With all the natural disasters in the past few years, I was wondering if anyone has done any type of workamping that involved volunteering with a christian group of people who help those victims of natural disasters get back on their feet. It seems to me that I have read about a group that goes around and does this sort of thing. Bob and I would like to be part of that team when the time comes that we can sell our house and hit the road. Anyone ever hear of a group like that? Thanks for your input!
Kathy
PIEERE said
07:08 AM Mar 5, 2012
Habitat for Humanity; although I am not sure if they are Christain based. I believe their is a Methodist Outreach group for disaster aid. Do a web search with the words: disaster help, volunteers, Christain based, work campers; may help. I believe others may chime in. Pieere
-- Edited by PIEERE on Monday 5th of March 2012 07:09:49 AM
Howard said
03:05 PM Mar 5, 2012
On our Volunteering On The Road page, under "Cause-Based Volunteering" about half way down, we list five volunteer organizations for RVers and details about each.
The first two, RV Care-A-Vanners (Habitat For Humanity) and D.O.V.E. (Disaster Operations Volunteers Escapees/American Red Cross) specifically include disaster relief as part of their missions.
The last three are faith-based organizations that I'm sure get involved with disaster relief in some way.
Certainly there are others, but these five are very well established.
Technomadia said
01:28 AM Mar 6, 2012
Just a point of clarification, Habitat for Humanity lists themselves as a Christian based group, and all of their work days begin with devotionals.
Good for the OP, perhaps.
Downside for us tho.. as this would be a perfect sort of volunteer gig that otherwise fits our style (short term commitments, no big ramp up of training/qualifications, sometimes available last minute to sign up, excellent cause, physical movement, etc.). We love to give/volunteer for causes that speak to us that are not tied to any particular faith system. Maybe we'll give it a try sometime and see if that part can be separated out from the experience.
- Cherie
Mike n Angie said
05:14 PM Mar 6, 2012
Good Sam also has a Disaster group that responds to such events. It is made up of volunteer RVers. Check out Good Sam's web site. Sorry I don't have more details.
With all the natural disasters in the past few years, I was wondering if anyone has done any type of workamping that involved volunteering with a christian group of people who help those victims of natural disasters get back on their feet. It seems to me that I have read about a group that goes around and does this sort of thing. Bob and I would like to be part of that team when the time comes that we can sell our house and hit the road. Anyone ever hear of a group like that? Thanks for your input!
Kathy
Habitat for Humanity; although I am not sure if they are Christain based. I believe their is a Methodist Outreach group for disaster aid. Do a web search with the words: disaster help, volunteers, Christain based, work campers; may help. I believe others may chime in. Pieere
-- Edited by PIEERE on Monday 5th of March 2012 07:09:49 AM
On our Volunteering On The Road page, under "Cause-Based Volunteering" about half way down, we list five volunteer organizations for RVers and details about each.
The first two, RV Care-A-Vanners (Habitat For Humanity) and D.O.V.E. (Disaster Operations Volunteers Escapees/American Red Cross) specifically include disaster relief as part of their missions.
The last three are faith-based organizations that I'm sure get involved with disaster relief in some way.
Certainly there are others, but these five are very well established.
Good for the OP, perhaps.
Downside for us tho.. as this would be a perfect sort of volunteer gig that otherwise fits our style (short term commitments, no big ramp up of training/qualifications, sometimes available last minute to sign up, excellent cause, physical movement, etc.). We love to give/volunteer for causes that speak to us that are not tied to any particular faith system. Maybe we'll give it a try sometime and see if that part can be separated out from the experience.
- Cherie