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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Contact: NCC News, 212-870-2227; news@ncccusa.org; www.ncccusa.org
4/23/01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CWS IS ALERT TO UNMET NEEDS IN FLOODED MIDWEST COMMUNITIES

	April 23, 2001, New York City -- Church-based volunteers throughout the 
Midwest floods region continue to assist in local community 
disaster-response efforts, such as dike construction, and it appears likely 
that, throughout the region, there will be new interfaith groups formed in 
communities affected by spring floods. But the impact on the most 
vulnerable residents of the communities at risk is not yet clear.

	Church World Service volunteer disaster consultants continue to monitor 
the situation. These include CWS Regional Facilitator Ellis Wykstra, 
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC); Regional Facilitators 
Bob and Cheri Baer, United Methodist Church; and Perri Graham, CWS Disaster 
Resource Consultant in Minnesota, Episcopal Church, and regional director 
of the CWS Minneapolis office. Graham has been in contact with 
representatives of other voluntary organizations in region to assess the 
situation.

	Persons wishing to contribute to CWS humanitarian assistance among persons 
affected by the U.S. Midwest flooding may do so c/o:

Church World Service, 28606 Phillips St., P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515. 
For more information/credit card donations: 1-800-297-1516

	Church World Service is the service and witness ministry of the National 
Council of Churches, with programs of emergency response, development and 
refugee assistance in more than 80 countries including the United States.

CONTACTS:
* Perri Graham: Phone: (612) 872-7332; Mobile: (612) 669-0314; Email: 
perrig@cws.ncccusa.org
* Ellis Wykstra: Phone: (616) 246-0738; Mobile: (616) 485-4123; Email: 
wyksevw@aol.com
* Bob and Cheri Baer: Phone (785) 632-2377; Email: bcbaer@kansas.net
* Linda Reed Brown (Interim Associate Director of Domestic Response): 
Phone: (917) 331-8717; Email: lreedbrown@aol.com

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