Presbytery to open Volunteer Villages

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Published: February 8, 2012

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The Presbytery of Lackawanna will open two Volunteer Villages in March to coordinate flood recovery and to host visiting and local volunteers. The volunteer centers, sponsored by churches across the presbytery's seven counties and by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, will open at First Presbyterian Church of Towanda and at the Wyoming Institute at Wyoming Presbyterian Church on March 4.

Continuing the presbytery's fall 2011 efforts, Volunteer Villages are established to provide space for meeting, fundraising, housing, and coordination of both local and visiting volunteer work. Out-of-town groups scheduled for this spring and summer include teams from throughout Pennsylvania as well as California, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and Washington. The presbytery's flood recovery committee works with municipal and service agencies in the communities affected by the flood to match victims with volunteer teams. Workers helped with clean-up and tear-down in Luzerne, Wyoming, and Bradford counties in the fall and expect that area to widen as rebuilding commences this spring.

Homeowners who need assistance are urged to contact the presbytery office for referral to the work-site committee as soon as possible. Volunteers wishing to use either volunteer center or join a work-site team should call the presbytery office for contact information. Church, community groups or families interested in hosting a dinner at either center for volunteers would be welcome, as would donations of funds or dry goods such as coffee, iced tea and lemonade mixes, spaghetti and manwich sauces, baked and kidney beans, canned tomatoes, and cereal. For more information on any of these opportunities, contact Administrative Coordinator Marge Zeigler at the Presbytery of Lackawanna at (570) 348-0643.

Submitted by the Presbytery of Lackawanna

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