Pateros “Make a Difference Day” is October 25, 2014
Article and Photos by Jim Truitt, PNW UMVIM Disaster Response Coordinator
The largest wildfire in Washington’s history roared through the North Central part of the state in...
Can your church help? Rebuild projects enter fall, need assist for winter.
By Rosalee Mohney | Photos by Andy O’Donnell
The Rebuild: Up from the Ashes Project is moving forward with six houses under construction right now.
The...
Firm Foundations, One Year After Philippines Typhoon
By David Tereshchuk*
Online donations through UMC #GivingTuesday last year to International Disaster Responsesupported UMCOR’s work in a number of ways. One of them was to help UMCOR...
Tornado Response
Since yesterday we have been watching the devastating images of destruction in Moore, Oklahoma. In the last two days, dozens of tornadoes tore through five...
Step Up to the Plate! Early Response Team “Spring Training” is COMING!
By Kathy Bryson
Be a part of the disaster response community and help those in need. The PNWUMC Volunteers in Mission team is hosting the...
Have No Fear! The Green Shirts Are Here!
Five Early Response Teams from across the Western Jurisdiction join up to help North Carolina residents recover from Hurricane Florence.
PNW UMC Early Response Teams support Spokane County Flood Relief
Early Response Teams from The PNW Conference received a request for support from the Spokane County Emergency Manager. An initial call was in early...
Additional UMVIM Teams Needed for Galena, AK
Our ongoing efforts, through the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) program, to respond to the 2013 floods in Galena, Alaska are close to completion...
Relief for those fleeing Washington fires
By Linda Bloom | Aug. 26, 2015 | NEW YORK (UMNS)
Last summer, a wildfire scorched the back of Pateros Community United Methodist Church in Washington State and...
Laity Immersion: Rebuild needs money, time, work and volunteers
Participants in the November Pacific Northwest laity immersion trip to visit Okanogan County drive through a metal scrap yard/pile to show how much damaged...
