Pilger early-response work winds down
Gleaning for field debris still urgent
Agricultural lands in need of clean-up
Wisner-Pilger
The Wisner volunteer center at Wisner High School is closing today (Monday) with cleanup ramping down this week in Pilger. People interested in volunteering after today should check-in by the Pilger city pool or call 402-833-1512 for volunteer information. The Pilger curfew is being lifted Monday night.
The donation center in Wisner is overflowing, including the donation of 1,000 pairs of shoes.
Wakefield - gleaning - food trailer help
Wakefield agricultural areas still need volunteers to help clean fields. The area has not received a significant amount of help. Food truck volunteers are also needed. Volunteers who want to help the Great Plains UMC hot foods ministry are requested through Friday of this week. Call chairperson Rose Roberts at 316-772-6811 to volunteer as a hot foods worker.
To help in the Wakefield area call the hotline at 402-287-2574. Sometime in the recent media the numbers were transposed, so make sure you check your number to match the one above when calling to volunteer.
Long-term recovery
Teams are needed to go to all the areas hit by spring storms. Mission teams and VIM teams should contact disasterresponse@greatplainsumc.org to inquire about possible mission team assignments for long-term recovery. Baxter Springs, Beaver Crossing and Seward County, as well as Northeast Nebraska, will continue to need help long into the future. Congregations should supply basic information such as your church/congregation, contact person, number and ages of the people in your proposed team, special talents inherent in members of the team, in addition to your best time frames for volunteering. TruDee Little is on vacation this week so give Disaster Response a couple of weeks to get back with you regarding long-term mission team work.
Donate now
As always, if you can’t volunteer or don’t have the vacation time available to take off to volunteer, please know that your contributions to the Great Plains Disaster Response Fund (Advance 975) is an equally valued way to participate. Funds generated go to help individuals, families and communities rebuild. This is a general fund for all disasters so that there is latitude to send funds where they are needed most.
Contributions can be sent to the Great Plains Disaster Response Fund through the local church offering plate (with the number 975 in the memo line) or to the Great Plains Conference, c/o Topeka Office, P.O. Box 4187, Topeka, KS 66604. Contributions can also be made online.
To request funds
Those wanting to apply for disaster response grants should use the Great Plains request form on the website. Criteria for how to apply and the necessary forms are available on the website.
You can read all the stories related to the Northeast Nebraska storms on the website.
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