Situation report
Southern United States spring storms
April 18, 2011
sITUATION
Clean up buckets are needed in response to storms across the United States.
Multiple natural disasters have struck the United States over the past few months. Disasters that Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has been responding to or monitoring include flooding in North Carolina, Tennessee and the Upper Midwest; tornadoes in Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Virginia and Wisconsin; and wildfires in west Texas.
Over the April 14-16, Palm Sunday weekend, a massive storm system spawning more than 220 tornadoes rolled through ten southern states, leaving at least 45 people dead. Virginia and North Carolina have sustained the most severe damage and the most deaths resulting from the storms, with 21 people confirmed dead and countless families displaced.
RESPONSE
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has already been in touch with the Presbytery of Coastal Carolina and New Hope Presbytery in North Carolina and the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia to offer One Great Hour of Sharing funds and the presence of National Response Team (NRT) members to provide spiritual care and to help to assess damages and needs.
What you can do
You can help the church in this response and stand in the GAP for those affected by this disaster.
GIVE.
The generous sharing of your financial blessings through the One Great Hour of Sharing offering and special designated giving provides resources needed to assist with immediate emergency needs, long-term and unmet needs, and spiritual/emotional counseling.
Individuals may give by phone at (800) 872-3283, through your congregation, or by mailing a check to:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700
Please include DR000148 on your check to support relief efforts wherever disasters occur, or DR000015 to support response to recent storms and other disasters in the United States.
Give online for disasters around the world or for response to recent storms and other disasters in the United States.
Congregations should send donations through their normal mission giving channels.
ACT.
- Stay informed and share information about the need with others. Sign up to receive PDA Rapid Information Network (PDA-RIN) email notices to alert you of additional needs.
- Clean up buckets are needed. Please consider assembling clean up buckets. These supplies offer help for families as they begin the overwhelming task of storm and flood clean up.
PRAY.
Please pray for those displaced by the storms, those who lost loved ones, and those who will work to offer spiritual and emotional care or help with restoration efforts. Pray that the light of God’s love and the power of hope that is found in Christ will be evident.