Assemble flood buckets for ELCA Disaster Response

Help those affected by floods, tropical storms, and hurricanes get the supplies they need to start cleaning up their homes

What exactly is a flood bucket? It is a collection of cleaning supplies and safety equipment, all packed into a 5-gallon plastic bucket.

When a flood happens, an assortment of items is needed to clean up, including some things that people might not have around the house. After receiving a flood bucket, a family affected by a flood can get right to work cleaning their house because the bucket contains everything they need.

Flood buckets are one way to mobilize the women in your unit or congregation, and others, to respond to immediate needs in the aftermath of a hurricane, a tropical storm, or a flood.

Before assembling flood buckets, please contact your local 2-1-1 or the distribution center you plan to use to be sure that flood buckets are needed at this time. If they are not, save or come back to this information for use during a future disaster.

To download a 2-page flyer that lists flood bucket contents and describes how to assemble them and where to ship them, click here.

Financial support of ELCA Disaster Response knows no season. Encourage the women in your unit to make a gift through Women of the ELCA. Make your check payable to Women of the ELCA and write “Flooding—U.S.” on the check memo line. Mail the check to:

Women of the ELCA Designated Gifts

P.O. Box 71256

Chicago, IL 60694-1256

One hundred percent of the funds will be transmitted to ELCA Disaster Response.