Our NECHAMA team has been working for about 10 days in the area to help clean up from the floods. To date we have finished 18 houses.
Nechama has been working closely with Americorps, Hands on Disaster Response, United Methodist and many others.
We have very nice housing in Nashville…right next to music square.
If you are able to come and spend a day or a week with us, we are in need of more volunteers. Please contact Amy:acytron@nechama.org
This picture is the Americorp team being thanked by a grateful home owner who not only had his own house affected, but his parent’s home also.
Archive for May, 2010
NASHVILLE update 2
Monday, May 24th, 2010NASHVILLE, TN Update
Monday, May 17th, 2010NECHAMA starts working in NASHVILLE, TN!
NECHAMA is seeking volunteers to help clean out homes in the greater Nashville area. We will be cleaning flooded homes which include:
• Removal of damaged contents and other debris from basements and/or upper portions of buildings.
• Pressure washing basements or home exteriors
• Removal of wallboard, paneling, and insulation
• General cleaning of basements and upper floors, as appropriate
• Sorting and moving furniture and personal belongings
• Cleaning up general debris in neighborhoods and around homes
• Assessing property damage, lending a sympathetic ear to homeowners
No experience, tools or equipment necessary, just the desire to help others. We are seeking volunteers for 1 day deployments or multi day deployments. For those who are not in the Nashville area and will be staying for multiple days, food and lodging will be provided. We have committed to 4 weeks at this time but will reassess in the next couple of weeks to see if we need to extend our deadline.
Our recommended attire at the work site would be the following:
• Long pants
• Closed toe shoes or work boots
• Sunscreen or bug repellent
• A change of clothing if you are travelling far
We will be working Sunday-Friday, please contact Amy at acytron@nechama.org or 763 286 6969 for questions and registration. Meeting time and place may vary, please contact Amy to verify information.
This deployment will cost NECHAMA $1200.00 per day.
If you are unable to come out and volunteer, please donate! Click here. Thanks for being part of the NECHAMA team!
UPDATE: Rhode Island and Tennessee Floods
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010NECHAMA’s work is coming to end in the RI area. We are pleased to say that we had more then 60 different volunteers and we clean up over 40 homes. Our last day will be Friday, May 7th. We thank the staff at the Jewish Community Center of RI and the staff at the Jewish Federation of RI who partnered with us. Help is still available even when we are gone, please contact Wendy Joering at the JFRI 401 421 4111.
TENNESSEE FLOODS: Powerful thunderstorms across the Southeast over the weekend drenched the region with heavy rains and left at least 24 people dead in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi, including 10 people in the Nashville area. Though the rain tailed off late Sunday night here, runoff continued to pour into the Cumberland River, which crested at 51.8 feet on Monday evening. Dan Hoeft, Deployment Manager for NECHAMA will arrive next week in the Nashville area to access the situation. We will know more information by the end of next week. (May 14, 2010)