Tag: flood 2011
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“We Wanted to Find a Way to Help.” (Stories of the Relief Effort)
Read more: “We Wanted to Find a Way to Help.” (Stories of the Relief Effort)On Friday, October 7, the Wesley United Methodist Church on Market Street in Bloomsburg served the last of its AGAPE-sponsored, post-flood lunches. By the end of that day’s service, the church and AGAPE volunteers, led by Wesley kitchen coordinator Tracy Beere, served over 17,000 meals to members of our community during this time of crisis. Some of us needed to eat because our kitchens were destroyed and we could not cook for ourselves. Some of us were hungry after a long morning of volunteering to clean-up. And some of were simply too distracted to realize we were hungry until someone…
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Alpha Phi Omega Helps Bloom Flood Victims
Read more: Alpha Phi Omega Helps Bloom Flood VictimsMolly Stout of Cherry Hill, NJ, and Janine Brunner of Slatington, PA, both members of the Bloomsburg University chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, spent the afternoon of October 7th canning along Lightstreet Road in Bloomsburg. Molly and Janine, along with other members of Alpha Phi Omega, have spent the last few weeks soliciting donations for the benefit of flood victims, as well as volunteering their time clearing trash, debris and mud from the homes of local residents.
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Bloom Hospital Staff Saved ER from Flooding
Read more: Bloom Hospital Staff Saved ER from FloodingAs Tropical Storm Lee rained on Bloomsburg, people worried about water rising from Fishing Creek and the Susquehanna. What would happen to the low lying areas of the community? No one gave a thought to the higher ground. Four employees of The Bloomsburg Hospital: Chuck Andreas, Scott Tanner, Brad Lurowitz, and Rick Millheim discovered that water from above is just as threatening as water from below. Their efforts in the early hours of Tuesday morning prevented the water running off the the hills above The Bloomsburg Hospital and into the Emergency Room. Andreas, Director of Security for the hospital, recalled,…
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Flood Relief Bake Sale on Friday, October 7th
Read more: Flood Relief Bake Sale on Friday, October 7thBloomsburg University’s Flood Buddies will hold a bake sale Friday, Oct. 7, during the Bloomsburg High School homecoming game at Redman Stadium. The bake sale will begin at 6:30 p.m. and all proceeds will benefit more than 60 Bloomsburg Area School District families displaced by the recent flooding. Flood Buddies, a group of senior-level public relations students at BU, also will accept donations for flood relief during the football game. BU students involved in Flood Buddies include Jessica Ames, Kimberly Cox, Hillary Gorgone, Bethany Homiak, Deanna Kellett, Brittany Kelly, Samantha McFarland, Samie Richart, Brooke Samsel, Brittany Scharr, Jennifer Sensky, Julie…
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Winning the War Against Mold (Part One of a Two Part Series)
Read more: Winning the War Against Mold (Part One of a Two Part Series)Chances are, most of us are trying to kill it right now. Everything it needs to grow is already in your home: the ideal temperature, plenty of food sources…the only other thing it needs to thrive is moisture. I’m talking, of course, about mold. Not only does it look and smell bad, but for people with allergies or compromised immune systems, mold can bring on headaches, asthma attacks or worse. While many of us have been running to the store for more bleach since flood clean-up began, here’s some surprising news: while the CDC‘s guidelines approve the use of bleach…
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AGAPE Continuing to Help
Read more: AGAPE Continuing to HelpOne of the groups that has taken the lead with flood recovery efforts in Bloomsburg is AGAPE. The organization is an on-going mission to serve people in need throughout the area. In the days that have followed the flood, they have been a clearinghouse for donations and volunteers, providing cleaning supplies, clothes, meals, and just about anything else that victims have needed. And those needs are not going away, but they are changing on a daily and weekly basis. To this point, over 3000 people have volunteered to help AGAPE in the flood recovery. They have also been in 473 homes…
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Volunteer Information
Read more: Volunteer InformationFor the weekend of October 1, 2011. AGAPE is working hard to find new volunteers to help with several initiatives over the weekend. They will be seeking people who can help get any debris out on curbs by Sunday night, people willing to go door to door to do cleanup assessments, and to hand out lists of donated supplies.Those who need help should call AGAPE at 317-2210. Also if you have box fans, please consider donating them.