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UMCOR Hotline 02 Nov 2004: US, Haiti, Grenada

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United States: A Million Volunteer Hours and Counting

Volunteers have put in more than a million hours in recovery projects in the regions of the United States pummeled by multiple hurricanes and tropical storms earlier this fall. In Florida alone, up to 1,000 new volunteers have signed up with the United Methodist Storm Recovery Center for work details over the next year.

In Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, UMCOR grants are assisting cleanup after heavy flooding and high winds swept north, damaging homes and businesses and displacing people in their wake. The United Methodist annual conferences of these states have shown great leadership in mobilizing volunteers to help clean up, secure roofs, and begin the long process of rebuilding.

UMCOR expresses its profound thanks to all volunteers! Generous donations to UMCOR Advance #982410, Hurricanes 2004, will continue the long-term efforts in all these regions.

Haiti and Grenada: Quick Impact Initiatives Aim Toward Recovery

A team of United Methodist relief specialists just back from Haiti and Grenada is recommending new quick impact initiatives to help both island nations recover from devastating hurricanes in recent weeks. Urgent needs in Haiti include a speed-up of food distribution and reconstruction of homes, according to the two-member team representing UMCOR. Grenada needs help restoring its nutmeg industry and in rebuilding community centers that substitute for local government agencies. Recommendations also include strengthening partnerships with the Methodist Church there. Your prayers for the people of Haiti and Grenada, and your generous contributions to UMCOR Advance #982410, Hurricanes 2004, will assist in a meaningful way. Donors may designate their gifts toward either nation or both.

UMCOR provides emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find out more about UMCOR's ministries, please visit umcor.org. You can donate to any project by placing a contribution in the offering plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115; or by calling 1-800-554-8583, where credit card donations are accepted.