteer work with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a stepping stone to another service project in another place and time. Recent college graduate Chris Guntz has been building on his service...
Detroit, MI — A commemoration ceremony was held earlier this year to honor the work done by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and the more than 1,000 volunteers who helped in the community after the 2014 flooding. This marked the official end to the...
Lafayette, LA – When Amy Speidel looks at her file of 50 homes in need of repair in the Lafayette area of Louisiana, she sees more than a list of names. “Here, nobody is a cookie cutter,” she said, “and the repair needs are as dynamic as the...
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