Flood Relief Volunteers Gather
Volunteers from Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Wisconsin have stayed or will stay at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca while helping our neighbors in Cedar Rapids. Braving high heat and humidity these volunteers eagerly mucked out homes damaged by recent floods. After hours of sifting through rubble and slime, they returned to camp to be refreshed with a swim in the pool, good food, and devotions.
Camp Lutherhaven in Indiana sent the first group of 14 volunteers in June. They were followed by groups of 6 and 10 volunteers from the Northern Illinois District LWML whose trips were organized by Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) of Addison, Illinois. LCC has several other groups scheduled to arrive this fall. Congregations in Nebraska, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Minnesota will send volunteers in September and October. Other relief agencies have inquired about housing groups at your camp. Representatives from the Southern District hurricane relief agency have helped your camp prepare for an influx of volunteers numbering as many as 100 a week for the next six months to two years. These volunteers will have the necessary skills to help rebuild our surrounding flood ravaged communities. Other volunteers will serve in vital support roles. Thousands are needed.
Please consider helping. Groups interested in volunteering should contact the Iowa District East office (319.373.2112) for more information.
Reservations for housing at your camp may be made by calling the camp at 319.848.4187.
