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        <div itemprop="name">By Mary Andreolli | UMCOR</div></span> <br/>
        <div itemprop="articleBody"><p><a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gbgm/site/SPageNavigator/umcor_donate.html?type=1002&amp;project=901670" target="_blank"><img align="right" src="/files/tables/content/9224690/files/button_donate_082917-02.png?width=150" style="float: right; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;" /></a><em>Editor&#39;s Note: <a href="http://www.umcor.org/umcor/resources/news-stories/2017/august/0825umcorrespondstoharvey" target="_blank"><u>Click here</u></a> for the latest updates on UMCOR&#39;s response to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/08/29/how-help-disaster-survivors-texas" target="_blank"><u>Click here</u></a> for FEMA&#39;s advice on how to best help disaster survivors in Texas.&#8203; For a video about donating responsibly, <a href="https://vimeo.com/108751046" target="_blank"><u>click here</u></a>.<br />
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Council of Bishops President Bishop Bruce R. Ough is urging all United Methodists to pray and offer support to the victims of the flooding in the Gulf Coast&nbsp;and the mudslides in Sierra Leone.&#8203; <a href="http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/cob-president-appeals-for-prayers-and-disaster-relief-support" target="_blank"><u>Click here</u></a> to read his statement.</em><br />
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UMCOR is currently working with disaster coordinators and early response teams in Louisiana and Texas to provide relief to the many people whose lives have been impacted by hurricane/tropical storm Harvey. We will continue to update this page and UMCOR social media as we receive new information.</p>

<p><strong>5 Things You Can Do</strong></p>

<p>1. Please continue to pray for those whose lives have been impacted by hurricane/tropical storm Harvey. Please also pray for the Early Response Teams, disaster coordinators, and many volunteers in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.txcumc.org/newsdetail/ert-needed-4739474" target="_blank">The Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.louisianadisasterresponse.com/" target="_blank">Louisiana Conference of The United Methodist Church</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://riotexas.org/disaster-response" target="_blank">R&iacute;o Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ctcumc.org/disasterresponse" target="_blank">Central Texas Conference</a>&nbsp;who are working tirelessly to provide relief after Harvey.&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.umcor.org/ArticleDocuments/232/Cleaning%20Kit%20Assembly%20Instructions.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y" target="_blank">Make relief kits,</a>&nbsp;send complete kits to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Relief-Supplies/Relief-Supply-Network/Relief-Supply-Network" target="_blank">our relief-supply depots or an affiliate warehouse</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.umcor.org/ArticleDocuments/232/Relief%20Supply%20Shipping%20Label%20and%20Packing%20List.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y" target="_blank">Download the packing list and shipping label</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p>3.&nbsp;Partner with UMCOR in responding to the needs of communities and individuals impacted by Hurricane Harvey by giving to Advance #901670:</p>

<p><strong>To give by mail:</strong></p>

<p><strong>Advance GCFA<br />
P.O. Box 9068&nbsp;<br />
New York, NY 10087-9068<br />
Please note in the memo line: Advance 901670</strong></p>

<p>4. Donate only those items requested.&nbsp;<br />
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5. Please wait for an invitation to volunteer.<br />
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<strong>Download this&nbsp;<a href="http://www.umcor.org/ArticleDocuments/359/bulletin_5ThingsYouCanDo_082917.pdf.aspx" target="_blank">UMCOR church bulletin insert</a>&nbsp;to share 5 Things You Can Do in response to Harvey.&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>To keep relief supplies in stock,&nbsp;<a href="https://secure3.convio.net/gbgm/site/SPageNavigator/umcor_donate.html?type=1002&amp;project=901440" target="_blank">give to Material Resources Advance #901440</a>.</p>
<em>UMNS photo by Michele Sibley, courtesy Bear Creek United Methodist Church.</em></div>
        
        
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