This event is sponsored by SED Disaster Response and is in partnership with Mt. Pisgah, Hendersonville, NC, and Resurrection Mission, Spartanburg, SC.
The purpose of this event is to give participants an opportunity to serve their neighbor with the love of Christ by caring for their physical needs and helping with tree work and debris removal.
Description of work:
This project involves tree work and home rebuild. Teams will be assigned based on their ability or desire to work with chainsaws and tree/debris response or home rebuilding/repair (walls, floors, painting).
IMPORTANT NOTES
LERT background checks are required for this Deployment because we are working in people's homes. The LCMS LERT system will take you to the Sterling Volunteers site to get your background check (no cost to all LERT volunteers) when you sign up for this LERT Deployment.
Work staging: Spartanburg, SC Emergency Management Building, 175 Community College Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Housing Details:
- Bunkbeds will be provided
- Bring bedding and towels...
- Showers on site
- Some meals may not be provided. Working with local resources to supply meals.
What you need to bring:
Participants will need to bring their own PPE and equipment.
Clothing appropriate for the season.
Toiletries and prescription medicines
Sturdy shoes/work boots will be a necessity for carrying sheets of drywall down steps that have had carpet, etc., removed from them.
Work gloves
Protective eyewear
Long pants (jeans) and work shirts (of course, socks, etc.!)
Bedding and towels.
