From A Coach Stop And Tavern
Into
God's House
HELP WITH RECOVER FROM
HURRICANE HELENE
I want to thank each and every Church in the Alabama Emerald Coast Conference of the Global Methodist Church, because you do so much in a time of need. This act of kindness shows God’s love when you help the survivors in a Disaster event. Again, thank you.
Last week our conference escaped the damage from Hurricane Helene, but our sister conferences to the east need our help. There are 7 conferences to our east that are needing help as of today, and every one of our Churches can help and here’s how.
There is a great need for volunteers to go and help with the cleanup. Currently if you are able and want to go for a day or multiple days, please let me know. The most important thing is please do not self-deploy, there is limited space, fuel, food, and other resources in these disaster areas. When we self-deploy after a disaster event, we (not knowingly) tie up resources that are needed right after an event. We do not want the survivors to suffer any more than they must in waiting on their needed resources. Again, if you want to deploy let’s coordinate your effort and make the best for everyone involved.
Many of us cannot deploy, but there are other things we can do that are needed after a disaster event. Please look at the short list below where you can help the survivors after a Disaster.
1. Build Cleaning Buckets that are needed. Your church can make cleaning buckets, there is a need for more than 14,000 of them just in the state of Florida. These buckets cost about $85.00 each to make. Instruction are on the AEC website.
2. Make Health Kits that are needed Your church can make Health Kits, these items are always needed in a disaster, instructions are on the website.
3. Aid in Logistics Support When we are collecting items in our Church, District, or Conference we need to transport these items to a pickup point. Once they get to the pickup point, they will be picked up and delivered to the disaster area or to a warehouse. We need volunteers that can pick up and move items around in the local area (estimated travel is 40-to-100-mile area max). These volunteers do not have to be able to lift heavy things but they need to have the time and a vehicle that can haul items so they can get these items to a pickup location for distribution of disaster supplies. If you are interested, please let me know.
4. Monetary Donation: Everyone can go to the AEC Conference website and donate money that will go to other Global Methodist Conferences currently in need.
Donate here: https://donorbox.org/alabama-emerald-coast-conference-global-methodist-church
There are many other tasks that need to be done and we need as much help as we can get. Please let me know if you want to help in a different area.
My contact information is AECCDisaster@gmail.com or call or text me at 850-582-2605.
Ron Toole
AEC Conference Disaster Response Coordinator