As we observe National Volunteer Week from April 18-24, Mennonite Disaster Service extends its thanks to all those who have served during the past year—amid exceptional challenges posed by COVID-19, as well as many other disasters. From sewing...
Prince Philip, centre, speaks with MCCers in British Honduras in 1962. From left Prince Philip, Harold Paetkau (in suit and tie), Amos Horst, Adam Martin and Chester and Vivian Denlinger, unit leaders. During National Volunteer Week (April 19-24),...
MDS volunteers work on renovations at the MCC Indigenous Neighbours office in Timmins, Ont. A joint release from Mennonite Disaster Service and Mennonite Central Committee Doing Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer work in Canada during a...
After more than 2,000 hours of volunteer help from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), the Homes of Hope facility in Ephrata, Penn., is almost ready to open its doors to help families with children who are experiencing homelessness. The building was...
Reflections by Ann Pasnick with Lois Wenger Ann Pasnick (center) presents a finished quilt, cut by her late mother, to the Hebert family in Cameron, La. It was a moment of mixed emotions as I stood there at the linen closet of the old Kansas...
Two 1,000-square-foot modular homes built over the winter by volunteers in Strasburg, Ohio were dedicated on March 20 in West Virginia by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and Disaster Aid Ohio. The homes were built by volunteers working in small...
Patient. Grateful. Welcoming. That’s how Orlin Martens, a plumber from Inman, Kan., described the families he helped in Bastrop, Tex. in mid-March as a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer. Those families had been without water for more than...
Photo credit: David King Volunteer Bruce Kindy works in Marianna, Fla., where four new MDS homes are underway. Four families in the hurricane-damaged Florida Panhandle city of Marianna will open the doors to their new homes by summertime, thanks...
“When’s the next MDS trip?” That’s a question Ron Long of the Vincent Mennonite Church in Spring City, Penn.often hears from youth at his church. Long, who has been involved in youth ministry for decades, coordinated the church’s first...
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