CWS members unanimously elected a new Board of Directors at the humanitarian agency’s October 2012 Annual Members Meeting. Elections to the smaller, non-representative board were drawn from a broad variety of professional backgrounds, including foundations, development agencies, corporations and advocacy organizations. For more than 65 years, the board of Church World Service has been composed of representatives from its member …
Situation report: Guatemala earthquake
November 9, 2012
Situation: At least 52 died in an earthquake Wednesday (Nov.7) centered off Guatemala’s Pacific Coast, in the northern part of Guatemala. The 7.4-magnitude quake was felt throughout most of the country, and has forced evacuations, particularly in mountainous areas. More than 700 are in shelters, and hundreds others were displaced. Dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. The quake is …
Hurricane Sandy: Updated Emergency Appeal – Nov. 9
Situation report: Clean up and ultimate long-term recovery is just beginning in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The death toll from the storm now stands at 110 in the United States. At the peak of the outages over 8.5 million customers were without electricity. At latest count more than 750,000 customers are still waiting for their power to be restored. …
Hurricane Sandy Southern Ohio event: Volunteers gather to ship supplies for survivors
November 7, 2012
For the latest updates, visit our Hurricane Sandy emergency information page. Eaton, Ohio – In the struggling aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with a fresh Northeaster headed for the same affected coastal areas later this week, humanitarian agency Church World Service and supporters around the nation are continuing to assist survivors with collections, shipments and distribution of emergency kits, blankets and …
Hurricane Sandy: From So. Ohio to Upstate New York, volunteers hasten sending clean-up buckets and emergency kits for survivors
November 2, 2012
For the latest updates, visit our Hurricane Sandy emergency information page. SYRACUSE, N.Y./EATON, Ohio — In the massive relief and initial recovery from Hurricane Sandy, grassroots and church groups around the country are answering an urgent call from humanitarian agency Church World Service for immediate cash contributions – and contributions of emergency clean-up buckets and kits. As part of a …
Hurricane Sandy: Updated Emergency Appeal
November 1, 2012
Situation report: As the last remnants of Hurricane Sandy move out of the Northeast the response to the superstorm continues. The U.S. death toll from the storm is up to 85 in 10 different states. Some 5.5 million electrical customers, down from a peak of 8.5 million, are still without electrical power; the storm caused power outages extending from Maine …
Emergency Clean-up Buckets for Sandy
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For the past several years, Pat Via of Eaton Church of the Brethren has led her Sunday School class to organize a Southern Ohio Church of the Brethren District-wide collections of CWS Kits. In the fall of 2011, they provided 200 Emergency Clean-up Buckets for the Festival of Sharing in Ohio, an ecumenical yearly effort to collect CWS Kits. In …
CWS emergency appeal: Hurricane Sandy 2012
October 29, 2012
Update – Oct 30 At the request of the New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, known as NJ VOAD, CWS will be shipping the following items this week to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey for use in the emergency response in New Jersey. The items are: 2,000 CWS Blankets; 3,000 School Kits; 3,000 CWS Hygiene Kits; 300 Clean-up …
Hurricane Sandy: Church World Service responds in New Jersey and Cuba
For the latest updates, visit our Hurricane Sandy emergency information page. NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastating path, humanitarian agency Church World Service has said its initial response is targeting those in immediate need in New Jersey and, in the Caribbean, in Cuba. An expansion of the agency’s responses is anticipated, as CWS assesses immediate …
DREAMers’ undocumented parents deserve legal status, too, activist says
October 26, 2012
New York City – Church World Service Thursday evening (Oct. 25) honored the struggles and achievements of immigrants to the United States, giving special recognition to Myrna Orozco, an “undocumented and unafraid” immigrant advocate for the DREAM Act, and Tony Hernandez, a broadcast entrepreneur passionate about capturing immigrants’ life stories in their own words. New York City’s Immigration Commissioner Fatima …