Bringing Help and Hope to the people of Rushford, LSS/LDR coordinates the rebuilding of flood damaged lives and homes through volunteer labor.

Rushford, Minnesota is a community of 2,350 residents in southeastern Minnesota near the Wisconsin and Iowa state lines.

Description:
LSS/LDR is coordinating the matching of homeowners with volunteers who donate their labor to make flood damaged homes habitable. Rushford has moved out of the "clean up" phase into the "rebuilding phase." The primary need is for skilled laborers. "Skilled" people are people who have the ability to use their gifts effectively to enhance the quality of the home in which they were working. We suggest that 2-3 unskilled workers come with 1 skilled laborer to serve as their mentor, teaching them and overseeing their work so that the finished product is an improved home.

History:
Lutheran Disaster Response is a joint mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

Nationally, it is a "bare bones" operation that is built on the conviction that God calls us to be neighbors. When a disaster happens, Lutheran Disaster Response springs into action, bringing the relationship it has formed with Lutheran Social Service agencies across the United States into dynamic response. Because of the mutual commitment LDR and LSS have made to respond to disasters, the administrative cost is almost nil. It is like a seed that is buried in the ground that springs to life when the environment is ripe for the plant to grow.

The word "Lutheran" refers to the sponsoring faith community. But LSS/LDR works for the sake of the world. The volunteers who work through this agency and the clients who receive the benefit of its mission come from all walks of life, working across the ecumenical and social spectrum.

For more information:
LDR - http://www.ldr.org
LSS - http://www.lssmn.org

Contact person: Karen Snodgrass, Office Manager, (phone), (email)

Address:

101 S Mill Street -- Rushford Lutheran Church Rushford, MN 55971 This location is handicap accessible (See a map)

Web Site: None specified

Directions:

Rushford Lutheran Church