parish: -> Warren
town: -> Vicksburg

name: NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster - 2011 AL Tornadoes -> NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster - 2011 MS River Flooding
notes: FROM THE BLOG: Alabama Update May 19th, 2011 NECHAMA, along with our partners, JDRC in conjunction with the Bronfman Center at NYU and Knesseth Israel Congregation, want to update all of our volunteers regarding the status of the tornado cleanup work in Alabama. NECHAMA has determined that the cleanup efforts in Alabama are happening more quickly than could have anticipated. With this in mind, NECHAMA is actively considering the creation of a rebuilding project in the Birmingham area. However, that project won’t get started until sometime in August. NECHAMA is also planning to get involved in flood cleanup along the Mississippi, potentially in the area of Vicksburg, MS and points south. However, our flood cleanup plans can’t be made until after area rivers have crested and the water has receded. As soon as we have any information regarding our possible involvement in flood cleanup, we will let you know. As for Birmingham: We are able to take volunteer groups or individuals in the Birmingham, AL area for cleanup work through the middle of June. You can volunteer for a day or a week. Most weekly volunteers come in on Sunday and leave on Friday. Thanks to the efforts of Knesseth Israel Congregation and the JDRC, arrangements have been made to house and feed all of our volunteers with glatt kosher food. Volunteers will sleep on the floor of the synagogue with sleeping bags. There will be separate rooms for males and females. Of course, you can always stay in a hotel at your own expense if that is preferred. All volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to and from Alabama and to and from the work site. We may have a 12 passenger van starting June 1st that will help with some volunteer transportation to and from the work site. Carpooling may also be available. The closest airport is BHM or Birmingham. If you volunteer, you will need to bring all your own personal items: Toiletries, towels, closed-toe shoes, long pants for the work site, sunscreen and bug repellent. Since we are being housed in an Orthodox shul, modesty is required; we ask that your dress code is also modest. (no short-shorts, etc.) In addition, no outside food may be brought in the shul unless it has the OU certificate. NECHAMA also provides all the safety equipment, tools, work site and all expertise that is needed to ensure a meaningful volunteer experience. The work involved in this project is primarily debris and tree cleanup. We do ask volunteers for a donation of $18 per person per day to help us cover the cost of food and other expenses. Please let us know your plans to become involved with this deployment including your dates of arrival and departure. I will be happy to assist you in any way that I can be helpful. Finally, I will be in Israel May 22- June 1. During this time, my assistant Miriam Apter will be able to help. Thank you and we look forward to partnering with you. To volunteer please contact us at www.recovery@kicong.org. ----------------------------------- NECHAMA & JDRC DEPLOYING TO THE SOUTH May 9th, 2011 After scouting the areas around Mississippi and Alabama in the wake of record-breaking tornadoes and floods, and being mindful of the horrible flooding on the Mississippi in Memphis, NECHAMA-Jewish Response to Disaster and the Jewish Disaster Response Corps. (JDRC) have jointly committed to a minimum four-month deployment in the south. Experts are comparing the devastation stemming from these disasters to Hurricane Katrina. If we have a sufficient number of volunteers and financial resources, we plan to deploy up to three teams that can spread out across the region and provide help to underserved areas and to people in the greatest need of help. NECHAMA is recruiting volunteers for our southern deployments beginning the week of May 15th. We will initially be working in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama areas. We are also in the process of making housing and food arrangements for our volunteers. Our goal is to set up volunteer groups that arrive on Sunday and leave on Friday afternoon, yet alternative plans can be accommodated. Individuals and groups interested in assisting with storm cleanup efforts should contact info@nechama.org or Amy Cytron at acytron@nechama.org . Amy’s cellphone number is (763) 286-6969. We need to raise at least $100,000 to support this significant deployment. Please donate here. All donations are tax deductible. ------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd -> FROM THE BLOG: Alabama Update May 19th, 2011 (EXCERPT) NECHAMA is also planning to get involved in flood cleanup along the Mississippi, potentially in the area of Vicksburg, MS and points south. However, our flood cleanup plans can’t be made until after area rivers have crested and the water has receded. As soon as we have any information regarding our possible involvement in flood cleanup, we will let you know. ----------------------------------- NECHAMA & JDRC DEPLOYING TO THE SOUTH May 9th, 2011 After scouting the areas around Mississippi and Alabama in the wake of record-breaking tornadoes and floods, and being mindful of the horrible flooding on the Mississippi in Memphis, NECHAMA-Jewish Response to Disaster and the Jewish Disaster Response Corps. (JDRC) have jointly committed to a minimum four-month deployment in the south. Experts are comparing the devastation stemming from these disasters to Hurricane Katrina. If we have a sufficient number of volunteers and financial resources, we plan to deploy up to three teams that can spread out across the region and provide help to underserved areas and to people in the greatest need of help. NECHAMA is recruiting volunteers for our southern deployments beginning the week of May 15th. We will initially be working in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama areas. We are also in the process of making housing and food arrangements for our volunteers. Our goal is to set up volunteer groups that arrive on Sunday and leave on Friday afternoon, yet alternative plans can be accommodated. Individuals and groups interested in assisting with storm cleanup efforts should contact info@nechama.org or Amy Cytron at acytron@nechama.org . Amy’s cellphone number is (763) 286-6969. We need to raise at least $100,000 to support this significant deployment. Please donate here. All donations are tax deductible. ------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd

name: NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster -> NECHAMA - Jewish Response to Disaster - 2011 AL Tornadoes

notes: NECHAMA & JDRC DEPLOYING TO THE SOUTH May 9th, 2011 After scouting the areas around Mississippi and Alabama in the wake of record-breaking tornadoes and floods, and being mindful of the horrible flooding on the Mississippi in Memphis, NECHAMA-Jewish Response to Disaster and the Jewish Disaster Response Corps. (JDRC) have jointly committed to a minimum four-month deployment in the south. Experts are comparing the devastation stemming from these disasters to Hurricane Katrina. If we have a sufficient number of volunteers and financial resources, we plan to deploy up to three teams that can spread out across the region and provide help to underserved areas and to people in the greatest need of help. NECHAMA is recruiting volunteers for our southern deployments beginning the week of May 15th. We will initially be working in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama areas. We are also in the process of making housing and food arrangements for our volunteers. Our goal is to set up volunteer groups that arrive on Sunday and leave on Friday afternoon, yet alternative plans can be accommodated. Individuals and groups interested in assisting with storm cleanup efforts should contact info@nechama.org or Amy Cytron at acytron@nechama.org . Amy’s cellphone number is (763) 286-6969. We need to raise at least $100,000 to support this significant deployment. Please donate here. All donations are tax deductible. ------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd -> FROM THE BLOG: Alabama Update May 19th, 2011 NECHAMA, along with our partners, JDRC in conjunction with the Bronfman Center at NYU and Knesseth Israel Congregation, want to update all of our volunteers regarding the status of the tornado cleanup work in Alabama. NECHAMA has determined that the cleanup efforts in Alabama are happening more quickly than could have anticipated. With this in mind, NECHAMA is actively considering the creation of a rebuilding project in the Birmingham area. However, that project won’t get started until sometime in August. NECHAMA is also planning to get involved in flood cleanup along the Mississippi, potentially in the area of Vicksburg, MS and points south. However, our flood cleanup plans can’t be made until after area rivers have crested and the water has receded. As soon as we have any information regarding our possible involvement in flood cleanup, we will let you know. As for Birmingham: We are able to take volunteer groups or individuals in the Birmingham, AL area for cleanup work through the middle of June. You can volunteer for a day or a week. Most weekly volunteers come in on Sunday and leave on Friday. Thanks to the efforts of Knesseth Israel Congregation and the JDRC, arrangements have been made to house and feed all of our volunteers with glatt kosher food. Volunteers will sleep on the floor of the synagogue with sleeping bags. There will be separate rooms for males and females. Of course, you can always stay in a hotel at your own expense if that is preferred. All volunteers are responsible for their own transportation to and from Alabama and to and from the work site. We may have a 12 passenger van starting June 1st that will help with some volunteer transportation to and from the work site. Carpooling may also be available. The closest airport is BHM or Birmingham. If you volunteer, you will need to bring all your own personal items: Toiletries, towels, closed-toe shoes, long pants for the work site, sunscreen and bug repellent. Since we are being housed in an Orthodox shul, modesty is required; we ask that your dress code is also modest. (no short-shorts, etc.) In addition, no outside food may be brought in the shul unless it has the OU certificate. NECHAMA also provides all the safety equipment, tools, work site and all expertise that is needed to ensure a meaningful volunteer experience. The work involved in this project is primarily debris and tree cleanup. We do ask volunteers for a donation of $18 per person per day to help us cover the cost of food and other expenses. Please let us know your plans to become involved with this deployment including your dates of arrival and departure. I will be happy to assist you in any way that I can be helpful. Finally, I will be in Israel May 22- June 1. During this time, my assistant Miriam Apter will be able to help. Thank you and we look forward to partnering with you. To volunteer please contact us at www.recovery@kicong.org. ----------------------------------- NECHAMA & JDRC DEPLOYING TO THE SOUTH May 9th, 2011 After scouting the areas around Mississippi and Alabama in the wake of record-breaking tornadoes and floods, and being mindful of the horrible flooding on the Mississippi in Memphis, NECHAMA-Jewish Response to Disaster and the Jewish Disaster Response Corps. (JDRC) have jointly committed to a minimum four-month deployment in the south. Experts are comparing the devastation stemming from these disasters to Hurricane Katrina. If we have a sufficient number of volunteers and financial resources, we plan to deploy up to three teams that can spread out across the region and provide help to underserved areas and to people in the greatest need of help. NECHAMA is recruiting volunteers for our southern deployments beginning the week of May 15th. We will initially be working in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama areas. We are also in the process of making housing and food arrangements for our volunteers. Our goal is to set up volunteer groups that arrive on Sunday and leave on Friday afternoon, yet alternative plans can be accommodated. Individuals and groups interested in assisting with storm cleanup efforts should contact info@nechama.org or Amy Cytron at acytron@nechama.org . Amy’s cellphone number is (763) 286-6969. We need to raise at least $100,000 to support this significant deployment. Please donate here. All donations are tax deductible. ------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd -> NECHAMA & JDRC DEPLOYING TO THE SOUTH May 9th, 2011 After scouting the areas around Mississippi and Alabama in the wake of record-breaking tornadoes and floods, and being mindful of the horrible flooding on the Mississippi in Memphis, NECHAMA-Jewish Response to Disaster and the Jewish Disaster Response Corps. (JDRC) have jointly committed to a minimum four-month deployment in the south. Experts are comparing the devastation stemming from these disasters to Hurricane Katrina. If we have a sufficient number of volunteers and financial resources, we plan to deploy up to three teams that can spread out across the region and provide help to underserved areas and to people in the greatest need of help. NECHAMA is recruiting volunteers for our southern deployments beginning the week of May 15th. We will initially be working in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama areas. We are also in the process of making housing and food arrangements for our volunteers. Our goal is to set up volunteer groups that arrive on Sunday and leave on Friday afternoon, yet alternative plans can be accommodated. Individuals and groups interested in assisting with storm cleanup efforts should contact info@nechama.org or Amy Cytron at acytron@nechama.org . Amy’s cellphone number is (763) 286-6969. We need to raise at least $100,000 to support this significant deployment. Please donate here. All donations are tax deductible. ------------------------ FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. -> FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. ----------------------------------------- FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nechama-Jewish-Response-to-Disaster/120301938394 TWITTER: http://twitter.com/#!/nechamajrtd

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notes: FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info@nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas. -> FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info @ nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas.
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notes: -> FROM THE WEBSITE BLOG: NECHAMA Responding to Southern Storms May 4th, 2011: NECHAMA IS RESPONDING TO THE RECENT TORNADOES This is a defining moment for disaster response organizations! As you have heard, in a 72-hour period on April 25-28, Alabama and Mississippi were hit by 362 tornadoes with over 300 fatalities. In the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham area alone, 65 people died. The scale of damage from these storms is being compared to Hurricane Katrina! Given the enormity of the damage and the tragically interrupted lives, we can’t lose focus at a time like this. Thousands of our friends and neighbors in those areas need our help. NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster is on the ground in the Mississippi/Alabama area and is making its deployment plans in order to respond to the overwhelming needs of the people in this region. NECHAMA is initially expecting to deploy for a minimum of four months. Our ability to respond will be dependent upon our ability to raise sufficient funds, hire the necessary staff and purchase the needed equipment to conduct a deployment of significant duration. It will also pay for the increased use of fuel ($4.00/gallon!). NECHAMA needs to increase its disaster recovery capabilities, thereby serving more victims, while at the same time maintaining its ability to respond to the inevitable natural disasters that will undoubtedly occur during the remainder of this year. NECHAMA will need to leverage incremental resources so that we can help more people, provide increased volunteer opportunities and train other faith-based groups to perform disaster response and recovery. Based upon an initial four-month deployment, NECHAMA will need emergency funding in the amount of $100,000. Depending upon the availability of sufficient funding, etc., NECHAMA will be in a position to commence our deployment within the next week or so. When it deploys, NECHAMA will coordinate volunteer groups from Federations, synagogues, agencies and other groups of unaffiliated volunteers. We will also continue to coordinate our efforts with our partners in the faith-based disaster response community. Please contribute funds to make this deployment possible, Click DONATE and/or if you are interested in volunteering in this effort, please contact NECHAMA at 763-732-0610 or email us at Amy Cytron: info@nechama.org. We will be in contact with you as our plans develop. Thanks in advance for your help and support. ------------------------------ NECHAMA Update May 1st, 2011: Southern Tornados NECHAMA has a team in Monroe County, Mississippi, specifically Smithville which received an F5 tornado that devastated the town. We are in the process of setting up operations for this area and have the Vicksburg Campus AmeriCorp NCCC team with us. Once this is up and running, we will be assessing more to the east to see if NECHAMA can be of help in the Alabama area. ------------------------------- Storm Update April 28 April 28th, 2011 Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for our update. As most of you know we are trying to assess all the damage in the south and find where NECHAMA is needed the most. Dan Hoeft – Operations Coordinator has been in St. Louis, MO for the past 24 hours and found that our resources are needed by one of our partner agencies -All Hands Volunteers. If you want to volunteer in the St. Louis area, please contact Bill Driscall by going to www.hands.org. There will be more information on this site in the next 24 hours on how to volunteer in St. Louis. Dan has been asked by the Mississippi Emergency Managers to assist in the Northeast areas of the state to get systems set up for all those counties who were affected by the storms in the last 36 hours. Dan will be joining our Mississippi partner agencies to start this process shortly. As NECHAMA volunteers, we need you all stand-by for another few days, until these systems are in place. Once we have more information, we will let you all know where and when we need your help in these devastated areas.