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Hurricane Irene Recovery Continues – Work Teams Needed

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Updated:  5-07-2013 at 12:45 PM

Hurricane Irene Recovery

Waves break over railings of a home’s raised deck. Storm surges were up to 8 feet in some areas.

The NC Conference continues to have an on-going operation for disaster recovery.  Over 27,000 homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irene in August 2011.  We have hundreds who remain unable to move back into heavily damaged or destroyed homes.  We have deep need for work teams to do both repair/reconstruction and new construction.  The NC Conference disaster recovery call center can place your team in an area where people continue to desperately need your help.   We have had over 350 teams respond and we need many, many more.  We are deeply grateful for the efforts and gifts of these wondrous servants.  We have been staggered by the generosity of those who have responded in such manner.   Please join us.  Your efforts will make a difference.

Anyone wanting to volunteer should email disasterresponse@nccumc.org or call 888-440-9167.

We continue to need additional funds for the recovery work.  Please also consider reaching out financially by giving to NC Storms Emergency Response – NC Advance #S-00176. 100% of every gift to this Advance will go to storm response.  You can give online at:  Hurricane Irene Giving

You can also send funds to:  NC Conference, P.O. Box 60053, Charlotte, NC 28260.  Please be sure to note Advance #S-00176.

— Steve Taylor/Outreach Team Coordinator

NC Coastal Neighbors Continue to Need Our Assistance – Hurricane Irene Update

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Waves break over the railing of a raised deck as Hurricane Irene storm surge flows inland, flooding, damaging, or destroying thousands of NC homes.

North Carolina United Methodists, more than most, understand the pain and suffering that our friends to the north experienced from Hurricane Sandy.   In response, United Methodists across the NC Conference have donated tens of thousands of dollars and have shipped thousands of cleaning buckets.   Additionally, as the response phase moves into long-term recovery, we are certain that many will feel the call of God to go and stand with our friends in New York, New Jersey, Delaware  and other devastated areas.

As we pray and respond to the disaster north of us, we also remember that here in North Carolina, many of our next-door neighbors continue to suffer the affects of Hurricane Irene.   Several hundred volunteer work teams, United Methodists and many other denominations, have assisted in our recovery efforts and we have completed repairs on over 200 homes.  For this we give God deep thanks, and we NEED several hundred more work teams and monetary donations to continue the work on over 350 more homes or build new homes, with families who desperately need our help.

Home with internal walls washed away from Irene storm surge.

So, as we pray for and respond to the needs of our neighbors north of us, let us also join with our neighbors here in North Carolina who continue to live inside the disaster that is Hurricane Irene.   As Jesus tells us, when we minister to those who are in such deep need, it is Jesus himself to whom we minister … and Jesus will in turn, minister to us.

To help, please contact Ann Huffman at the NC Disaster Call Center – 888-440-9167 or: disasterresponse@nccumc.org to schedule a work team for a day, a week or longer.

We continue to need additional funds for the recovery work.  Please also consider reaching out financially by giving to NC Storms Emergency Response – NC Advance #S-00176. 100% of every gift to this Advance will go to storm response.  You can give online at:  Hurricane Irene Giving

You can also send funds to:  NC Conference, P.O. Box 60053, Charlotte, NC 28260.  Please be sure to note Advance #S-00176.

Be the hands and feet and heart and voice of Jesus, Be the light!  Help our neighbors return home.  

Immediate Need for Cleaning Buckets at 3MC!

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Volunteers unload cleaning buckets to distribute to flooding victims.

3MC – The Methodist Men’s Ministry Center, in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Durham, and many, many NC Conference United Methodist congregations, has recently shipped 4335 cleaning buckets for Hurricane Sandy storm victims.  The cleaning buckets were distributed through UMCOR in Egg Harbor and Ventnor in New Jersey, and through the Salvation Army in Bethpage, NY.  Additionally, another 110 buckets were picked up by St. Francis – a Catholic disaster response organization in NY.

Because of this massive shipment, we have an immediate and continual need for FULLY assembled flood buckets to continue to meet unmet needs and also to back-fill our depleted stocks.

Please do not send partially completed buckets or supply items.  We need fully assembled buckets ready for immediate shipment.  Your group is invited to bring materials and buckets to 3MC and use the packing area/tables to assemble your cleaning buckets.  The 3MC staff is available to answer questions and offer guidance in the packing process.

Please deliver the assembled buckets to the 3MC warehouse at 676 Community Dr Goldsboro NC between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Saturday.

Please contact:

Sim Honeycutt (919) 552-8274 sim@tygof.com
3MC Facility (919) 739-9167 

They will ensure someone is available at the warehouse to receive your donation.  Also, if needed, they can arrange for someone to pick up you cleaning buckets for transport to 3MC.

Please pack the bucket as noted on the UMCOR Relief & Supply website.  Follow the link for Cleaning Bucket and also please check out the video on Cleaning Buckets.

Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort – Material Donations and Volunteer Actions

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We have begun receiving calls and emails regarding possible material donations for those victims of Hurricane Sandy and also generous servants wishing to go to the disaster zone and serve.

Our first advice is this:  If you are not trained and certified in Early Response, please do not go to the disaster area at this time.  In many places you will not be allowed to enter the affected areas and if you do get in, the area could pose significant danger to you.

If you are trained and certified in ERT, please wait for formal request to go that will be extended through our ERT channels if ERT Teams are requested.

If you have material donations, we strongly urge that you contact the disaster response centers with the New York UM Conference or the volunteer hotline for the state of New Jersey.  The folks in the NY UM Conference Disaster Center ask that you send in email the listing of any donation you have. They can then determine whether or not they can receive it at this time.

This is the information as listed on the NY Conference Disaster Center website:

NY Conference UMC Disaster Response Coordinator: Rev. Joseph Ewoodzie

Contact Email: nyacdisaster@gmail.com

The disaster response call center number is: 914-615-2233. Call to notify NYAC of your immediate needs so that we can respond appropriately.  A note to our volunteers: We are not first responders — please do not go to any disaster areas unless you are deployed by the conference disaster response team. Please contact the disaster response call center to volunteer your time to help during the response and releif stages of this event.

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This information is from the New Jersey state website:

Volunteers in New Jersey are being coordinated through an emergency response hotline, 1-800-JERSEY-7 (1-800-537-7397). Alternate numbers, for when the hotline isn’t staffed, include 609-775-5236 and 908-303-0471 or emails can be sent to Rowena.Madden@sos.state.nj.us.
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Our recommendation for response at this time is to donate to  UMCOR Advance #3021787 for Hurricane Relief 2012.   You can also text the word RESPONSE to 80888 to give an immediate $10 donation, or you can donate by phone at (800) 554-8583.You can also make a donation through your local church.  In your Sunday offering, simply make a gift to Hurricanes 2012 #3021787.  100% of your gift will go to Hurricane relief efforts.

We DEEPLY appreciate and encourage the generous spirit of so many of our wonderful servants, and we want to ensure we respond in ways that are appropriate, safe, and helpful.  

 

UMCOR Responds to Hurricane Sandy

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Dear 10-Fold Advocate:Even with advance notice, a natural disaster is devastating. But with the knowledge that Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the East Coast, The United Methodist Church immediately prepared to help.

• United Methodist Early Response Teams (ERT) from many states were put on alert, ready to deploy when needed.
• United Methodist-trained volunteers are now serving in shelters helping thousands of evacuees.
• United Methodist annual conferences readied response trailers equipped with tools and supplies to help with the aftermath.

UMCOR has already issued grants to New York Disaster Interfaith Services and to the New York, Greater New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and North Carolina annual conferences. And there are 11,000 cleaning buckets and 150,000 health kits ready to deliver to survivors in Sandy’s path. This is only the beginning

Your gift

today to UMCOR will help us to continue to respond with personnel, materials and spiritual support to help people recover from Hurricane Sandy. We will continue to learn more about what is needed and respond long after the media spotlight goes away.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Sincerely,

Tom Hazelwood
Assistant General Secretary
UMCOR US Disaster Response

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Hurricane Sandy Response – Please Donate Now

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A satellite image of Hurricane Sandy as it hit the East Coast. (Source: NASA)

Hurricane Sandy has been a devastating storm.  At this writing, there are 17 people confirmed dead in the U.S. and more than 69 deaths across the Caribbean.  Property damage and destruction is only now being assessed.  It is another storm of historic proportion.  Our southern and northern neighbors need our help.

After we here in North Carolina were impacted so severely from Hurricane Irene, through UMCOR, our neighbors provided us with $1 million in support.  Now is our time to offer up assistance to them.  

As a starting point, please be generous and offer up a gift that can immediately be put to use in our response through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).

Please help now. Donate to  UMCOR Advance #3021787 for Hurricane Relief 2012.   You can also text the word RESPONSE to 80888 to give an immediate $10 donation, or you can donate by phone at (800) 554-8583.

You can also make a donation through your local church.  In your Sunday offering, simply make a gift to Hurricanes 2012 #3021787.  100% of your gift will go to Hurricane relief efforts.

To read more about our response through UMCOR, please see Millions Fear  Storm, But the Church is There. 

Hurricane Irene Recovery – We Still Need You!

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The NC Conference United Methodist Church thanks every one of you who has brought volunteer teams to help clean up, tear out and rebuild homes destroyed by the many disasters that have impacted North Carolina over the past decade. Last August, Hurricane Irene’s wind and rain spent almost 36 hours over eastern North Carolina leaving thousands of homes damaged or destroyed and resulting in 35,000 FEMA registrations. The NCCUMC Disaster Recovery Team set up and staffed four disaster centers where faithful volunteers have come to first clean up debris and mud-out homes and are now repairing/rebuilding homes and building new homes. The volunteer centers have an especially great need for teams in late summer, fall and winter.
Volunteers are needed to repair & replace roofs and repair flooded homes (tearing out and replacing floors, walls, insulation, with some electrical, plumbing and finish carpentry needed.)  In some cases, homes that Read more »

Early Response Training December 10th – Register Now

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Early Responders - You will make a difference!

Two Early Responder Team training sessions this week!  

The mission of an Early Response Team is to provide a caring Christian presence in the aftermath of a disaster, under very specific guidelines that enable the team to be productive and caring while causing no further harm or being a burden to the affected community.  Classes are taught by authorized trainers credentialed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).

The following upcoming classes are offered free of charge (including cost of background checks):

 

 

Saturday Dec. 10, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at First UMC, 402 N. Main St., Fuquay-Varina  Phone  919-567-8384
Saturday Dec. 10,  8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Love Joy UMC, Substation Rd., Troy  Phone 910 576-4531 

Visit Early Responder Training to register for either session.

Hurricane Damage Casework Training – We Need You!

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When disaster strikes, the local church usually provides the first response. This basic understanding - that disaster response is local - helps form a foundation for UMCOR's national training and response. First and foremost, UMCOR is a resource for the local response. Photo: Bill KIoplitz/FEMA

Caseworker Training is October 7 and 8.  We need you!

Following any disaster, in order to provide long term recovery, one of the key components that needs to occur is the assessment of damage, the property owners ability to pay for recovery, and the need for charitable assistance.  Part of this process looks at the support received through private insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other financial resources.  This is an essential action in order for volunteer work teams to then begin the process of repairing/rebuilding damaged homes.

Case Management-the constellation of activity that really is family-by-family problem solving-is the vehicle through which UMCOR (you are UMCOR!) provides long-term recovery.  Local case managers develop relationships with survivors and connect them to organizations that can best help them.  They guide families and individuals through the labyrinth of forms, applications, and organizations they must work with to get the help they need.   Ultimately, case managers help survivors develop their own plan for recovery. UMCOR specifically seeks to help survivors who have the least resources, who are often hiding in the missed spaces of the community and need to be found.

We have a deep need for trained volunteers who can carry the love of Christ through casework.  These folks are a key component of the recovery process and are the face of the NC Conference disaster response family.  Perhaps the small voice of God is nudging you to join in such ministry.  If so, we need you trained and have created a venue for such training.

Casework Training will be held October 7th and 8th at Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Broad Street, Elizabethtown, NC. Course will be taught by Ricky Hill of UMCOR.  Contact Jim Smith of Bladen Crisis Long Term Recovery Team (H)910-588-4217 or (C) 951-415-8486 or jsmith8716@aol.com.

Maybe God is calling you.  It could be the best ministry you have ever done.  Thank you for responding and more, thank you for sharing the love of Christ.

For more information on UMCOR Domestic Disaster Response and case management, please follow this link.  UMCOR Disaster Response

 

Hurricane Irene Response Update – Response Information and Needs

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Craig Parker – Elizabeth City District Disaster Response Coordinator unloads cleaning buckets at Bethany UMC in Wanchese. The buckets were delivered by the NC Conference United Methodist Men. Most homes in Wanchese were flooded by Hurricane Irene. Photo by: Bill Norton

Updated:  9-18-2012 at 3:40 PM

Hurricane Irene Response 

Click here for the latest update of activity and information of outreach scope.

The NC Conference has activated a disaster response call center in readiness for Hurricane Irene at the Methodist Building in Garner, NC.    Volunteers are to help with our coordination efforts.

Please consider bringing a work team to Eastern North Carolina and watch God bless you and those you help. To volunteer, please contact Ann Huffman at disasterresponse@nccumc.org or call 888-440-9167or 919-610-8018.

We have a continual need for FULLY assembled flood buckets.  Please see Cleaning Buckets.

For our NC districts and local churches, if you are willing to have your facility be used for work teams for this, or any, disaster, please fill out the Disaster Response Facilities Survey and send it to disasterresponse@nccumc.org .

Please also consider reaching out financially by giving to NC Storms Emergency Response – NC Advance #S-00176. 100% of every gift to this Advance will go to storm response.  You can donate on-line at:  NC Storms Response

You can also send funds to:  NC Conference, P.O. Box 60053, Charlotte, NC 28260.  Please be sure to note Advance #S-00176.

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