| Mennonite Disaster Service | |
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| Founded | 1950 |
| Headquarters | Akron, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Staff | Kevin King, Executive Director[1][2] |
| Area served | United States, Canada[3] |
| Focus | Disaster Relief |
| Revenue | $2,870,251 [1] |
| Volunteers | 3,000+ |
| Employees | 11 [1] |
| Motto | Responding, Rebuilding, Restoring. |
| Website | http://www.mds.mennonite.net |
The Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a volunteer network through which various groups within the Anabaptist tradition assist people affected by disasters in North America.[3] The organization was founded in 1950 and was incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1993.
The MDS currently involves more than 3,000 members of the Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ churches (BIC).[4][5][6] The primary focus of the service is clean up, repair, and the rebuilding of homes.[7] The work of the group supplements the disaster relief provided by the Red Cross.[8][9] The Mennonite Disaster Service also works closely with the Mennonite Central Committee.[4]
A quarterly newsletter is published called Behind the Hammer.[10]
The volunteer amateur radio group Mennonet provides communication services for MDS.[11][12] Radio equipment was first deployed by MDS in 1960.[4]
  | Official website - Home | Mennonite Disaster Service |
| | MDS Sowing Seeds of Service - Mennonite Disaster Service on blip.tv |
| | MDS on Youtube - YouTube - MDSMennonite's Channel |
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