The recovery effort from Hurricane Helene is in full swing in northwestern North Carolina, where the Board of World Mission is focusing our efforts. We are happy to report that Laurel Ridge, the Moravian Camp and Conference Center, now has power and will open Higgins Lodge beginning on October 18 for folks who would like to be part of the reconstruction effort. The BWM is helping to fund work being done at the home of a 74-year-old woman in Lansing, NC. Her house was completely flooded and needs a complete rebuild. The Rev. Chris Thore is heading up work on this project and is especially in need of folks with carpentry, cabinetry, plumbing, and electrical skills. We are also interested in congregations or groups of congregations willing to come as mission teams to work either in the clean-up effort at Laurel Ridge or in the home of one of their neighbors. If you are interested in helping, please click the button at the bottom of this page to complete a volunteer interest form. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
For those in the Winston-Salem area who would like to donate material goods, please consider taking your donations to the Armando Rusindo Foundation drop-off point at the Stop and Save Mart in Clemmons, NC. More details and a complete list of needed items can be found at amissionofhope.org.
100% of the donations received for our MDR Fund go to providing relief for these disasters. You can assist us with our disaster response efforts at MoravianMission.org/Give. Please designate your gift to “MDR” to ensure that funds can be directed to the disaster relief efforts where there is the greatest need. Please make checks payable to “Board of World Mission” and send to:
U.S. Donors: Board of World Mission, 1021 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Canadian Donors: Moravian Church in Canada, 600 Acadia Drive SE, Calgary, AB T2J 0B8. Interac e-Transfer donations may be sent to [email protected]. Include your name and address in the comments section of the transfer to receive tax receipts.
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