News & Updates | Posted Monday, May 16, 2011
Even though Shells Evangelical Lutheran Church, Grantville, Pennsylvania suffered a fire in their sanctuary and social hall by an arsonist, they still collected donations for the CWS Blankets+ program and will be collecting donations for the tools project in June. Shells’ congregation “gets it” and reaches out to those in need no matter what! Shells Church mission statement is: “We …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Situation: Numerous states have been devastated or impacted by severe storms, flooding and hundreds of tornadoes in April and May. The storms and tornadoes ranged from Oklahoma to the Carolinas. States most severely impacted have been Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. But there was also significant damage in Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, February 9, 2011
As full-time residents on an island in Alaska, I think the people of Sitka are hearty survivalists. They understand being prepared in an emergency. Perhaps that’s why this community identified so closely with the concept of a CWS Kit. A note about the kits they recently shipped to our warehouse in Arkansas explains: Ours is a small congregation on an …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The shockwaves from the earthquake that ravaged Haiti also swept across the Haitian-American community. It was not unusual to have lost five, 10, even 20 family members in the rubble. Everyone heard story after heart-wrenching story of death, injury, and loss of home and livelihood. Survivors’ pleas for help from their U.S.-based kin multiplied. A year later, the Haitian-American community …
News & Updates | Posted Monday, January 10, 2011
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Media coverage of the first year since the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake is focused on government inaction, the slow pace of recovery and the seeming inability of Haiti to recover. But the story has another side: Haitians helping Haitians, say Church World Service staff and CWS partners in anticipation of this week’s anniversary. “One year after …