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June 8, 2004 Tornado survivors assisted by mission teams and grantsINDIANAPOLIS -- Clean-up and recovery continues following the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that began May 27 and continued into the first week of June. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced June 3 that President Bush declared Crawford, Clark, Marion, Miami and Washington counties as major disaster areas. The United Methodist-related Midwest Mission Distribution Center, based in Chathan, Ill. near Springfield responded by delivering 468 flood clean-up buckets to Indianapolis. Jean Huett, director of Hope International requested assistance. Volunteers from Grand Island, Neb., Cabery, Ill., Chillicothe, Ill., and Colby, Wis. loaded five tons of flood clean-up items and bottled water valued at more than $21,000. Thirty-six buckets also were delivered to the American Red Cross in Jacksonville, Ill. to assist those recovering from tornado and storm damage in Morgan County. The Midwest Mission Distribution Center needs your assistance in restocking the center's flood bucket inventory. For more information on how you and your congregation can help, call 217-483-7911 or email midwestmissiondc@aol.com. In other storm recovery news, the United Methodist Committee on Relief has granted the South Indiana Conference $10,000 for relief efforts at the request of Bishop Woodie W. White. FLOOD BUCKET CONTENTS:
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