One of the weekly volunteers expressed what many felt last week. What is one suggestion that would improve your MDS experience? “Sunny weather.” The first four days were cool, drizzly, and cloudy. By Friday the sun broke through and...
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The week started rather quietly. Our weekly volunteers came from the Groffdale Conference in Pennsylvania. Participants’ names were chosen in a drawing to serve with MDS. When they arrived, someone asked them if they knew each other since...
A new week, a new month, and a new year. New long-term volunteers arrived in Port Charlotte to continue the restoration work for survivors of Hurricane Ian. Some of the folks we worked for had also suffered losses as a result of Hurricanes Helene...
This week our volunteers consisted of a group of nine from Michigan, two from Pennsylvania, as well as two from Virginia who were here last week as well. We finished up six projects this week, giving the hurricane survivors something to look forward...
This week our volunteers consisted of a group of 11 young men and their driver from Pennsylvania, a newly retired individual from Pennsylvania, as well as two young men from Virginia. Marlene Martin joined us for a week to be with her husband, Ed,...
This month we transitioned to a new leadership team: Peter (Construction Supervisor) and Margaret (Head Cook) Goertzen, Erv (Crew Leader) and Esther (Assistant Cook) Wilms, Daryl Horst (Crew Leader), Andrew Zimmerman (Long-term Volunteer), Ed Martin...
Happy Thanksgiving from Port Charlotte! Today (Thanksgiving) is a warm sunny 80* in Florida. We are blessed with a group of thirteen cousins from Ohio along with two volunteers from Michigan and three volunteers from Canada. In addition, we welcomed...
Greetings from Port Charlotte, Florida. This week we welcomed a group of fifteen consisting of youth and adults from Ohio and the Shenandoah Valley. The repair work to homes continues from the aftermath of Ian. The week was spent painting,...
The week of November10, we welcomed 13 volunteers from the Willow Street Church in Lancaster PA to Port Charlotte. They arrived curious as to how they would engage with theMDS project. Monday morning started with the three...