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Haiti

Disaster Response
Location Category: International
Location: Haiti
Country: Haiti
Commit to leading or joining a team to Haiti in the months and years ahead. The recovery effort in Haiti will take years. Go to http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/HaitiVolunteer/ to register to be a volunteer to Haiti. Your name will go into the national UMCOR database that UMCOR and UMVIM will use once we get the green light from the Haiti Methodist Church and the Haiti government to send in teams.
Sponsor: UMCOR
Contact: UMCOR (800) 554-8583

New Orleans, Louisiana (Fall)

Work Team
Location Category: National
Location: New Orleans
Dates TBD
Sponsor: Retired Clergy Association
Contact: UMVIM Office (916) 374-1584 eddief@calnevumc.org

Fiji (Spring 2011)

Location Category: International
Location: Fiji
Country: Fiji
Sponsor: Santa Rosa, First UMC Youth Team

Kings Beach, California

Work Team
Location Category: California Nevada
Location: Kings Beach
Country: USA
Starts: 6/1/2010

Martinez, California

Work Team
Location Category: California Nevada
Location: Martinez
Country: USA
Starts: 6/1/2010

New Orleans, Louisiana (Fall)

Work Team
Location Category: National
Location: New Orleans
Country: USA
Starts: 9/1/2010
Dates TBD - Hurricane Recovery
Sponsor: Sparks UMC
Contact: Nadine Dewitt 775-354-2723 revgrandmamio@earthlink.net

Haiti - September 2010

Disaster Response
Location Category: International
Location: Haiti
Country: Haiti
Starts: 9/1/2010 Ends: 9/11/2010
The project is for disaster response and most likely de/construction on one of several Methodist schools. Playing with the children and singing with the team at church is mandatory. The team will hire local help which will provide economic aid to the local church and community. Housing will be rustic and the weather hot however, the food will be great and the people fantastic!
Contact: UMVIM Office (916) 374-1584 eddief@calnevumc.org

Habitat for Humanity

Work Team
Location Category: International
Location: TBD
Starts: 10/3/2010 Ends: 10/9/2010
Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter Annual President's Work Project

Espanola, New Mexico

Work Team
Location Category: National
Location: Espanola
Country: USA
Starts: 10/9/2010 Ends: 10/16/2010
Primetimers Team - "New Mexico's Cultural Riches"
Contact: Nancy Eubanks 877-882-4724 primetimers@gbgm-umc.org

Galveston, Texas

Work Team
Location Category: National
Location: Galveston
Country: USA
Starts: 10/23/2010 Ends: 11/6/2010
Sponsor: Santa Rosa, First UMC
Contact: Diane Jackson 707-539-9311 djack8892@prodigy.net

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Disaster Response
Location Category: National
Location: Cedar Rapids
Country: USA
Starts: 11/1/2010
Flood Recovery
Sponsor: Livermore, Asbury UMC

Biloxi/Gulfport, Mississippi

Disaster Response
Location Category: National
Location: Gulfport, Mississippi
Starts: 11/6/2010 Ends: 11/13/2010
Sponsor: Alamo, San Ramon Valley UMC

St. Simons Island, Georgia

Work Team
Location Category: National
Location: St. Simons Island
Country: USA
Starts: 11/7/2010 Ends: 11/12/2010
Primetimers Team
Contact: Nancy Eubanks 877-882-4724 primetimers@gbgm-umc.org

Puebla/Tatoxcac, Mexico

Health
Location Category: International
Location: Puebla and Tatoxcac
Country: Mexico
Starts: 11/14/2010 Ends: 11/23/2010
Sponsor: San Jose, Wesley UMC
Contact: Jackie Kawashima 408-268-8318 jkawashima@sbcglobal.net

Guatemala

Work Team
Location Category: International
Location: Guatemala
Country: Guatemala
Starts: 12/26/2010 Ends: 1/7/2011
Agriculture
Sponsor: Oakdale UMC

Brown's Town, Jamaica

Mission Relationship
Location Category: International
Location: Brown's Town
Country: Jamaica
Starts: 1/8/2011 Ends: 1/15/2011
Primetimer's - "Making Music - Jamaican Style"

Cancun, Mexico

Mission Relationship
Location Category: International
Location: Cancun
Country: Mexico
Starts: 1/30/2011 Ends: 2/6/2011
Sponsor: San Jose, Wesley UMC

Cambodia

Mission Relationship
Location Category: International
Location: Cambodia
Country: Cambodia
Starts: 2/11/2011 Ends: 2/21/2011
The team will visit several locations in the Phenom Phen area.
Sponsor: Alameda, Rising Hope UMC
Contact: Stephen Lee (510) 919-7052 sleejivan7@gmail.com

Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Education
Location Category: International
Location: Matagalpa
Country: Nicaragua
Starts: 2/15/2011
Sponsor: Los Altos UMC

Vava'n, Tonga

Health
Location Category: International
Location: Vava'n
Country: Tonga
Starts: 7/9/2011 Ends: 8/2/2011
Sponsor: Bakersfield, First UMC