DISASTER RELIEF MINISTRY helps devastated communities with the rebuilding of homes and communities after natural disasters strike. Teams of volunteer labor, skill, and supplies provide aid, accompanied by experienced leadership, with a commitment to competent workmanship, and working thru a connection with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) or other disaster relief agencies as available.
Members
Camp Hanover Service Projects
June 27-29, July 10-12, and July 18-20, 2024
To volunteer or ask questions, email ministry leader Brown Pearson or call him at 804-347-8895.
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Can't Join a Trip In Person? Give Financial Support
Your financial gift helps cover expenses incurred by the ministry's relief trips. These include supplies, food, travel, and lodging. Donations may be made to the presbytery's Disaster Relief Ministry or to the disaster relief mission fund of Southminster Church (which provides logistics and accounting services for the trips).
Past Projects
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Rebuilding after Disaster
Wauchula, Florida, May 2023
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Hurricane Ian Relief
Little Gasparilla Island, Florida, October 2022
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Installation of New Covenant Church Bell at Camp Hanover
Camp Hanover, May 2021
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Bridge and Boardwalk
Camp Hanover, September-October 2020
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Faith in Action
Ocracoke Island, NC, October 2019
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Letter of Thanks
New Bern, NC, October 2018