Kansas Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB)

Volunteers needed for post-flood rebuilding

Osawatomie was one of numerous Kansas communities hit by mid-summer flooding. Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist volunteers are now rebuilding homes in the town, which is about an hour’s drive southwest of Kansas City. The owner of this home had just started to move in when the flood hit.

Several communities in Kansas are recovering from recent floods. Three hundred homes were flooded in Osawatomie, Kan., about an hour’s drive southwest of Kansas City.

Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist volunteers began rebuilding homes there on Monday, Aug. 27. The project is expected to be long term, and more volunteers are needed. Projects include floor repairs, wiring and some sheet rock.

Volunteers are staying at Osawatomie Southern Baptist Church and eating meals there.

If you would like to help, please contact Elijah “Touch” Touchton, KNCSB disaster-relief rebuilding coordinator. Call him at 620.230.9962 or send e-mail to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

“We also will have needs in Neodesha, Independence and Coffeyville as soon as FEMA completes inspections,” Touchton added.