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UMCOR HOTLINE
April 20, 2001
1-800-841-1235
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor-hotline/
This is the United Methodist Committee on Relief Hotline for
Friday, April 20, 2001.
UMCOR is supporting the efforts of the Methodist Church in El
Salvador to build 500 houses for earthquake survivors. The
plans for the new houses have been provided by ACT (Action by
Churches Together). The homes will be earthquake resistant,
equipped with water and electricity, and will have two bedrooms,
a kitchen and a combined living/dining area. Each house will cost
$3,000. Both volunteers and funds are needed for this
response. UMCOR has received enough financial support to
build 50 homes, and your gifts are urgently needed in order to
build all 500 houses. Please give to Advance #511447-8,
"El Salvador Earthquake". To find out more about
volunteering, call the Volunteer Line at (800) 918-3100.
It is too soon to know the extent of the damage from flooding in
the Upper Midwest and along the Mississippi River. UMCOR has been
in communication with several annual conference disaster
coordinators, and when needs have been assessed and requests for
assistance have been received, we will post that information in
the Hotline. There is an urgent need for volunteers to help
with recovery from the tornadoes and other severe storms that
struck Mississippi earlier this year. Skilled and
non-skilled volunteers are needed for debris removal, roofing,
electrical work, carpentry, painting and general repairs.
Please call the Volunteer Line at (800) 918-3100 for more
information. Your continued support of UMCOR's Domestic
Disaster Response, Advance #901670-1 will help people recover
from this year's storms and floods.
UMCOR has sent grants to provide ongoing famine relief in Sudan,
Kenya, and Eritrea. Famine in many parts of Africa
continues to be a critical need, and your support will be needed
for many months, or years to come. You can help provide
immediate food assistance and agricultural support by giving to
Advance #101250-4, "Africa Famine Relief".
Gifts may be made through local United Methodist Churches, or by
calling (800) 554-8583. Credit card donations are accepted.
UMCOR is providing emergency relief in many areas at this moment,
including: Afghanistan, Angola, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Kosovo,
Mozambique, the Middle East, the Philippines, Serbia, Sudan, the
United States and many other parts of the globe. For more
information on these and other UMCOR ministries, please visit the
website:
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor
Please pray for those who suffer from hunger, poverty, natural
and human-made disasters.
Wendy Whiteside
Assistant General Secretary of Administration
United Methodist Committee on Relief
URGENT NEEDS
Supplies needed for
Midwest flood victims
By Paul W. Widicus*
Flood waters are inundating large areas of the northern part of
the North
Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. An urgent
call is going
out for supplies and volunteers.
Waters are on the rise along the Red River causing much suffering
and
concern in the Dakotas and western Minnesota. Near record water
levels also
are being forecast for the upper Mississippi River resulting in
flooding in
eastern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.
The Midwest Mission Distribution Center located near Springfield,
Illinois
has been placed on 24 hour a day alert with volunteers
collecting, sorting,
packing and shipping supplies to the effected areas. This
facility works in
cooperation with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
and with
the Annual (regional) conferences in the North Central
Jurisdiction and the
Midwest to relieve suffering by providing material resources to
the victims
of disasters world-wide.
Health Kits and Flood Buckets are needed now! Supplies are
already reduced
by other disasters in other areas of the world this winter.
Please ask local
churches and members to collect items for the kits. Assemble the
kits or box
up the supplies and bring or send them to the Distribution Center
near
Springfield as soon as possible. Please follow the contents list
for Health
Kits and Flood Buckets exactly (list of contents is attached).
Other items like pumps, wet vacuums, generators, etc. are also
needed.
Please contact the Distribution Center about specifications on
these items.
Volunteers are needed at the Distribution Center to prepare and
load the
items for shipment. Others will be needed to deliver and unload
the supplies
in the areas where needed.
For information contact the Midwest Mission Distribution Center,
1022 New
City Road, Chatham, IL 62629, phone 217-483-7911, Fax
217-483-7981, e-mail
midwestdc@aol.com.
Volunteers wishing to work in the disaster areas are asked to
call the UMCOR
Hotline at 1-800-841-1235 or the Conference Disaster Team in the
area.
As more information becomes available about needs for supplies
and
volunteers it will be provided. Please join other United
Methodists and
people of all faiths in praying for and caring for the victims of
this
latest disaster to strike the upper Midwest.
*Widicus is the Director of Communications Ministries for the
Illinois Great
Rivers Conference.
FLOOD BUCKETS
· 5-gal bucket with resealable lid
· Bleach _ gal (do not include if shipping)
· Laundry detergent 50 oz *(Ultra Cheer)
· Household cleaner 12 oz *(Lysol concentrate)
· Disinfectant dish soap 28 oz *(Ultra Dawn)
· Air freshener 9 oz
· Insect spray 14 oz
· 5 scouring pads
· Scrub brush *(Cedar-O 2000)
· 18 cleaning towels *(Easy-Wipe, reusable)
· Sponges 7-pak, assorted sizes
· 50 clothes pins
· Clothesline *(Arctic Cotton), 3/16" diameter x 100 ft
· Dust masks *(Benchtop) 5 paks
· Latex gloves *(Premier), package of 2 pr
· Work gloves *(Wells Lamot, canvas dot), 1 pr
· Trash bags *(Glad Tie, 45-gal), 24 - bag roll
Secure product lids. Place all items in bucket. Put list on
outside and seal
bucket
*(Suggested brand type items for flood buckets)
HEALTH KIT
Health kits can be used as learning tools in literacy, nutrition
and cooking
classes. They are also distributed to people who understand
personal
hygiene but have limited resources. Please be sure all items are
NEW!
· 1 hand towel
· 1 washcloth
· 1 comb
· 1 metal nail file or pair of fingernail clippers
· 1 bath-size (5 oz. or larger) bar of soap in original wrapper
· 1 toothbrush in original wrapper
· 1 tube of toothpaste (4.5 oz. or larger)
· 6 adhesive bandages (such as Band-aids)
Wrap the items in the hand towel, tie it with string or yarn.
Items may be
placed in a one gallon plastic zip closure bag.
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