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UMCOR Sager Brown: Dispatching ReliefPosted: September 8, 2005 The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Sager Brown Depot, the warehouse where United Methodist relief supplies are stored and shipped, is hard at work meeting relief supply needs for hurricane-stricken areas. Gwen Redding, executive director of UMCOR Sager Brown, reports that they have set up a call center through which they are calling shelters and other locations inquiring about their needs. These requests are sent to the depot, filled as supplies are available, and then dispatched to the area in need. “We will try to get necessary supplies to any annual conference that requests it,” notes Redding. Those requests typically come through the conference’s disaster response coordinator. In addition to other necessary items, about 8,000 health kits have been sent to those who need them. “United Methodists are the most generous people,” says Redding of the response Sager Brown has received following the Depot’s initial requests for health kits, blankets, and water. In fact, the response has been so great for bottled water that the UMCOR Sager Brown no longer needs bottled water donations. See AlsoNews and Resources
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 Volunteers at UMCOR Sager Brown assemble health kits. Credit: UMCOR What UMCOR Sager Brown Needs NowUMCOR Sager Brown’s current requests focus on meeting the needs of the tens of thousands of people now living in shelter situations. The following is a list of Sager Brown’s most pressing needs:
Items can be shipped to: UMCOR Sager Brown DepotP.O. Box 850 131 Sager Brown Road Baldwin, LA 70514-0850 Please include $1.00 for each kit or bedding item you send to cover the cost of reshipping. For more information about packing and shipping health kits, school kits, and other items, please visit UMCOR’s Relief Supplies page or call the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot at 1-800-814-8765. |
