Each year, donations support thousands of Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers who clean up, repair or rebuild homes for hundreds of disaster survivors in the U.S. and Canada.
Disaster survivors need our volunteers more than ever and your donations will keep them going! Your gifts will help them respond to ferocious wildfires in the West, violent storms in the Midwest, and the hurricanes that have struck the Gulf Coast.
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Major disasters make headlines which often inspire donations for support. However, many are impacted by disasters that never make the news. Monthly gifts provide consistent support for our volunteers throughout the year and help us respond to all disasters, regardless of their media coverage.
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The majority of donations to MDS help volunteers repair and rebuild homes in disaster-affected areas. Donations cover the costs of tools and equipment and support volunteers with food, accommodations and transportation to the work site. The average cost to support a volunteer is about $50 per day.
In some cases, MDS uses donations to purchase building materials. MDS frequently collaborates with a Long Term Recovery Committee in a disaster-affected community. It is comprised of other disaster agencies and local organizations who often have funding available for building materials for our volunteers. Sometimes homeowners have money from insurance or FEMA to assist with these expenses. However, should one of these funding sources be limited, MDS will use donated dollars to complete a project and get a disaster survivor home again.
Mennonite Disaster Service Canada is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency, Registered Charity Number 89388 8263 RR0001.