Introduction

 I am embarking on a three-week service project with Mennonite Disaster Service in Paradise, California.  I will be serving as Head Cook for the other volunteers from around the country as they work to help rebuild the community after a devastating fire on November 8, 2018.  The Camp Fire still ranks as the most deadly fire in California history, and one of the most damaging to property.  

Mennonite Disaster Service will be building several houses for those displaced by the fire in Paradise and several smaller communities.  Volunteers will arrive every week to contribute their labor to the projects. My job will be to make sure they are well-fed, and want to do another MDS project in the future because the food is so good!  (This is a real thing!)


Mennonite Disaster Service


Project Information Sheet

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