Disaster Alerts
 Spring 2008 Tornadoes and Floods in Central U.S.
June 26, 2008
Damage assessments and clean up have begun in Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa; while in Illinois and Missouri some communities are flooding and others are trying to hold back the waters by sandbagging.
Mid-America Spring Tornadoes & Flood Update
June 17, 2008
UCC Disaster Response Coordinators and Conference are gathering information about our churches and families.
Oklahoma and Missouri Storm
May 13, 2008
Help arrives for tornado survivors: Deadly storm system spawns tornadoes, flooding --hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged in Oklahoma and Missouri.
Volunteers prepare to help VA survivors
May 5, 2008
Eight tornadoes damage nearly 500 homes in Southeastern Virginia. United Church of Christ disaster response coordinators indicate no damages to UCC families’ homes or to UCC churches.
Hundreds forced from homes in ME
May 5, 2008
The melting of this year's record snowfall is producing record flooding in Northern Maine towns. United Church of Christ disaster response coordinator indicates UCC families and churches are safe and damage assessments have just begun.
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Massive earthquake strikes China – UCC rushes support to partners
May 20, 2008
On Saturday May 12, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southwest China. Relief efforts are underway as aid and support begins to reach those devastated by the earthquake.
UCC Myanmar Cyclone Response
May 20, 2008
Cyclone Nargis leaves over 22,000 dead and one million homeless in Myanmar. UCC/OGHS opens appeal for $100,000.
Sudan: A Responsibility to Protect
May 1, 2008
The United Church of Christ is supporting emergency response operations in Darfur, Sudan as a founding member of Action by Churches Together, Intl. Your generous gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing and the special Sudan/Darfur Crisis appeal make this life-saving ministry possible.
Iraq Humanitarian Aid Appeal
January 1, 2008
Your gifts are needed now to provide essential life sustaining food, water, health care and education for war-affected Iraqi families displaced in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Help the United Church of Christ meet our goal of $100,000 in support.
UCC helps provide support to 35,500 survivors of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
November 18, 2007
The United Church of Christ has provided support to the ACT International Rapid Response Fund which is being utilized to support 35,500 people following Cyclone Sidr.
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