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Regional Disaster Response Effort Has Roots In Minot Flood

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MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A faith-based effort to provide housing for recovery volunteers in Minot after the 2011 Souris River flood is transforming into a regional disaster response organization.

Hope Village operated in Minot from April 2012 to November 2013, housing nearly 5,300 volunteers from 48 states and five Canadian provinces.

Hope Village Disaster Services is now partnering with other groups to coordinate disaster responses in other communities. Its first project was in the tornado-ravaged South Dakota town of Delmont.

The Minot Daily News reports ( ) that Hope Village Disaster Services is operated through Our Savior Lutheran Church in Minot in partnership with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It recently received a $6,000 donation from Bayer CropScience to advance its regional efforts.

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Information from: Minot Daily News,

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