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    Category Archives: Disaster Preparation and Response

    FEMA_-_9306_-_Photograph_by_Jeffrey_Beam_taken_on_07-01-1998_in_Vermont

    October 25, 2011
    by Karen Mackey
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    Partners in Response team travels to Vermont

    by Deacon Elaine Clements “Oh, that’s just beautiful.”  I must have said that at least a hundred times on my travels through Vermont in late September as the leaves began to change colors.  It often looked picture postcard perfect.  However, … Continue reading →

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    240px-FEMA_-_41462_-_Flooding_in_Devil^^39,s_Lake_Basin,_North_Dakota

    September 16, 2011
    by Karen Mackey
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    ER-D’s Partners in Response Team Assist with Disaster Recovery in North Dakota

    by Deacon Elaine Clements “Wow! North Dakota is a lot greener and wetter than I ever thought it would be,” were Deacon Elaine Clements’, Episcopal Community Services of Louisiana, first thoughts as she flew into Minot, ND with Archdeacon Russ … Continue reading →

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    karen-konnerth-calliope-puppets

    July 31, 2011
    by Karen Mackey
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    Puppet shows for children affected by the BP Oil Spill

    Episcopal Community Services, through a grant provided by Gulf Care for BP oil response work, arranged for Young Audiences, the arts in education initiative based in New Orleans, to give performances to children in the bayou communities affected by the … Continue reading →

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    Morganza Spillway

    July 31, 2011
    by Karen Mackey
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    Response to the Rising Mississippi

    Recently, the flooding Mississippi River caused the opening of the Morganza Spillway, which hasn’t been opened in almost thirty years, in order to prevent certain flooding of major cities in the state.  As much as 25 feet of water was … Continue reading →

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    japan earhtquake

    June 14, 2011
    by Nell Bolton
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    Over $38,000 Donated for Japan.

    ECS would like to thank everyone who gave so generously to the campaign to help our friends and long-time prayer partners in the Diocese of Tohoku. As of the end of April, we had collected over $38,335.98. Your donation was … Continue reading →

    Categories: Disaster Preparation and Response, Donations Blog | Permalink

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