Ohio Flooding and California Wildfire Relief Info

Couple updates for you all this week. There will be a need for volunteers in Northern Ohio for quite a while and this week’s rains may cause additional flooding in other areas. I’ll keep track, but please keep me posted of any needs you come upon that we should respond to.

Here’s an update from the Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team web site:

DRT is continuing to work with the church in Findlay, Ohio. We continue to purchase building material and household supplies for those without insurance. We are in need of skilled volunteers for the completion of sheetrock and flooring especially. Thousands of people are out of their houses and in need of assistance.

Their web address is www.churchesofchristdrt.org. You can feel free to contact them directly, or I can hook you up.

Hilltop Rescue is contemplating setting up operations in California for wildfire relief. We are very early in the process and it is not yet certain what organizations like ours can do in this type of disaster or how it will be accomplished. I’ll keep you posted and you can monitor www.hilltoprescue.org for more information. If you want to think this far ahead, round trip on Skybus to San Diego looks to be around $280 with a week advance, but some days are cheaper and a couple are more expensive.

I have a request to help roof a house in Gahanna from Cindy at New Life Church. The roof is leaking down a wall and some internal repairs may be required. The homeowner has materials, but needs assistance installing the new roof. This would be a good weekend job before the really cold weather hits. To volunteer, contact me, or Cindy Schmidt at (614) 475-8500.

There is a short notice, local work mailing list that I use to send all requests like this and short notice Habitat opportunities. If you’d like to be added to that list and get those extra notifications, please send me an email.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. -- 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

John McGuire
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