The power of love will be explored at a concert presented by the Mennonite Community Orchestra in collaboration with goodwill partner Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada. The concert on Nov. 20 at Lutheran Church of the Cross, will provide...
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As hurricanes go, Fiona wasn’t as bad as some when it hit Atlantic Canada—just lots of trees blown down into yards and shingles and siding blown off houses. Unless it was your tree, your yard or your roof and siding. Then it was a very big deal....
After his stroke, one of the things that made Abe Gotzke sad was not being able to volunteer with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) anymore. Or so he thought. Gotzke, 72, of Abbotsford, B.C. suffered the stroke in April. “We were driving up north to...
For the Baccalieu Trail Community Church in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, support from the Spirit of Mennonite Disaster Service Canada (MDS) Fund means they can now serve seniors and low-income people in the community. “We have had a vision for some...
Anita Jacobsen knows she was lucky. When the White Rock Lake fire swept through Monte Lake, B.C. in July 2021, it spared the house she lives in with her husband, David Newcomb—one of the few in the rural community that wasn’t destroyed or damaged...
When the evacuation order came, Michelle Swanson thought to herself: “Wow—this is really happening!” Michelle, 21, who lives with her father, Ted, 60, in Arnold, didn’t expect the water to flood their home on that mid-November day in 2021....
“People are really thankful, they can’t imagine we are doing it for free.” That’s what Nick Hamm said about the tree cutting service being provided by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada in Antigonish and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, over...
Asleep on the second floor of their house in Arnold, B.C. Rebecca and Tom Johnstone didn’t know the flood had arrived. “We didn’t hear the siren,” said Johnstone, 55. “A neighbour came to the door and told us to get out.” Johnstone...
Volunteers are needed immediately to assist with clean-up efforts near Sydney, Nova Scotia after Hurricane Fiona. “The needs are great,” said Ross Penner, Director of Canadian Operations for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada. “So many...
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