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Ways to give to US flood disaster relief

Posted on by James Deaton
Flood relief workers
A group of volunteer workers pause during food relief in West Virginia. ~ photo courtesy West Virginia Conference

The Michigan Disaster Response Team has compiled the best and most direct avenues to provide financial assistance for flood relief in Central Texas and West Virginia.

REV. BOB MILLER
Conference Disaster Response Co-Coordinator
Michigan Conference

Churches and individuals have inquired about how to provide the most effective financial assistance to those affected by the recent flooding in Texas and West Virginia. Please review the following information and links for getting funds directly to these hard-hit areas of our country.

Give to UMCOR US Disaster Response and Recovery, Advance #901670

Gifts given to this Advance fund will enable UMCOR to use these gifts where they are most needed and best used, and there’s no doubt that much of this will go directly to ongoing flood relief.

    • Check: Local United Methodist churches can take up an offering and send a check by mail to the same address used for Ministry Shares payments. Make the check payable to “Michigan Conference” and send to Conference Ministry Shares, P.O. Box 72472, Cleveland, OH 44192-0002. Please note “UMCOR US Disaster Response and Recovery, Advance #901670” in the memo line.
    • Online: Individuals can give directly online using this secure link through Global Ministries.

Send directly to Rio Texas Conference

Visit this web page for videos, links, and more resources, including prayers and items for worship, about relief following the devastating flooding along the Guadalupe River in Central Texas. Download a bulletin insert created by UMCOR.

    • Check: Send a check made out to “Rio Texas Conference Disaster Response, Advance #2050,” to Rio Texas Conference, 16400 Huebner Rd., San Antonio, TX 78248. Be sure to note “Guadalupe River Flood” in the memo line.
    • Online: Individual donations can be made online using this secure link through the Rio Texas Conference.

Send directly to West Virginia Conference

Review this web page for more information and resources on helping out with flood relief in West Virginia.

    • Check: Make checks payable to “West Virginia Conference Treasurer” and send them to West Virginia Conference, P.O. Box 2469, Charleston, WV 25329. Note “#920 WV Flood Relief/Disaster Response” in the memo line.
    • Online: Individuals can donate online using this secure link through the West Virginia Conference.

Last Updated on July 28, 2025