Title: New Brethren Disaster Response project to open in Mississippi Dec. 21, 2006 Church of the Brethren News Service Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director 800-323-8039 ext. 260 -- cobnews@brethren.org
NEW BRETHREN DISASTER RESPONSE PROJECT TO OPEN IN
MISSISSIPPI
(Dec. 21, 2006) Elgin, IL -- Brethren Disaster Response is opening a new Hurricane Katrina recovery project in McComb, Miss., just after the holidays. McComb is in southwestern Mississippi, just north of the Louisiana border.
Brethren Disaster Response is a ministry of the Church of the Brethren General Board, utilizing volunteers to rebuild and repair homes following disasters.
Effective Jan. 1, all volunteers who were scheduled for a Brethren Disaster Response project in Pensacola, Fla., will be reassigned instead to the new Mississippi project.
The Brethren will be working in McComb with Southwest Mississippi Recovery Network. "We are thrilled at the prospect of having your folks with us and will do everything to help them be comfortable and productive," said Judy Powell Sibley, director and chair of the network. "With your coming, I feel a huge burden lifted to help secure the storm affected families in our area."
Work to be done includes repair of roof damage that has resulted in water-damaged interiors of homes, and the related removal and replacement of walls, ceilings, and floors. Black mold is a problem in many homes and will require cleanup. The project may possibly be constructing new homes as well. A Brethren Disaster Response pickup truck, van, and tool trailer will be on site.
For more information about Brethren Disaster Response go to www.brethren.org/genbd/ersm/DisasterResponse.htm.
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.
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For more information contact:
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford Director of News Services Church of the Brethren General Board 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120 800-323-8039 ext. 260 cobnews@brethren.org
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