During 2008-to present, we deployed to the following 13 locations: Wisconsin (tornado), Tennessee (tornado), Hugo, MN (tornado), Missouri (floods), Iowa (huge floods), Wisconsin (floods), Eastern Texas (Hurricane Ike), North Dakota (floods), Austin, MN (tornado), Plymouth, MN (tornado), Louisville, KY (floods), Atlanta, GA (floods) and Carroll County, Iowa (ice storm).
In our response to these disasters, a total of 1,172 volunteers worked with us and we cleaned and/or cleared debris and fallen trees from a total of 332 structures.
Some of you may remember NECHAMA’s blue 12 passenger van, that we have had for many years. Many of our volunteers have ridden in it to and from disaster sites, locally and across the country. What many of you may not know is that it was originally donated to us by our partners at Lutheran Disaster Response of Minnesota back in 2004. At the time, we did not have a van and their generous donation made a huge difference in our ability to respond. Recently, we in turn donated the van to Toys for Tots of Southeast Minnesota. Though it no longer served our purposes, it has taken on a 3rd life and is still out there, doing good works.