ACTIVE INVITATIONS FROM OTHER UMC CONFERENCES FOR
ERT, ERT-LED, and VIM TEAMS
Type of Team
Conference
Affected By
DETAILS
ERT Teams
Alabama-West Florida
Hurricane Michael (2018)
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As the conference continues to assess the damage from Hurricane Michael, ERT teams are invited to notify the Alabama-West Florida Conference of their desire to volunteer through Sept. 30, 2019. Please do a new registration for each team! Someone from the Alabama-West Florida conference will be in contact with you after you have registered. Please do not deploy until you have received confirmation.
Please note, you must also post your trip under our “Add a Mission Trip Listing” so that the BWC Disaster Response Coordinator is aware of your intention to deploy.
Visit https://www.awfumc.org/michaelrecovery to learn more.
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Other Needs:
UMCOR Cleaning and Hygiene Kits Contact Steve Lewandowski
334-222-5407
You must coordinate with Steve before sending kits.
- please only collect the items listed in these instructions.
ERT Teams
ERT-Led Teams
VIM Teams
California-Nevada
Wildfires (2018)
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Following a large disaster, such as a fire, volunteers from outside the community are typically needed within 2 – 3 weeks, and then throughout the next 1-2 years. As the conference continues to assess the damage from the 2018 Wildfires, teams are invited to notify the California-Nevada Conference of their desire to volunteer. Please do not deploy until you have received confirmation.
For more information contact Sonja Edd-Bennett, Director of the California-Nevada Annual Conference Disaster Response Ministry, at sonjaeb@calnevumc.org or visit https://www.cnumc.org/disasterresponse.
Please note, you must also post your trip under our “Add a Mission Trip Listing” so that the BWC Disaster Response Coordinator is aware of your intention to deploy.
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Other Needs:
In addition to ERT and VIM teams, donations are most helpful at this time.
ERT Teams
ERT-Led Teams
Florida
Hurricane Michael (2018)
Hurricane Irma (2017)
Hurricane Matthew (2016)
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The Florida Conference currently has two active relief efforts in place. Please click here to register your team with the relief effort you feel most called to serve at this time.
Once you have completed the volunteer registration form(s), our volunteer coordinator will follow up with you to learn more about you and your team. The goal is to match your skills and interests with the client needs. You can also email us at jointherecovery@flumc.org.
Please note, you must also post your trip under our “Add a Mission Trip Listing” so that the BWC Disaster Response Coordinator is aware of your intention to deploy.
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Other Needs:
In addition to ERT and VIM teams, donations are most helpful at this time.
ERT-Led Teams
North Carolina
Hurricane Florence (2018)
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Do you have an ERT-led work team that is ready to come to eastern North Carolina? If so, contact the Disaster Response Call Center at disasterresponse@nccumc.org or 888-440-9167.
Read the NC Conferences December 29, 2018 update regarding the response and specific needs.
Please note, you must also post your trip under our “Add a Mission Trip Listing” so that the BWC Disaster Response Coordinator is aware of your intention to deploy.
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Other Needs:
Make Cleaning, Hygiene, or School Kits and deliver them to one of the North Carolina Conference’s Distribution/Collection Centers.
ERT Teams
ERT-Led Teams
VIM Teams
South Carolina
Hurricane Matthew (2016)
& Floods (2015)
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Whether you can help for a couple of days or a week., have an experienced team or you want to come alone and work alongside new friends.
Whether you are young or old, experienced or not, local or out-of-state.
Your time and talents are needed to help the hundreds of South Carolina families still trying to recover from the 2015 floods and Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
Want to volunteer?
803-726-3105
screcovery@umcsc.org
Please note, you must also post your trip under our “Add a Mission Trip Listing” so that the BWC Disaster Response Coordinator is aware of your intention to deploy.
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Other Needs:
In addition to ERT and VIM teams, donations are most helpful at this time.