How We Serve
Adventist Community Services (ACS) Disaster Response is a service provided by Adventist Community services, the humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that works within the United States and Bermuda.
Find an ACS Center
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About ACS Disaster Response
Mission Statement
The mission of ACS Disaster Response is “serving communities in Christ’s name.”
What is the ACS Disaster Response Network?
The ACS Disaster Response operation comprises volunteers who form local disaster response teams that are organized by state disaster response coordinators. State disaster response coordinators and teams assist regional disaster response coordinators to respond to multi-state calamities. The national disaster response coordinator manages the national program.
The union coordinator manages the union program and the conference coordinators manage the conference program.
Who are ACS Disaster Response Partners?
ACS Disaster Response operates under a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the American Red Cross and many state emergency management agencies. It is also a founding member of the inter-agency compact called National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) and the affiliated state VOADs.
Training
ACS disaster Response offers a multi-step training to equip volunteers to effectively respond to disasters. Completion of the training modules qualifies volunteers as skilled disaster response workers.
Services Provided
ACS Disaster Response helps disaster victims, their families, and community through:
- Community Collection Centers
- Donation Coordination Centers
- Warehouse Operations
- Crisis Response Counselors
Getting In Touch
Columbia Union
José L. Vázquez
Columbia Union ACS / DR Coordinator
Office: ext. 561
Email: jvazquez@columbiaunion.net
Local Conference Directors
Allegheny East Conference
Robert T. Smith, ACS Director
Office: (610) 326-4610, ext. 315
Email: rsmith@aecsda.com
Allegheny West Conference
Jerome Hurst, ACS Director
Office: (614) 252-5271, ext. 43
Email: hurstj@awconf.org
Chesapeake Conference
Shawn Paris, ACS Director
Office: (410) 995-1910, ext. 341
Email: sparis@ccosda.org
Mountain View Conference
Larry Murphy, ACS Director
Office: (304) 422-4581
Email: nw5u@hotmail.com
New Jersey Conference
Mario Thorp, ACS/ACSDR Director
Office: (609) 218-5651
Email: mthorp@njcsda.org
Ohio Conference
Vacant, ACS/Disaster Response Coordinator,
Pennsylvania Conference
Todd Casey, ACS Director
Office: (610) 374-8331
Email: tcasey@paconference.org
Potomac Conference
Bob Mitchell
Office: (540) 886-0771
Email: bmitchell_acsdr@earthlink.net
North American Division
Office: (443) 391-7152
Email: acs@nadadventist.org
Website: communityservices.org