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The remnants of Hurricane Ida swept into southeast Pennsylvania and northeast Maryland on the 1st and 2nd of September,...

The Board of Directors of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (“National VOAD”) is pleased to announce that April...

My name is John. I live in Iowa City, IA, about 15 miles south of Cedar Rapids. As you of course know,...

Greetings Colleagues in Disaster Response and Recovery, I am consistently amazed by the stories of how your organizations are...

In 1970, six faith organizations and the American Red Cross came together to address inequities of disaster response in...

COVID-19 has changed the world in which we live. As National VOAD members and organizations that are accustomed to...

By: Michael Rojas I had an idea of where I saw myself in the future. This idea always ended...

By: Richard Morris, Regional VAL Like our partners, we at FEMA are adapting to life in this pandemic environment....

The trees are changing, hurricane season is in full swing, and our Fall Members Meeting is around the corner....

I grew up in a Mennonite community in Kansas. Even as a youngster, I recognized that Mennonite Disaster Service...

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