| As you know. Hurricane Milton made landfall as a dangerous Category 3 near Siesta Key, Florida in the evening on October 9th. Hurricane Helene arrived in Florida just a couple weeks ago and recovery is well underway. PDA is working with FLAPDAN (Florida Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Network) and Presbytery leadership to assess the needs while responding to the immediate needs of Helene and Milton. Your gifts will enable the denomination to support all the congregations and communities in the path of the storm. Giving to your church and designating your gift for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is the easiest way to ensure that 100% of your gifts go to specific Hurricane response efforts. Dear Treasurers and Others: Are you collecting these funds for Disaster Assistance? The easiest way is to include those PDA designations along with other items as one big Mission Remittance to Maumee Valley Presbytery. Belinda makes regular remittances to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, where 100% of your funds will get to affected storm areas fast! To support Hurricane Milton, notate account number DR000169 To support Hurricane Helene, notate account number DR000169 To designate gifts for US Flooding give to account number DR000191 To remit gifts that are designated generally to USA Disasters and Emergencies, use DR000015 — U.S.A. Disasters and Emergencies: supplements the OGHS offering to enable a significant, initial response to major national disasters and emergencies If someone wants to give directly you can include this in bulletins, regarding TEXT TO GIVE (just know that these are not counted toward your church contributions if that is important to you): Text “PDA” to 41444 to donate to PDA’s General Relief account If you are an individual reading this email and want to give, we encourage you to give through your church, but you can make a contribution directly to PDA, particularly if you don’t have a church home. https://pda.pcusa.org/page/give/ |
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