Responding to Floods and
Tornadoes
Special Offering & Collecting
Supplies
Flooding in the Midwest
Collecting Supplies
In light of recent flooding in many parts of the U.S., the Midwest Mission Distribution Center is totally out of cleaning buckets. The Mission Team challenges Wesley to help "fill the pool" with cleaning supplies that will be sent to the MMDC to help replenish their supply. The collection will begin on Sunday, May 29 and continue until Sunday, June 12. Please put your contributions in the kiddie pool in the Fellowship Hall. Cash donations to help with processing and shipping costs will also be accepted (be sure to mark your check in the memo line). Below is the very specific list of NEW items that are needed:
- Insect repellent spray (not killer, 6-14 oz.)
- Liquid Laundry Detergent - 50 oz.
- Household Cleaner (12 - 16 oz)
- Air Freshener (8 - 9 oz. aerosol)
- Sponges
- Scouring Pads (no steel wool)
- Scrub Brushes
- Disinfectant Dish Soap (16 - 28 oz.)
- Clothes Pins
- Dust Masks
- Latex Gloves
- Work Gloves
- 24 bag roll of heavy duty trash bags (33 - 45 gal)
These supplies will be sent not only to victims of flooding, but also to areas in Missouri hit by tornadoes.
Put together a Mission Team
Put together a team of volunteers (V.I.M.) to go
to Joplin.
Flooding in the Midwest
Information
from the Conference Office
Special Offering
The Missouri Conference has established a fund to receive monies into the Disaster Response account #7465. Donations for relief may be made through the local church or checks marked #7465 may be made payable to the Missouri Annual Conference and mailed directly to the Treasurer’s Office at 3601 Amron Court, Columbia, Missouri, 65202. Additionally individual donations can be made through the conference website at www.moumethodist.org/joplin.
Our church will collected a special offering on Sunday, May 29, to assist with the disaster response in Joplin. Anyone who still wishes to contribute may do so by sending a check to the church. Please clearly mark your check for Disaster Response account #7465
Other Ways to Help
Many are looking for ways to help the victims from the recent Tornado in Joplin. You can find answers to frequently asked questions on the Office of Creative Ministries website. One of the ways to help is with material donations of Clean-up buckets and Personal Hygiene packs. Please go to this link to find out the contents.
Drop off locations have been set up across the state check for a location close to you. For additional information contact: festival@socket.net
You can also donate to Joplin Disaster Response online as well as share your interest in being part of a future Volunteers in Mission team. If you are part of a United Methodist Committee on Relief trained Early Response Team and can respond in the coming days and weeks following the Emergency Phase, please contact Audrey Phelps at phelps@umocm.com or 573-474-7155.
