Your House-Building Skills are Needed!
The last 5 homes to be rebuilt in the Okanogan are progressing but the summer building boom has made contractors scarce and could keep them from being completed. An accommodation by the county will allow for skilled volunteers to install electricity and plumbing. Can you help?
Sandy: Conferences to accept long-term recovery teams
Sandy: Conferences to accept long-term recovery teams | By Jim Truitt
The majority of the long-term recovery work post-Superstorm Sandy in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference is...
Disaster Response: Earth, Wind, Fire…and Flood
Views from disaster areas in the PNW: In 2014, the mudslides in Oso (March) and the Carlton Complex wildfire (July) devastated local communities and...
New video highlights UMCOR Sunday and the relief work of the UMC
One of six churchwide Special Sundays with offerings of The United Methodist Church, UMCOR Sunday calls United Methodists to share the goodness of life...
Early Response Team Training
2012 was a really tough year across the United States. Natural disasters of all kinds caused massive damage to the infrastructure and personal property....
Rebuild: Up from the Ashes | Stories of Hope
(Clockwise from top left) Germaine Savoie, Bill VanTassell, Karen Fisher, and The Gray Family all share their stories of hope as each have been...
The Port Orchard Tornado Revisited
It's been 10 months since a rare EF 2 Tornado wreaked havoc in Port Orchard, Washington.
Jim Truitt, Disaster Response Coordinator for the Greater NW Area, offers us a look back at the work that has been accomplished by numerous volunteers and intentional partnerships.
Here’s how Conconully UMC raised $4000 for Rebuild Up from the Ashes
By Marilyn Church | Images courtesy of Jesse N. Love, Wikipedia*
"In 2015, Conconully was evacuated for a week; the fires never came into the town...
Planning for Early Response Team Deployment to Texas
By Jim Truitt | Photos by Wikipedia, et. al.
In the last few weeks, two of the largest natural disasters in American history have occurred....
Connecting Neighbors – Neighbors helping Neighbors when Disasters Strike
By Kathy Bryson
Too often we only think about disasters when they strike. The Pacific Northwest is not immune to floods, fires. earthquakes or tornados....
