At MDS, every tool’s now in its place

Dec 29, 2014 by and

At left, an old MDS tool trailer after a few miles on the road. The old system didn’t keep tools in place, and one tight corner sent things flying. At right, a trailer with the new organization system. — MDS

Just organizing your own tool bench can be a big project. Now imagine organizing tools for hundreds of volunteers to be used at multiple locations — and the tool bench must travel well. This was the...

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MDS volunteers shovel out New York neighbors

Dec 5, 2014 by and

Volunteers from Drayton, Ont., shovel snow off a dairy barn roof near West Seneca, N.Y. — Paul Hunt/MDS

Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers often describe their service as being the hands and feet of Jesus. In late November those hands — and backs — were working hard, shoveling the historic snowfall in New...

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Bridge building the MDS way

May 26, 2014 by and

Josephine and Garcie Cogar test out their new swinging footbridge, built by MDS volunteers. — MDS

WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — Forty feet isn’t a long walk, but it can be a difficult journey when the creek between your house and the road is running high and the bridge is out. Almost a year and a half after...

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MDS ends Texas fire response

Apr 28, 2014 by , and

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BASTROP, Texas — Mennonite Disaster Service has ended its project in Bastrop County after three fall and winter seasons of work in the central Texas community in response to 2011 wildfires. The MDS response...

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