National Disaster Ministries Program assists communities affected by natural disasters (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes) and technology caused disasters (toxic waste dump, transportation accident releasing toxic chemicals, fire ash residue, flood water sludge). Some of the resources available are free and available for conference leaders to use in their communities. If you would like to request any of the resources available, please contact Florence Coppola, Executive for National Disasters at 866 822-8224 ext. 3211 - coppolaf@ucc.org or Tonya Pettigrew at 866 822-8224 ext. 3216 - pettigrewt@ucc.org.
The Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services is proud to bring to you H1N1 Flu: A Guide for Community & Faith-based Organizations. This guide provides specific action steps that community and faith-based organizations can take to help keep communities healthy during flu season, including:
Communicating important information about flu,
Supporting vaccination efforts,
Linking vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations to vital information and resources,
Expanding and adjusting organizational activities to help people stay healthy.
You and your organization are crucial leaders and resources in your community, and essential partners in comprehensive state and local flu response. We hope you utilize this guide as you and your community take steps to prepare for, and respond to, flu.
The National Disaster and Volunteer Ministries now has a new t-shirt available!! On the front is a combination logo of both ministries on the left shoulder. This is great for those volunteers that work on National Disaster sites, such as those affected in the floods, hurricanes etc. On the back is a the full logo for the United Church of Christ. If you are interested in ordering one, please visit the United Church of Christ Resource page. The cost is $7.00 + shipping and handling.
The National Disaster Ministry Brochure has brief and useful information such as:
Preparing and Assisting in Time of Disaster
The UCC Responds
Emergency Response
Long-Term Recovery
Technology-Caused Disaster
Responding
What you can do
What you can do through your church
What you can do in your community
Resources
Printed materials
Websites
O God Tender and Just - Reflections and Responses after September 11, 2001 This is a book that is both for and about the church. It is for the church as a special volume commemorating the one-year anniversary of the awful acts of violence that took place on September 11, 2001, when terrorists deliberately crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A third plane, apparently failing in an unknown mission of destruction, crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
This is also a book about the church and the faithful way it responds to crisis. In the days, weeks, and months after September 11, literally thousands of people logged on to the United Church of Christ's Web site www.ucc.org.
Although the voices and forms differed, these hundreds of postings consistently shared common themes deeply grounded in the faithful, biblical perspective of their writers: Care for those who hurt. Hope for the future. Seek justice, not vengeance. Be informed and be active. Exercise restraint. And trust in God. - from the Introduction.
Prepare to Care: Guide to Disaster Ministry in Your Congregation The topics include: Overview Emergency Management in Disaster Response; The Faith Community and Disaster Ministry; Mitigation: Working to Reduce Your Community's Vulnerability; Preparedness: Planning to Serve; Response: Your Call to Service; Recovery: Moving from Agency-Based Assistance To Community-Based Cooperation; Action Check List When Disaster Strikes and Responding to disasters Outside Your Community.
This manual focuses on how to:
Prepare yourself, your family, and your church for a disaster inside and outside your community
Prepare your church to work cooperatively with other churches, faith groups, and community-based groups where you live to respond to those affected by disaster
The Silent Disaster: 21st Century Response to Technology-Caused Disasters Click here for the pdf version or here for the on-line version. This book acts as part of your toolbox for preparing and responding to a disaster in your community, no matter your role in the community. Is is especially devoted to working in partnership with others when a technology-caused disaster is present or anticipated. This book will help you recognize a technological hazard, make plans to form a community response if you are currently experiencing a technology-caused disaster, or plan for your response for any disaster in the future.
Topcis include: The FaithCommunity Commitment; Defining and Identifying Technology-Caused Disaster; Impacts on the Community; Community Preparedness for the Technology-Caused Disaster; Building a Community-Based response to a Technology-Caused Disaster; The Recovery taskforce Responds to the Disaster; Vulnerability to Disaster: The Taskforce Identifies the Persons Most in Need; The Recovery Taskforce Considers Spiritual and Emotional Care; The Recovery Taskforce Faces a Dilemma.
This flyer is available in pdf form. It gives information on The Challenge, Potential Chemical Exposures from the Fire Scene, How these chemicals affect health and worker protection and practices. This version is in English.
This flyer is available in pdf form. It gives information on The Challenge, Potential Chemical Exposures from the Fire Scene, How these chemicals affect health and worker protection and practices. This version is in Spanish.
This flyer is available in pdf form. This flyer describes what mold is, how it affects health; how you can tell if it is present and includes worker protection and safe practices while cleaning up after floods. This version is in English.
This flyer is available in pdf form. This flyer describes what mold is, how it affects health; how you can tell if it is present and includes worker protection and safe practices while cleaning up after floods. This version is in Spanish.
The Many Lessons of September 11 - Reflections from Occupational and Environmental Health Activists Some of the many topics covered in this resource include:
Taking 9/11's many lessons to heart isn't easy
Planning for disaster
New urgency to be prepared
The Workers' Compensation Board's response to an unprecedented event
Protecting response workers as a national priority
For more information about NYCOSH (New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health) visit their website at www.nycosh.org.
Meeting God in the Ruins - Devotions for Disaster Relief Volunteers Contents include:
Before I Go
The Ruins
After I'm Home
Volunteer Opportunities for Hurricane Recovery: Hope Shall Bloom This brochure gives you information for volunteer opportunities that are available in New Orleans due to the hurricane damage. Volunteer terms go from one week to 6+ months. For more information, please contact Volunteer Ministries at 216 736-3214.
