Need: This is a request for a one day event for LERT response to Defiance, MO. Volunteers needed help for cleanup efforts following tornado activity in the Defiance/Augusta, Mo area.
Tasks: We have 4 tree trunks to cut off at ground level, 3 downed trees to cut up into firewood size, 2 large limbs to cut up, 3 damaged trees to cut down, 4 trees to cut widow makers out of and more 2x4’s with nails and broken glass to pick up.
Host congregation: is Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wentzville, MO 632 Hwy N.
Location: Participants will meet at Immanuel, Wentzville at 8:00am for team preparations & instructions, to depart by carpool by 8:30am.
Items to Bring: Volunteers should wear work clothes, protective boots, gloves, hard hats, and equipment for their shift. Contact Kris Schuldt to borrow hard hats. Mark your name on all items you bring.
Lunch: Bring your own water & snacks. Lunch is provided for LERT volunteers at the host site.
Registration: * Any volunteers that show up without registering on LCMS-LERT.org will be considered spontaneous and will not be permitted to join in the work until volunteer registration is completed. * (See Kris Schuldt for assistance.)
COVID Accommodations: Local COVID protocols cannot always be followed in a disaster response situation. We ride in trucks together, eat together, sleeping quarters are not spacious. Each individual can mask & socially distance to their own comfort level.
Site Coordinator: LERT Team Leader: Kris Schuldt of Immanuel, Wentzville, MO 314-971-5747; pitchatent@centurytel.net.
