Flood Recovery Office of Marion

The flood recovery effort continues for the catastrophic flood of 2008 in the Cedar Rapids / Iowa City and surrounding areas. First United Methodist Church of Marion has accepted the role of central point of contact for the flood recovery effort. They are dedicated to this role and will continue until the job is finished.

Be sure to bookmark this link to the Flood Recovery Office of Marion , located at First United Methodist Church, Marion, IA. While you are at it, bookmark the link to First United Methodist Church of Marion at http://www.fumcmarion.org .

The Flood Recovery Office is in need of donations such as:

• COOKIES for team members (375 volunteers were here last week)
• Paint brushes / roller pads
• Screw bits
• Pencils
• Frozen meals for teams of 20 that come in late at night
• Cleaning of the shower trailers
• Funding for materials
• Primer paint
• Drywall tape (paper and mesh)
• Prayer - for the safety of the teams as they handle power equipment, mold issues, heat, weather problems, travel, and grumpiness
• Homeowners to have hope. Many people are depressed, many are hurting, many need Jesus.
• Creativity in solving delays and difficult situations
• Loving spirits

The flood interns are blogging and what delightful blogs they are writing. Be sure to check out this site.

Run The Flood, 2009, Raises $50,000 for Cedar Rapids, IA, Flood Recovery

Kathleen Pegg and Kari Lammer, organizers of Run the Flood, present proceeds from their race through Cedar Rapids on June 13, 2009, to remember the catastrophic flood on June 13, 2008, and to help raise money for the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation for Flood Recovery.

What started as a dream for Lammer in a discussion with Pegg, to run the perimeter of the 2008 flood, blossomed into a full-fledged 7-mile run and a 2.5-mile walk to raise money for the flood recovery. They originally anticipated 200-300 runners for the event, which quickly grew to 500, and to their amazement became 1100 by June 3. They suddenly began to panic as they realized that they would need more food, water, supplies, and most of all.... volunteers. The alert went out and volunteers responded.

By the day of the event, more than 2,000 runners were registered and the result was a phenomenal gift of $50,000 to the flood recovery fund.

The writer responded to the call for volunteers and is shown here in a picture with Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack, who was invited to speak and was also here as a registered runner.

Nice socks!

It was a cool and rainy morning, a grim reminder of the flood that occurred one year prior, on June 13, 2008. Fortunately the weather began to clear just as the race began.

Anticipation.... let the

race begin!

......and they're off!!

Meanwhile, back at Green Square Park, volunteers were busily setting up the refreshments for the race partipants.

The efforts of these two young ladies show beyond doubt the amazing things that can be

accomplished when they put their heads together to team up to help those who were so

traumatically affected by the great flood of 2008.

Thank you, Kari and Kathleen, for all of your hard work and efforts.... and most of all...

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