Hurricane Sandy Relief

The Missions Work Area is leading the way in helping victims of Hurricane Sandy with a $1,000 donation to UMCOR – The United Methodist Committee on Relief.  You too can make a donation:

• by clicking here

or

• giving  your donation check to the church to be added to the Missions donation (clearly mark that it’s for UMCOR/Hurricane Sandy)

  or

• texting the word RESPONSE to 80888 to give an immediate $10 donation.

To learn more, visit the UMCOR website.

UMCOR answers the question:  What should I do now?

1. Give money. A donation to UMCOR is the best way to get help quickly into the hands of hurricane survivors. Their needs are changing quickly, and purchasing what they need helps boost local economies that have been devastated by the storm.
2. Assemble or purchase health kits. "Cleaning buckets are going quickly," said Kathy Kraiza, UMCOR's executive director of Relief Supplies. "We started this process on Monday with 18,930 buckets in the network. To date, 7,300 are either delivered or being delivered. I believe we will go through all that we have on hand at least by Thanksgiving if not by the end of next week," she said.
3. Keep your passion for volunteering. Put it on your calendar and volunteer six months from now, suggested Forrester. "I would estimate that's when we will really be desperate for teams to come in."
4. Get trained and prepared. Get your church involved in UMCOR's Connecting Neighbors training. Learn more about UMCOR's Early Response or CARE teams. Find an outlet that best suits your talents—and respond as part of a team that is trained, ready, and a real help to survivors.