The Salvation Army of Hancock Continues To Assist In UP After Severe Flooding
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The Salvation Army of Hancock Continues To Assist In UP After Severe Flooding
Hancock, MI (July 5, 2018) – The Salvation Army continues to assist in the Upper Peninsula after heavy rainfalls caused flooding and severe road damage in Houghton, Ontanogan and Keweenaw Counties the weekend of June 16.
Here is a breakdown of what has been provided so far:
Sunday, June 17
- Make arrangements for Canteen from Marquette, MI (4 person team from Marquette)
- Make arrangements for Flood Clean-up Kits
- Make arrangements for donations of water and food
- Prepared staff and building for Emergency Disaster Relief mode (Distribution of personal kits, flood kits, drinking water and food pantry bags, started June 17 to present)
Monday, June 18
- Canteen arrived from Marquette
- Canteen served 125 lunches and 125 dinners to emergency response crews (7 person crew)
- Houghton City Hall
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Tuesday, June 19
- Canteen served 125 lunches and 125 dinners to emergency response crews (8 person crew)
- Houghton City Hall
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
- Copper Country Humane Society donation of pet food, supplies)
Wednesday, June 20
- Served 150 lunches and 150 dinners to emergency response crews (6 person crew)
- Flood Clean-up Kits arrive (500)
- Start distribution of Kits (250 kits taken to donation center)
- Pick up of 72 cases of water from Meijer Foods (Marquette)
Thursday, June 21
- Served 150 lunches and 150 dinners to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Friday, June 22
- Served 150 lunches and 150 dinners to emergency response crews (6 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Saturday, June 23
- Served 200 lunches and 200 dinners to emergency response crews (8 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Sunday, June 24
- Served 200 lunches and 200 dinners to emergency response crews (6 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Monday, June 25
- Served 200 lunches to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Tuesday, June 26
- Served 200 lunches to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Wednesday, June 27
- Served 250 lunches to emergency response crews (6 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Thursday, June 28
- Served 240 lunches to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Friday, June 29
- Served 150 lunches to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
Saturday, June 30
- Served 200 lunches to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
- Army National Guard
Sunday, July 1
- Served 200 lunches to emergency response crews (4 person crew)
- Ripley
- Dollar Bay
- Hubbell
- Lake Linden
- Army National Guard
Monday, July 2
- Served 50 lunches to emergency response crews (3 person crew)
- Houghton Volunteer Center
Tuesday, July 3
- Served 30 dinners to emergency response crews (3 person crew)
- Houghton Volunteer Center
Thursday, July 5
- Served 30 dinners to emergency response crews (3 person crew)
- Houghton Volunteer Center
Totals from June 17 to July 5, 2018
- Disaster Team - 133 people / 1,197 hours
- Volunteers - 162 people / 1,458 hours
- Staff - 81 people / 1,215 hours
- Lunches and dinners distributed - 3,750
- Flood Kits distributed - 238
- Personal Kits distributed - 50
- Pet supplies distributed - 20
- Food Pantry - 80
- Drinking water distributed - 156 cases
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