For some youth at The Meeting Place, a Mennonite Brethren church in Winnipeg, 2020 was going to be a big year—they were going to do a spring overseas service trip. But then the pandemic hit. “We had done a lot of fundraising and planning, but...
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It was a winter storm that led Roger Friesen of Winnipeg to start writing poetry—and then to creatively reframe the Psalms as a fundraiser for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada. Friesen, 69, was on his way to Minot, North Dakota in 2013 from...
Three grants worth $400,000 CAD/$313,160 USD will enable Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada to help homeowners affected by last November’s floods in B.C. A grant of $210,000 CAD/$164,400 USD was given by Fraserway RV in Abbotsford, B.C.,...
“No preaching!” That’s the first thing Danie Brooks told Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer James Toews when he showed up at his home outside Princeton, B.C. one morning to begin work. “I wanted to be honest with him right away, this...
Families looking to spend some time together and do some service for others can do both this summer in Princeton, B.C. through the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Family Program. Through the Program, families will do landscaping and build...
With all the attention on the severe flooding that hit B.C. in November 2021, it’s easy to forget about those who lost their homes to last summer’s wildfires in that province. But Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada hasn’t forgotten. In...
For six young adults from Chinatown Peace Church, a Mennonite Church Canada congregation in Vancouver, B.C., the February 20-25 university reading week turned into a work week as they volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Princeton, B....
In mid-November 2021, a series of floods impacted multiple regions of B.C. In Princeton, nearly 300 homes were flooded. In the Fraser Valley, homes, businesses and farms were flooded. In August 2021, the White Rock fire destroyed 28 structures at...
By Andrea Demeer It was -21 C on Fenchurch Avenue in Princeton on Wednesday, Feb 23, as men and women in white coveralls shoveled debris into wheelbarrows, knocked out drywall, and cleared mud from homes destroyed in the Nov. 14, 2021, flood. They...
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