By Jim Truitt<\/strong><\/p>\n Please be advised:<\/em> Recommended:<\/em> Your local church can collect these gifts and send to:<\/em> Kits should be sent to:<\/em> Why money? The UMCOR Depot can purchase items in bulk 1) at a highly discounted rate and 2) as needed. But consider saving money on shipping kits and send monetary gifts instead.<\/p>\n Thank you for your patience. Please work through our PNW Disaster Response<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and UMVIM<\/strong><\/span><\/a> organizations to ensure we are working with Texas to provide support and not become another burden. We will help – when Texas is ready for us.<\/p>\n Jim Truitt serves as the Disaster Response Coordinator for the PNWUMC. You can contact Jim at umvimdrc@comcast.net<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Visit PNW UMVIM<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Facebook!<\/em><\/p>\n Friends of UMCOR<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2013 we\u2019ve created this simple meme you can share with friends and family to let them know 100% of all donations go to alleviating suffering around the world! We are grateful for your tremendous support! Please share!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n DONATE HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Early Response Team (ERT) Fall Training<\/strong><\/span> ERT Training – Kitsap County: “Be Ready to Answer the Call”<\/strong><\/span> UM Volunteers in Mission Team Leader\/Team Member Training<\/strong><\/span> UMCOR Relief Kits: A Message for PNW Churches By Jim Truitt Please be advised: Currently, no one in the PNW Conference is responsible for collecting UMCOR Kits for transport to the Salt Lake City Depot. If your church decides to assemble kits, you and your church are responsible for getting them to the Depot. Recommended: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":16013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[111,125,445,258],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-channels","8":"category-emergency-response","9":"category-umcor","10":"category-umvim-2"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/COVER_NEWS_UMCORKits_copy.png?fit=960%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2l75j-4a6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16002"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16046,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002\/revisions\/16046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCurrently, no one in the PNW Conference is responsible for collecting UMCOR Kits for transport to the Salt Lake City Depot. If your church decides to assemble kits, you and your church are responsible for getting them to the Depot.<\/p>\n
\nCollect money instead and designate \u201cMaterial Resources – UMCOR Advance #901440\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Note, you can also collect and designate \u201cDisaster Response, US \u2013 UMCOR Advance #901670\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nPNW Conference Treasurer<\/strong><\/span>
\nP.O. Box 13650
\nDes Moines, WA 98198<\/p>\n
\nUMCOR West Office and Depot<\/strong><\/span>
\n1479 South 700 West
\nSalt Lake City, UT 84104<\/p>\n
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<\/a>UMCOR Donations: 100% goes to the disaster<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\nTraining Events: Save the Dates!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\nSeptember 30<\/strong> | Marysville UMC (Click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to register)<\/p>\n
\nOctober 14<\/strong> | Bremerton UMC (Online registration coming soon)<\/p>\n
\nOctober 28<\/strong> | Pasco: Riverview UMC (Click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to register)
\nNovember 18<\/strong> | Tumwater UMC (Click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to register)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"