Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services of Western Pennsylvania

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4BA4AE22AAFCCF8-50180256-volunteer #/

Yay to volunteers 👏 👏 Thank you for assembling 50 recovery bags for fire victims and 100 hygiene kits!
Interested in doing a service project ?? Reach out to me at [email protected]

Thank you Highmark for coming to make chicken stir fry and preparing hygiene kits with us today! Many hands make light work and we greatly appreciate you!!

It was a great honor for The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services to participate in and provide support services to mourners at the funeral procession for the late Corey Comperatore. Emergency Disaster Services wishes to express deep condolences to the Comperatore family and the Freeport community for their tragic loss.

In response to the mass flooding from post tropical storm Beryl in Northern New England, WPA has delivered over 400 flood kits! Thank you Adam Kitta for driving these kits to Vermont to support these efforts!

FREE STORE IS OPEN FOR SIGN-UPS!
Next store is on July 25th
If you are in need of household goods and furniture items and have experienced a diaster within the last six months, please sign up!

A lot of helping hands today for the Homeless Feeding Outreach! Big shout out to Highmark for allowing your employees time to come volunteer with us!

Washington County Corp always there when needed for response! Thank you Lt. Tom Perez for answering the call!!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
CREATING RECOVERY BAGS FOR DISASTER SURVIVORS!
JULY 24TH 2- 4:00 PM

EDS is most active during extreme weather, like we are currently experiencing. We have been called to 11 fire scenes since last week, while still continuing our Homeless Feeding Outreach (that feeds over 100 people).

We are happy to support first responders with COLD 🥶 water and electrolytes supplements, ice pops, rehab towels to get cooled off, misting fans, food and more!

Since last Monday we have provided:
4,000+ bottles of water 💧
1,000+ bottles of electrolyte drink 💦
500+ ice electrolytes pops 🧊
200+ meals 🌮
500+ snacks 🥨

Thank you to our volunteers and staff who have been on-call near round the clock 👏 👏 Terry Whitehead Alison Tom Filo Sam Trevon Joel Brown Stacy John Lauren Donny Whitney Cole Gregg Duane 🤗🤩 you all are amazing!

We are in need of volunteers for the Homeless Feeding Outreach. The program has expanded to include a Thursday cooking shift. This is a great opportunity for kids 10 years old+ to volunteer over the summer! Please follow the link below to sign up!

https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/volunteerEDS

Interested in volunteering as an Emergency Disaster Services responder or are currently an EDS responder - please join us next weekend for our volunteer meeting !!

A great article that highlights our Tuesday Homeless Feeding Outreach efforts!

Homeless shelters, street outreach teams prepare to help vulnerable communities during looming heat wave Intense heat poses higher health risks to homeless populations.

EDS currently on scene in Etna for a house explosion. Say 👋 to our new emergency management intern, Alison ! Also, Terry Whitehead, Tom and Sam on scene! Unit 1 and Unit 3

Are you looking to volunteer over the summer? Please consider our Homeless Feeding Outreach ! We have added Thursdays to our schedule to support the need in the community. Follow the sign up genius to sign up for a shift!

Homeless Feeding Outreach The Homeless Feeding Outreach is runs every Tuesday, rain or shine! Preparing the meals is done at our EDS Headquarters at 820 Parish Street. The distribution is always at North Side Park but we often go directly into encampments as well. If you have a group larger than four people, please let me kn...

We had a great time supporting the International Day Parade today! We offered free water, coffee and snacks to all participants!

Please join us in welcoming Terry Whitehead to our EDS professional staff!! Terry is a long time EDS volunteer with a wealth of knowledge in the field. He will be focusing on emergency responses and operations here at EDS!

Busy week here at EDS, responded to a SWAT situation at Pitt’s campus on Monday night, then Tuesday was one call after the other… Robinson Residental fire, 2nd Avenue Commons Fire, Shelter response for the displaced residents at 2nd Avenue Commons, then a residential fire in McKeesport! Yesterday teaching CPR at the ARC then finally distributing donuts to the veterans for !!!
Thank you to all our staff and volunteers who pulled together and made every response happen! Special thanks to Vandergrift who brought their canteen down to support the feeding effort for the shelter

Fun day at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System delivering donuts to veterans !!

If you have experienced a disaster (fire, flood, tornado, etc) within the last six months and could benefit from furniture and household goods to assist in the recovery process, check out this program! To qualify you must have a disaster referral from Red Cross OR a referral from The Salvation Army. Our first store date will be June 27th. All participants must sign up through signup genius (link in flyer) or through the EDS office, no exceptions.

Questions?
Refer to
[email protected]

What a great long weekend to exercise EDS’s capabilities along side two other divisions. With help from THQ, volunteers and staff were trained in Emotional Spirtal Care and Incident Command Systems all while preparing meals for 200-300 people each day! Thank you to each our WPA volunteers who attended; Gregg Duane, Deb, Terry Whitehead, Whitney Cole, Captain Susan Thwaite, Joel Brown, Marvel, Pat, our wonderful secretary Terri and our junior volunteer Sophia! Thank you to our neighboring divisions for bringing your staff and volunteers and your awesome canteen and field kitchen! Many of our professional staff will continue training in The Mass Care Exercise through the week as well.

It’s been a fun first two days at the National Mass Care Exercise working with our neighbors in EPA Division and New Jersey’s Division. Lots of collaboration and learning this weekend!
400 meals down, 300 to go!!!

Resources for flood victims !

Disaster Help for Survivors The Disaster Recovery Assistance Program helps Pennsylvanians who have survived disasters and have no other way to recover.

Nice job The Salvation Army Mon Valley Worship and Service Center

We love taking part of Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial events!

470SS2 on scene for a commercial fire in Collier. Keith Allan Petrie responding to the fire.