100 green Flood Buckets packed and delivered to Iowa flood relief from Jeromesville church

Ashland Times-Gazette
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Trinity Lutheran Church of Jeromesville, packed 100 Flood Buckets for disaster relief in Iowa.

The packers ranged from age 2 to 97 years old.

Flood buckets are 5-gallon buckets with a lid that are filled with bleach, trash bags, paper towels, rags, scouring powder, liquid cleaner, scrub brush and rubber gloves.

Becky McFarlin is surrounded by Flood Buckets to be packed for disaster relief in Iowa.
Becky McFarlin is surrounded by Flood Buckets to be packed for disaster relief in Iowa.

Supplies were donated by area businesses or purchased with money donated by the congregation.

The NALC Disaster Relief Response team arrived in May and loaded a box truck with the buckets and headed to Iowa that day.

Pastor Jerry Rhea, left, and Kaylee Hottel, work to stock the green buckets while Josh Hottel works at the table at Jeromesville Lutheran Church as volunteer packed essentials to be sent to Iowa for disaster relief.
Pastor Jerry Rhea, left, and Kaylee Hottel, work to stock the green buckets while Josh Hottel works at the table at Jeromesville Lutheran Church as volunteer packed essentials to be sent to Iowa for disaster relief.

Council President Julie Tucker had challenged the congregation to do this after she heard about another congregation doing this while at the regional convocation.

Her challenge was met by the congregation with the help of community businesses.

Dale Bicker lifts a few of the Flood Buckets Jeromesville Lutheran Church packed to send to Iowa for disaster relief.
Dale Bicker lifts a few of the Flood Buckets Jeromesville Lutheran Church packed to send to Iowa for disaster relief.

The NALC (North American Lutheran Church) Disaster Relief Response team has its national warehouse in Caldwell Ohio and provide resources when domestic natural disasters occur.

For more information on this organization contact NALC Disaster Response Coordinator, Mary Bates at disasterresponse@thenalc.org.

This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: Jeromesville's Lutheran volunteers pack Flood Buckets for Iowa relief