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Flash flooding ravaged southeastern Minnesota on August 19, 2007 damaging many of the homes and businesses in Rushford. This site shows how members and friends of St. Philip's have reached out to help our neighbors in Rushford.


RUSHFORD'S MOTTO			RUSHFORD - POPULATION 1696 Rushford Losses Estimated (Quoted in La Crosse Tribune September 6, 2007 from Rushford City Administrator to Minnesota House) •Public Buildings: $1.3 Million •Police and Fire Equipment: $1.3 Million •Damage to businesses and homes: $55.5 Million •Homes in the city damaged by flood: 490 •Designated uninhabitable: 79 LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES/LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE Pastor Rolf Wangberg and his wife, Pat, are leading the LSS/LDR volunteer rebuilding efforts in Rushford. According to Pastor Wangberg, "The clean-up work has been completed... We are looking for skilled volunteers, people who have good carpentry skills, and people who can handle sheet rock and taping. More than half the houses in Rushford need rebuilding, and we will be working all through the winter." Statistics for LSS/LDR Rushford as of Friday, January 25, 2008: Number of volunteers since Aug. 19: 5286 Number of volunteers hours since Aug. 19: 38,774 Number of clean up & reconstruction sites worked on by LDR/LSS: 344 Number of homes on active list for rebuilding at the current time: 33

	Teams totaling over 50 members have been part of the 16 trips to Rushford, MN in the past year. Most of the work was done in a 100 year old house owned by a young family. The house had received extensive water damage during the flash flooding that ravaged southern Minnesota in August, 2007. Team members installed new wiring and receptacles in all of the rooms on the first floor and insulated and sheet rocked some of those rooms making it possible for the family to be back living in their home eight months after the flood.
	Total number of St. Philip’s Disaster Relief volunteers: 17 Total number of days worked: 16 Total number of hours worked: 456

October 30-31
Dick Young
Myron Nash
Spence Minear

November 10
Gidget Brooks
Myron Nash
Renee Johnson
Thelma Nash

November 12
Bob Brenden
Myron Nash

November 24
Diane Campeau
Dick Young
Larry Hille
Jackie Campeau
Mike Trancheff
Myron Nash
Renee Johnson
Spence Minear
Thelma Nash

November 26
Myron Nash
Thelma Nash

November 29
Myron Nash

December 3
Myron Nash
Thelma Nash

December 8
Mike Trancheff
Myron Nash
Thelma Nash
Tim Hardy

December 20
Gidget Brooks
Mike Trancheff
Myron Nash
Paul Rebelein
Regina Wolyniec
Thelma Nash

December 26
Diane Campeau
Dick Young
Jackie Campeau
Myron Nash
Renee Johnson
Thelma Nash

January 12
Gidget Brooks
Dick Young
Myron Nash
Renee Johnson
Rodney Strand
Sylvia Strand
Thelma Nash

January 26
Dick Young
Mike Trancheff
Myron Nash

July 24
Bob Neis
Myron Nash

September 12
Myron Nash

October 20
Myron Nash
Thelma Nash



	Click here to read about the Creamery Restaurant and Nordic Lanes bowling alley where Thelma, Renee, Diane and Jackie worked on November 24.

The house	Placard seen on many houses in the neighborhood	The homeowners
Myron	Thelma	Gidget
Renee	Paul	Mike
Spence & Dick	Gidget & Regina	Thelma & Gidget
Dick & Jackie	???	Safety first???
Myron, Rodney & Dick



Click on the link below for access to photos and information about St. Philip's Disaster Relief outreach including Katrina Relief and Cedar Rapids Relief trips.
	St. Philip's Disaster Relief website

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