[Community-service] 9/11 service project

[johnawright98 at gmail.com]

Hi, Ericka!

This is an amazing and touching story, and I am so very glad you shared it with us! This sounds like a great story for our blog. Would you be interested in writing up a blog post detailing your service and what it meant to you? I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have about this blog post. Feel free to email me off-list if you’d like. 

Cheers, 

Johna Wright
Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division 
Social Media Chair, National Association of Blind Students

> On Sep 9, 2018, at 11:39 PM, Ericka via Community-Service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> As some of you may know much of WI has had ongoing torrential rains creating unprecedented flooding. Finally we are drying out. In keeping with the serice thread, here is my story.
> 
> Today I served with my church. Through Lutherans United Assisting Disasters my church helped a lady and her elderly mom move things out of their recently flooded home here in Mazomanie WI. Active listening is so much a part of relief work! We helped carry boxes to vehicles and then transported them to their storage shed a few miles away. Yes, i carried items with cane in hand, but the story of how God sent  the daughter to her mom in early stages of dementia a week before the flooding was more moving than the act of physical help. She had such a faith and so appreciative that we listened. There are so many unseen needs we are going to be able to meet because we allowed her to speak.  In the middle of disastet, it seemed like my cane was nothing impotant. She was so grateful i was there to talk with. I am glad i setved and am now trained through this organization to serve again!
> 
> Ericka Short
> 
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