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Disaster Response Network
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From computer
file back-up to chainsaws and water pumps, the Disaster Response Network
will organize resources to help congregations mitigate and respond to
disasters.
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Values
The Disaster Response Network values:
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congregations being prepared.
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support for people who face disasters
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the good Samaritan aspect of serving others in need.
Purpose
Based on our faith and care of neighbor we support congregations being
prepared for disaster:
Projects
We will work with congregations to develop disaster plans.
Synod Council Liaison
Justin DeVore
Synod Staff
Pr.
Mark A. Anderson
Network Minutes
Feb. 24, 2012
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RESOURCES
Disaster Response Network Newsletters:
Risk Management Review,
January 2012
Backing Up Records,
February 2012
Synod's Disaster Response Plan
Preparing for Disaster: A Guide for Lutheran Congregations
Sample Congregational Disaster Plan
www.ready.gov
Congregational Resources from ELCA Disaster Response
LDR
Disaster
Listserv
 Emergency
Action Book
A handy guide of what to do in case of a
medical illness or injury, fire, storm warning, gas odor, or theft at the
church. Keep it in a visible spot for anyone to access, such as near a fire
extinguisher.
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Iowa Hay Lift to Texas Makes a Difference
More than 20 truckloads
of hay have been delivered from Iowa to Texas farmers coping with severe
drought.
The hay lift was initiated by Pastor Harold McMillin of St. John Lutheran
(ELCA), Luana. While visiting with Texas residents at the ELCA Churchwide
Assembly in Orlando, Fla., last week, Pastor McMillin learned how Texas
ranchers were having to sell their herds due to a lack of food. McMillin
suggested a hay lift, and the three ELCA bishops from Iowa met with three
ELCA bishops from Texas to plan a joint project. They decided to designate
the Northeastern Iowa Synod as a pilot synod to get the hay lift project off
the ground. If this initial effort is successful, plans are for Iowa’s other
two ELCA synods to organize hay lifts statewide.
Five local farmers, including four from St. John Lutheran (ELCA), Luana,
made the initial donations of hay for the project. Others have also
contributed, including farmers from Waverly, Dunkerton, Garnavillo, Decorah,
Ossian, Castalia, Postville, Monona, Jesup, La Porte City, Le Mars,
Humboldt, Holstein, Moorhead, Dunlap, Shenandoah, Clear Lake, Wis., and
Gentry Mo. Lutheran Disaster Relief contributed
$25,000 to purchase additional hay and to help pay for trucking costs. Plans
are to help the ranchers have enough hay to last until they are able to have
their own crops again.
The biggest challenge has been finding the trucks and drivers to deliver the
hay.
Anyone who has referrals for trucks or drivers should call Pastor Harold
McMillin, 563-880-5052, or contact the synod office,
319-352-1414 or email.
"Heaven-Sent
Hay," Successful Farming, December 2011
"Glenwood Church sends hay to Texas," Decorah Newspapers, 10-25-11
"Operation Hay Lift," Iowa Public Radio, 10-7-11
"Iowa hay on its way to parched South,"
Waterloo Courier, 8-30-11
Visit the Hay Lift web page of the
Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod
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Northeastern Iowa Synod Hay Lift
August 2011
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Floods
We continue to uphold in prayer those who have been affected
by the flooding in northeastern Iowa and throughout the Midwest. Lutheran
Disaster Response and the Northeastern Iowa Synod office work closely to
support congregations in their response to the long term effects of the
disasters in our area.
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Tornado
On Sunday May 25, 2008 at 6 p.m. CDT, an EF-5 tornado - at
times a mile and a half wide - touched down in Parkersburg, Iowa and
continued on the ground devastating Parkersburg, New Hartford and parts of
Dunkerton. The losses included eight lives, 240 homes totally destroyed and
400 more homes damaged.
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ICE Intervention
On Monday, May 12, 2008 the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agency, a division of Homeland Security, conducted a raid on Agriprocessors, a kosher meat packing plant
in Postville, Iowa. During the raid 389 members of the community of 2,300
were apprehended. Hundreds of Mexican and Guatemalan workers took refuge
in St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic parish where meals, clothing, and legal
assistance were provided.
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