Relief Efforts

According to a November 2 Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM) report by Jane Yount, “As the relief effort following Hurricane Sandy gets underway, BDM is encouraging Brethren to donate to the Emergency Disaster Fund to support the BDM response, including deployment of Children’s Disaster Service volunteers.” (Read this and other reports in full at www.brethren.org/bdm/updates.)

“Donors should keep in mind the most effective and useful donation is a financial contribution,” said Zach Wolgemuth, associate director of Brethren Disaster Ministries. He noted, however, that “efforts to assemble Church World Service Clean-up Buckets are extremely important and encouraged.”

Speaking of Church World Service, a special edition of Newsline reported yesterday that shipments of relief materials worth over $600,000 are being distributed from the Brethren Service Center on behalf of CWS. You can read more on this story at www.brethren.org/news.

If you would like to support Brethren Disaster Ministries, visit www.brethren.org/edf , or make checks payable to Emergency Disaster Fund and mail to Church of the Brethren, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120. Thank you!