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Dear Friends of Lutheran Disaster Response of New York:
Here’s the June 2nd edition of Comfort & Renew Online, a weekly e-newsletter provided by LDRNY. If you have something to share, please drop an email to mikki@LDRNY.org .
LDRNY & Faithful Response provide trauma training
In late May, Faithful Response and Lutheran Disaster Response of New York sponsored a seminar on Comprehensive Acute Traumatic Stress Management (CATSM). The CATSM workshops were well attended by members of the mental health community, local hospitals, the Suffolk and Nassau counties police and fire departments and Emergency Medical Services. The day-long workshop was designed to help first-responders and the mental health community understand the effects trauma has on the victims. A better understanding can gives responders the skills they need to help victims get through an immediate crisis. To read the full story and see photos, go to www.LDRNY.org. Click on Top News.
Lutherans contribute more than $24 million to Hurricane Katrina
In response to Hurricane Katrina, Lutherans from around the world have contributed $24.4 million to date. Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR), a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, is overseeing the expenditure of the contributions that are supporting recovery work along the U.S. Gulf Coast and among people displaced from their hurricane-damaged homes. The 2005 and 2006 budgets developed to invest the gifts were built to meet LDR's core components of response, said Heather L. Feltman, LDR executive director and director of ELCA Domestic Disaster Response. LDR's response involves assistance to people displaced from their homes, emotional and spiritual support for those affected by disaster and care for caregivers, coordination of volunteers and long-term recovery response, and distribution of hardship grants for survivors of disasters who need assistance in covering immediate expenses.
Feel the Music! Hosts concert at Saint Peter's, Manhattan
Feel the Music!, an LDRNY partner, invites you to a benefit concert on June 9, 7:30 p.m., at Saint Peter's, Manhattan, located in the Citicorp building. The concert will feature the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by Lincoln Center's Arturo O'Farrill. Proceeds will benefit Feel The Music!, a program designed for children and families directly affected by Sept. 11. Suggested admission is $15 per person. To reserve your seat, call 212-669-6126.
Forum scheduled on the long-term mental and medical challenges of 9/11
LCAN, Civic Alliance, Community Board 1, Community Board 3, New York New Visions, the Rebuild Chinatown Initiative, and the World Trade Center Survivors' Network and a September 11 recovery grant from the American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund sponsor a free seminar, 9/11 Medical and Mental Health Forum, June 7, 6 to 8 p.m., at St. John's University 101 Murray Street RSVP to: jen@rpa.org, or call 212/253-2727, ext. 309. Speakers for the "Meeting the Long Term 9/11 Medical and Mental Health Challenge: A Policy Discussion"? include Dr. Mary Travis Bassett, Deputy Commissioner for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, New York City Department of Health; Gerry Bogacz, World Trade Center Survivors' Network, Janice Cilento, CSW, St. Vincent's Hospital World Trade Center Healing Services and more.
Spend time this summer in NYC on a servant event
With summer around the corner, is your congregation looking for a Servant Event opportunity? Koinonia NYC, an LDRNY partner, organizes servant events that include service projects, faith-based conversations, worship disciplines, Bible study, New York City experiences and a Faith Walk? at Ground Zero. The full-week schedule combines service time in the urban environment of New York City with a closing weekend retreat at Koinonia's wilderness setting in cabin housing. Koinonia NYC will work with your group to create an event that will suit your group's interest and needs. Koinonia NYC is a ministry of Koinonia and works in partnership with Lutheran Social Services Lutheran Disaster Response of New York), and New York City Lutheran congregations to coordinate a meaningful broad-based experience. Housing options are available throughout Manhattan and the greater New York area, depending on group needs. Servant events can also be arranged with Koinonia NYC throughout the year as a week-long event, an extended weekend, or a weekend. For more info, go to www.LDRNY.org.
Online or onsite conference on trauma
Several prominent mental health organizations and schools are sponsoring an online or onsite conference on Early Psychological Intervention Following Mass Trauma: Present and Future Directions, June 13, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sponsored by The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The School of Public Health at New York Medical College, The Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and The National Institute of Mental Health. If you attend via the Internet, you can email questions to speakers. For attendance on-site at New York Medical College
in Valhalla, N.Y., go to www.nymc.edu/trauma <http://www.nymc.edu/trauma>
For further information, www.nymc.edu/trauma or contact Nancy Guerrero,
914-493-8424, guerreron@wcmc.com
Does your church want to learn about preparedness?
Michael Arcari, program director for Faithful Response, an LDRNY partner, is available to discuss disaster preparedness at your church. He can discuss how to be prepared, along with showing what goes into a Go Bag, or a topic of special interest to you. To schedule a talk at your church, call Arcari at 516-679-0080, or faithfulresponse@ldrny.org. Visit www.LDRNY.org
American Red Cross seeks organizations for community sheltering
Hurricane season arrives in June, and it's everyone's job to be prepared. The American Red Cross (ARC) is seeking partnerships with community-based organizations for community sheltering. ARC will provide the training, verify that the shelter is safe and meets ARC standards, and cover all the related shelter expenses (food, equipment & liability). The agency/church/organization would provide the volunteers and/or the facility, and ARC would train the volunteers to work in the shelter as a team. The shelters could be located at your church, school or facility, or volunteers could be assigned to an ARC shelter location. Your organization would "adopt" a shelter to run as a team with ARC's support and guidance. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Esther Bevers-Ng, 516-747-3500 X 224 beversng@usa.redcross.org
2nd Annual New York State Disaster Human Services Conference set
Disaster Human Services is a critical component of emergency management, bringing together voluntary agency, faith-based, private and governmental sectors with the shared goal of protecting lives and property in times of disaster. This two-day conference, June 27-28 at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Brookville, will target organizational leadership and disaster human services planning. A series of expert panels, workshops, and facilitated discussions will be presented over the course of the two days, ending with a tabletop exercise on Wednesday afternoon. Visit www.nysvoad.com for more information.
Salvation Army WTC Recovery Office to close June 30
The Salvation Army of Greater NY's WTC Recovery office on East 52nd St. will officially close as of June 30. By that date The Salvation Army will refer all remaining active WTC clients to case managers at its Corps Community Centers throughout Manhattan. The Salvation Army will partner with NYDIS's 9/11 Outreach Coordinator, Mariam Mahmud, to send as many cases as possible to the NYC 9/11 Unmet Needs Roundtable to secure sustainable recovery support.
Take a planned Faith Walk around Ground Zero
LDRNY partner Koinonia NYC invites you to take a Faith Walk around Ground Zero. Faith Walks are inspirational and educational tours of Ground Zero and surrounding landmarks, encouraging healing and hope in the face of despair. If you’re planning a trip to New York City, or want to read more about others’ experiences, go to www.LDRNY.org. Participants always report back that they liked the Faith Walk. Here is a comment from one person: "It was informative, very moving, and certainly uplifting. In your very kind and thoughtful manner, you put us all at ease. Your friendly way made us all able to participate and enjoy this opportunity."
Make a gift to LDRNY
LDRNY is grateful for the gifts it receives. If you’d like to make a donation to honor or memorialize someone, send a check to LDRNY at the address below. Tell us who should be notified of the gift, and please provide an address. Thrivent members will have their gift matched.
You may now make a gift to support the work of LDRNY among the hidden victims of Sept. 11 online, thanks to Lutheran Community Foundation’s Charity Finder. Go to
http://www.thelcf.org/donors/charityfinder_details.asp?charity_id=145
Events, programs and training on www.LDRNY.org
You’re reminded to check the LDRNY.org website often for a complete listing of events taking place around Ground Zero and in lower Manhattan, and for programs and training relating to 9/11. They’re listed here: http://www.ldrny.org/comfort/comfort3.asp
Helpful sites you may want to visit
• Lifenet www.9-11MentalHealth.org 1-800-LIFENET.
LDRNY contact info
To contact LDRNY, call 1-866-864-1600, or send an email to Mikki@ldrny.org Visit the website for information on any of our programs – www.LDRNY.org.
LDRNY
22 Cortlandt St. 10007
New York, NY
1-866-864-1600
212-406-9736
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