4. Our mission is to
compassionately help
God’s people in need
locally, nationally and
around the world, and
to offer a Center to
fulfill the call for
service to neighbors in
Christ’s name.
6. The Center
Kit-making area
Pat Wright
Executive Director
Danielle Eaton
Assistant Director
Tonya Hill
Warehouse Clerical
Assistant
Sharon Brown-Adams
Bookkeeper
8. Warehouse Addition
The expansion built July/August of 2007 doubles
the current space available. It is used for storing
desks, medical equipment, etc.
that won’t hurt to freeze.
New addition
starts here
9. 3rd Section of the Warehouse
Slab is poured and completed November 2011
11. Wood Shop
A two story woodshop was moved into
the warehouse addition and finished
during the summer of 2009. Bottom floor
is used for cutting desks and the 2nd story
is used to sand and apply polyurethane
to them.
12. SCHOOL DESKS
• School desks are assembled by volunteers after the pieces
are cut in the woodshop. They are then knocked down,
sanded, and a two coats of polyurethane are applied. After
the desks are dry they are wrapped in stretch wrap and are
ready to ship to mission schools in other countries.
13. FOUR WORK ROOMS ADDED
• 4 rooms have been constructed against
the north wall of the second/east
warehouse.
Desk Shop
14. SEWING MACHINE & BICYCLE
REPAIR SHOPS
• MMDC is always looking for volunteers to work
in the sewing machine & bicycle repair shops so
reconditioned sewing machines and bicycles
can be sent to mission sites all over the world.
Sewing Machine Repair Shop Bicycle Repair Shop
19. The Gift Shop
Twice Giving Gifts is an international shop
benefiting artisans in developing countries.
20. As of February 2010 the Midwest
Mission Distribution Center
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with
UMCOR and is one of
8 cooperating Depots in the
UMCOR Relief Supply Network.
21. The 8 members of the
UMCOR Relief Supply Network
• Midwest Mission Distribution Center – North Central
Jurisdiction, Chatham, IL
• Eastbrook Mission Barn – New Castle, PA
• Mission Central – Mechanicsburg, PA
• Mission Response Center – Terrell, NC
• North Alabama Disaster Warehouse – Decatur, AL
• Disaster Response Warehouse – Kerrville, TX
• UMCOR West – Salt Lake City, UT
• UMCOR Sager Brown – Baldwin, LA
22. The 8 Cooperating Depots in the
UMCOR Relief Supply Network
UMCOR West
Salt Lake City, UT
Midwest Mission
Distribution Center
Chatham, IL
UMCOR Sager-Brown
Baldwin, LA
Mission Response
Center
Terrell, NC
Eastbrook
Mission Barn
New Castle, PA
Mission Central
Mechanicsburg, PA
North Alabama
Disaster Warehouse
Decatur, AL
Disaster Response
Warehouse
Kerrville, TX
23. Kits are assembled and packed.
Sewing Kit
Health Kit
Layette Kit
School Kit
24. Personal Dignity Kit
• In January 2012 a new kit was introduced in
response to Bishop Rev. Gregory V. Palmer’s
reflection and challenge based on Psalm 41.
This is the Center’s response to the poor among us.
The Personal Dignity Kit includes these items:
Hand Towel, Washcloth, Soap, Shampoo,
Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Nail Clipper,
Antiperspirant, Razor and Comb in a 1 gallon
baggie.
25.
26. In 2013 MMDC sent out the
following numbers of kits:
• UMCOR Cleaning Buckets=2,556
• UMCOR Health Kits=12,821
• UMCOR School Kits=3,236
• UMCOR Layette Kits=2,046
• UMCOR Sewing Kits=1,114
• UMCOR Birthing Kits=1,823
• UMCOR Bedding Kits=316
• MMDC Haiti Student School Bags=23,486
• MMDC Haiti Teacher School Bags=475
• MMDC School Desks=340
• MMDC Personal Dignity Kits: 22,234
27. Our four trailers, two
box trucks and van
roll in every direction
to collect and
distribute donations.
29. International
Disbursements have been
made to:Afghanistan Algeria Belarus Brazil Cuba
Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador
Haiti Honduras Liberia Mexico Nicaragua
Pakistan Panama Peru Romania Iraq
Sierra Leone Tajikistan Zimbabwe Ghana
Guatemala India Jamaica Kenya Russia
Tanzania Uganda Ukraine Mongolia
Philippines Congo
32. Grace Children’s Hospital-Haiti
Cover with Love
Quilt
Diaper with ties
Hospital Outfits
While on a mission trip to Haiti in October
2012-MMDC Ex. Director-Pat Wright took
these photos on a tour of Grace Children’s
Hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti
40. OTHER FACTS:
•The MMDC opened in March of 2000.
•281 disbursements, totaling over 125 tons,
were made from the MMDC in 2013.
•The MMDC is funded through the
generosity of individuals, civic groups, local
congregations, and conferences.
•The MMDC is dependent on volunteers!
44. Trash to Treasure
Many items have outlasted their need in their first situation.
Rather than filling up the landfill with these items MMDC
matches them up with a project that really needs them.
100 apartment size, kitchen stoves
75 cubicles of office furniture
Hospital equipment
Sewing machines
Christian books
Bicycles
Cell phones
Dental Office Equipment
Crutches & walkers
Blankets
