Volunteer Ministers of the Church of Scientology, wearing their signature yellow shirts, worked tirelessly along with other disaster response organizations, helping survivors of recent Midwest tornados and wind storms.
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As windstorms and devastating tornadoes hit the Midwest last week, Churches of Scientology Disaster Response (CSDR) Volunteer Ministers (https://csdr-us.org) organized and deployed teams to Greenfield, Iowa, and Houston, Texas.
Much of Greenfield, Iowa, was destroyed by an EF4 tornado during its mile-long path. At least a dozen residents were injured and five were killed. In its aftermath dozens of government and VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) organizations responded, including CSDR volunteers. Each response group helped in their own way by cleaning up debris, removing downed trees with chain saws, feeding and sheltering those in need, and helping to organize the wealth of donations from around the state and country.
National VOAD (www.nvoad.org) is an association of more than 75 national nonprofit organizations and government partners that collaborate together to mitigate and alleviate the impact of disasters; provide a forum promoting cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration; and foster effective delivery of services to communities affected by disaster.
In Houston, Texas, CSDR volunteers, using Crisis Clean Up, an open-source web-based platform that connects community relief organizations with disaster survivors, helped with debris removal and other chores.
Manifesting their motto of “Something can be done about it,” the Volunteer Minister teams, in their signature yellow shirts, worked alongside other organizations helping to bring hope and resilience to the survivors.
Rev. Susan Taylor, National Director of CSDR, observed, “The essence of volunteerism in the United States is powerful not only spiritually but also in deed. Hundreds, if not thousands, of volunteers work daily someplace in the country to help those devastated by storms and bring them hope and help. CSDR is honored to work side by side with these disaster volunteer organizations, and state and FEMA government officials to bring relief.”
About the company: Churches of Scientology Disaster Response (CSDR) staff and volunteers, reaches out to help those in need no matter what the circumstance and have for more than two decades brought relief to those devastated by earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, bombings, shootings and other disasters. The Churches of Scientology Disaster Response (CSDR) is tasked with the duties of providing spiritual care as well as assisting with the un-met material needs of survivors, responders and caregivers who are affected by trauma, loss, upset, stress and confusion after a disaster.
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Name: Susan Taylor
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Organization: Churches of Scientology Disaster Response
Address: 1701 20th St NW Washington, DC
Phone: 202-667-6404
Website: https://csdr-us.org
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