Emergency Response News Briefs
November 2, 2007 • Archive
ERP Responds to California Wildfires
As cleanup begins around southern California's devastating wildfires, CWS-ERP shipped 400 CWS Cleanup Buckets to the Fallbrook Presbyterian Church, in Fallbrook, San Diego County, at a value of $18,000. Additionally, Emergency Response Specialist Joann Hale will be deployed to the area to assess damage and help determine if CWS can assist any marginalized communities that may have sustained losses during the blazes.
ERP Executive Committee, Domestic Roundtable Meet
The committee that oversees CWS' Emergency Response Program and the CWS Domestic
Response Roundtable met this week at the headquarters of the United Church of
Christ in Cleveland. Led by ERP Director Donna Derr, the meetings were a chance
for CWS-member communions to connect with ERP staff and hear updates on CWS'
responses to disasters. The executive committee meets semi-annually and the
domestic roundtable meets every fall.
ERP Engages in Staff Transitions
The Cleveland meetings were among ERP Associate Director Linda
Reed Brown's last official activities with CWS. Reed Brown (left)
leaves CWS to devote more time to her family in Missouri. ERP Associate
Director Bob Arnold will lead the domestic program until a new
CWS Associate for Domestic Response is hired.
ERP Staffer Returns from Extensive Middle East Deployment
Steve Weaver (left), ERP's Middle East Coordinator, recently returned from a
two-month deployment to the area. Weaver worked with CWS local partners to monitor
emergency situations and plan potential emergency response projects in the Middle
East.
Material Resources Update
In addition to recent shipments to California, ERP provided the United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCOR) 10,988 CWS Blankets at a value of $17,809 for an
UMCOR response in Armenia. ERP also shipped 12,048 CWS School Kits and 3,150
CWS Hygiene Kits to Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicana (SSID), a local partner
in the Dominican Republic. The shipment is valued at $214,682.