Orgs We Love: Assist WI

Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 11.46.17 AMIf you don’t know who Assist WI is, then we are excited to share them with you!  Assist WI is a nonprofit based out of Wisconsin Dells, WI and is the brain child of William Meissner. The organization was formed in Spring 2014 and operates as a project of the Families in Transition Support Network in the Wisconsin Dells area.

Assist WI’s main goal is to pair volunteers with families traveling to the area who have unique needs. Assist volunteers are available to accompany families on their adventures and act as an extra set of hands where needed while visiting this tourist destination. It is tScreen Shot 2016-05-03 at 11.45.09 AMheir mission to turn obstacles into opportunities and facilitate family bonding through inclusion of every family member. 


This summer, Assist WI has a lot of activities for people can get involved with!

May 17th, 2016: Assist WI is  facilitating an Adaptive Golf Clinic at Trappers Turn from 1-3pm!  The golf program portion will be taken care of by Jason Manke of Kalahari Resorts and our role is what we do best, making sure each participant can enjoy this learning experience!  Please contact Assist WI as soon as possible if you are interested in participating. 

May 25th, 2016: Kalahari Waterpark day for the Community Coalition on Transition of Adams/ Marquette Counties.  These students have joined Assist WI for many adventurous field trip days and they look forward to facilitating the day at this world class waterpark…AGAIN! If you’d like to help out with this awesome end of the school year trip, please contact Assist WI as soon as possible. 

July 7th, 2016: Annual Golf Outing at Trappers Turn   Please let Assist know if you have anything that you would like to see or contribute pertaining to the organization.  This event has a lot of volunteer opportunities prior and the day of the event including getting donations, signing up teams, logistics, and basic labor. Please contact Assist WI as soon as possible if you are interested in participating. 

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An Update From the Disaster Assistance Program

One of the organizations that we repeatedly helped out was the Church of Christ in the Forest Lake community.  It was a great place that we could really connect one-on-one with the residence by feeding them and getting them some essentials for the home.  I will be sharing pictures and stories from the lot later but right now, I just wanted to share the email from Mike.  If you are available to help in Tuscaloosa or Minot, please feel free to email him.

Hi Everyone
Flooding in Minot, ND. I have talked with the North Dakota Emergency Mgmt, ND Red Cross, members and the preacher
at the Minot Church of Christ. The water has just started to go down. They are accessing the needs and will let
me know how or if they want to be involved.
Below is the recap of work that has been done here in Tuscaloosa so far.
 –40,950 Meals Served
 
-Over 690 families helped with cleanup(chainsaw and other work)
 
-Many Many loads of other food, water and supplies handed out.
 
-Church building is completely torn down and hauled away in trucks.
 
-We have volunteers scheduled to work here in Tuscaloosa thru the end of July.
 
-Lots of new updates on the blog(link to blog from web site) www.disasterassistancecoc.com
 
-Sense next week is a short work week for volunteers I will not send out an update, but will post
it on the blog.
Please pass this information on to everyone on your email and Facebook list , take it to your church and business, you never know who might be willing to help us. Please pray for the thousands of people whose lives have been forever changed and for us as we show the love of the Lord to them by just providing a simple meal.
You can donate online at www.disasterassistancecoc.com or make check payable to and
mail to:
Disaster Assistance
402 Center Way
Lake Jackson, Tx 77566

Map of Destruction

Tracey walks us through the map that was at the volunteer center.  A total of six tornado cells swept through the area all carrying multiple tornadoes.  This video shows the ground it took over.  It really is shocking when you digest that these two main tornadoes swept right through the most populated part of the city.