{"id":15936,"date":"2017-08-25T12:02:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=15936"},"modified":"2017-08-27T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T21:45:28","slug":"as-people-brace-for-hurricane-harvey-umcor-invites-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/as-people-brace-for-hurricane-harvey-umcor-invites-support\/","title":{"rendered":"As people brace for Hurricane Harvey, UMCOR invites support"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Scriven<\/strong> |\u00a0Director of Communications, Young People\u2019s Ministries<\/h4>\n

As Texas and Louisiana prepare for Hurricane Harvey, please join us in praying\u00a0for those in the path of the storm. As you finish praying, and look towards action, consider the following message from Amy Fuselier, Director of Relief Supplies at the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)<\/p>\n

“As we here at\u00a0UMCOR prepare to provide assistance to those who need it most, I also ask for support of our efforts in building our\u00a0inventory of relief supplies. At this time, we are in need of hygiene kits and cleaning buckets. With many potentially\u00a0suffering damage to their homes from flood waters, our greatest need, is cleaning buckets. If there are opportunities\u00a0for assistance, please encourage participation in this ministry. Kits can sent directly to Sager Brown or Depot West (LINK<\/a>).\u00a0Thank\u00a0you all for your support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo of Harvey after it intensified into a hurricane courtesy of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr, CC BY 2.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jim Truitt, our UMVIM Disaster Response Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Conference, adds this advice. \u201cGiven how far we are from the UMCOR depots, money would be the best choice. Both depots have access to bulk buys and discounts.\u201d You can make a financial contribution to UMCOR\u2019s disaster response efforts by giving to\u00a0U.S. Disaster Relief<\/a>, Advance #901670, or to\u00a0Material Resources<\/a>\u00a0 Advance #901440, through your local church or\u00a0directly through their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether you put together hygiene kits or cleaning buckets, take a collection to support our shared response through UMCOR, or spend some extra time in prayer for those caught in the path and for those who will respond, thank you!<\/p>\n

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