Minnesota VOAD is the association of voluntary agencies and their partners involved in disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. MNVOAD works to promote communication, collaboration, cooperation, and coordination — the “4 C’s” — in order to help all our members provide better service to those impacted by disasters in Minnesota.
NEXT MNVOAD MEETING: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 6 p.m. at Red Cross Twin Cities. MN/WI Baptist Convention Disaster Relief will be the agency presenting. See you there!
Posted September 2nd, 2010
Hurricane Earl: NVOAD has communicated with State VOAD’s and has requested us to monitor the situation. As landfall is expected to continue in states throughout the week, our thoughts are with them.
Posted September 2nd, 2010
NEXT VOAD MEETING is Thursday, July 15th at American Red Cross Twin Cities Chapter, 1201 W. River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55455 at 6 p.m.
Posted June 3rd, 2010
Next VOAD meeting
Posted March 31st, 2010
Please mark your calendar!! The next MNVOAD meeting will be Thursday, May 20th at 6 pm at the American Red Cross, 1201 W. River Parkway, Minneapolis. Headwaters Relief Organization will be presenting.
Flooding Update – March 25, 2010
Posted March 25th, 2010
In response to the possibility of flooding in multiple locations around Minnesota, MNVOAD has had a liason in the SEOC (State Emergency Operation Center). For more information on the overall response to these floods, please visit www.eoc.state.mn.us
Member agencies, Red Cross and Salvation Army, have been supporting local sandbagging and river monitoring efforts around the state. Many of our other organizations have been monitoring the situation closely and standing by to respond as needed.
TRAINING: Flooded Structure Clean-up
Posted March 21st, 2010
Member organization NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster has an upcoming training open to our partners.
Flooded Structure Clean-up: learn how to safely and effectively respond to floods, and our process for helping to restore people’s homes.
There are 2 sessions: Sunday, April 11th, 0900 – 1200; Thursday, April 15th, 1830 – 2130.
All classes are held at the NECHAMA office: 7260 Washington Ave S, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. There is a $10 fedd for each class, which is tax deductable. Scholarships are available.
Please contact Amy Cytron (acytron@nechama.org) to register.
2010 MNVOAD Annual Meeting
Posted March 16th, 2010
Please plan on attending our annual meeting, where we will elect new board members and discuss our goals for 2010. We will also be discussing the predicted flooding.
2010 Minnesota VOAD Training Conference
Posted March 5th, 2010
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
We invite you to join us for our 9th Annual MNVOAD Training Conference. We hope you will participate in another year of networking and learning with and from your many partners. By working together and learning from each other, we all do a better job of providing service to those in need. Though 2009 was a relatively quiet year in Minnesota, the disasters we did have showed again the value and importance of working together with all our partners. As we all prepare for spring, and the possibilities of flooding, it is the perfect time to expand our knowledge of disaster response.
Please call Kathy Young at 763-295-2630 with any questions.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely, The MNVOAD Conference Committee
Pre-registration is required.
To get a registration form e-mailed to you, call Kathy Young at 763-295-2630 or
e-mail Garrett Alessandroni at stugots1947@comcast.net.