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Adventist Community Services Disaster Relief - 5/11 MO Tornado

Website: http://www.communityservices.org/index.php


Mission: Who is Adventist® Community Services?
Adventist® Community Services is the non-profit, humanitarian agency for the Seventh-day Adventist Church® that works within the United States and Bermuda through more than 1,100 localities and upholds the beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist® World Church organization.

What does Adventist® Community Services do?
Adventist® Community Services (ACS) has been established as a humanitarian relief, and individual and community development ministry to fulfill the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church® in the United States and Bermuda which is to "serve communities in Christ’s name". ACS provides services through the ministries of as Disaster Response, Crisis Care/Disaster Response Chaplaincy Program, Youth Empowered to Serve, Tutoring and Mentoring Programs, Elder Care, and Community Development/Urban Ministry/Inner City Ministries."

What is our Vision?
To integrate continuing leadership education, build collaborative partnerships and expand our scope of community services.


Areas Served: Joplin, Jasper County, MO



This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

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Adventist Community Services Disaster Response

NEWS RELEASE - May 23, 2011

Adventist Community Services Disaster Response (ACS DR) teams are rapidly responding to the devastating tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri yesterday. This morning, ACS DR coordinators Jody Dickhaut and Roy Weeden began surveying damage, assessing needs and identifying safe locations to begin operations. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Missouri have requested that ACS DR take the lead in collecting, sorting and warehousing donated goods that have already begun streaming into the area. Warehouse space has been identified and operations are anticipated to begin tomorrow. Goods processed by the warehouse will be delivered to disaster survivors through emergency distribution centers and by mobile distribute units.

These teams in Missouri join ACS DR teams currently responding in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, and Alaska to provide aid to individuals affected by tornadoes, flooding and other disasters. Tons of donated goods are being processed and provide aid to thousands of individuals in need.

If you are interested in helping ACS DR and the many survivors attempting to put their lives back together, please pray for them and consider making a donation to Adventist Community Services Disaster Response.

To donate:

1) Go to www.communityservices.org,
2) Call 1-800-381-7171, or
3) Mail a check or money order to:
Adventist Community Services Disaster Response
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904

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