Disaster Preparedness
Is YOUR Family Prepared for a Disaster?
Associated Ministries is conducting a brief survey to gauge how we can best help communities of faith here in Pierce County to prepare for disaster. Anyone who completes the survey…
Read MoreResources to Protect Your Faith Community
The world we live in can often be divisive, scary and unpredictable. None of us like to think that a horrific event would happen in our neighborhood, at our schools,…
Read MorePuyallup Tribe LNG Presentations at your Faith Community
A committee of local tribal members and environmental groups seeks to engage and inform the local faith community about Puget Sound Energy’s Liquid Natural Gas Project in the Port of…
Read MoreCare Teams Training: offering compassion and support in times of disaster
by Amy Allison, Program Manager Twelve years ago on August 29th, Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana, becoming the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history. Hundreds of thousands of people…
Read MoreReady to Serve in Times of Disaster
All of our communities will one day be affected by a disaster – whether natural, such as storms or earthquakes or a volcano erupting as Mt. St. Helens did 37…
Read MoreCare and Compassion Teams
After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Associated Ministries, along with Pierce County Emergency Management, created Disaster Response Care Teams. The Care Teams program trains community members to be…
Read MorePeople of compassion: When a disaster hits in your neighborhood, will you be ready to help?
As the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, most of us can remember the devastating images of destruction to New Orleans and other communities. But even more, our hearts go…
Read MoreDisaster Response Care Teams
Disaster Response Care Teams Mudslides earlier this year in the town of Oso and recent wildfires in eastern Washington have made us all aware how vulnerable any of us could…
Read MoreBe ready to help in a disaster: spring Care Team training
The recent tragic events in Oso, Washington have made us all aware how vulnerable any of us could be to a local disaster. In such an event, it’s vitally important…
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