UMCOR Disaster Case Management Training Returns to the Northwest
Stanley Norman and Gerri Harvill serve as Co-Pastors of Sandpoint United Methodist Church (Idaho) and as Disaster Response Coordinators (UMCOR) for The Pacific Northwest...
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...
Oct. 14-15: Disaster Case Management Training in Twisp
The Carlton Complex wildfire burning in north-central Washington state, USA.
Photo courtesy of Jason Kriess, SFC, Washington National Guard and Wikimedia Commons.
Looking For a Few...
Hurricane Sandy: United Methodists Care and Respond
By Catherine G. Earl, MSW, US Disaster Response | United Methodist Committee on Relief
Watch the video!
See the results!
Over 23,000 clean-up buckets distributed
Over 65,000 hours of volunteer...
UMCOR relief money on way to Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan (31W) over Vietnam and China on November 10,2013. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
UMCOR relief money on way to Philippines
By Linda Bloom*
Three...
Upcoming Disaster Response Training Opportunities
Submitted by Kathy Bryson
Springtime is a great time to up your skills and be ready. There are...
Wildfires Update: Our Work Continues – How to Volunteer – Get Training
By Jim Truitt
The wildfires in eastern Washington are finally either out or fully contained. State and Federal assessors are in the field this week...
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...
CrossOver from Disaster to Life
The Rev. David Valera offers this look through interviews and images at how the community responded when a rare EF2 tornado struck Port Townsend, Wash. to give people hope, and how United Methodist volunteers were instrumental in offering expertise, coordination and a return to life.
Updated: United Methodists respond to deadly tornadoes
Ida Rose (right) receives a hug from Sheri Mathews, Spiritual and Emotional Care Team supervisor for the Arkansas Conference Disaster Response Team. Rose is...
