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Why Crisfield? "Because the need is still there"

What We Do

Mennonite Disaster Service recruits, organizes and empowers volunteers to repair and rebuild the homes of those impacted by disasters in the United States and Canada. As we respond with Christian love to serve people who would not otherwise have the means to recover, our goal is to restore hope and bring people home.

Respond

to natural and human-caused disasters in the U.S. and Canada

Rebuild

using the skills and labor of our volunteers

Restore

communities in the wake of disaster

Volunteer with us!

Help us respond, rebuild and restore in the wake of disaster. No previous skills or experience needed.

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News & Stories

June 23, 2026

Why Crisfield? “Because the need is still there”

Generations of flooding—and generations of volunteers. Crisfield, Maryland, has seen them both. Located on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Crisfield has had more than its share of repeat flooding. For Mennonite Disaster Service...

June 15, 2026

“The volunteers are heroes to me”

June 9, 2026

ACTS volunteers: miracles in the mountains

June 8, 2026

MDS Lancaster Unit

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Videos

February 13, 2025

2024 MDS Year in Review

July 3, 2025

MDS Iron Station, NC, bridge build

July 14, 2025

MDS and Goshen College in Selma, AL

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