Many parts of the United States have experienced a large amount of flooding this year due to rapid melting of an above-average snowpack in the Upper Midwest, above-normal precipitation during the spring, and after-effects from Hurricanes Irene and Lee. One of the ways that PDA helps in response to flooding is through Gift of the Heart kit Clean-up buckets. These buckets are extremely helpful as a first step in the recovery process. Unfortunately, the large number of disasters has pretty much exhausted the Church World Service supply of Clean-up buckets. A shipment of 250 Clean-up buckets was recently sent to a Presbyterian church near Binghamton, New York, to help that community begin the recovery process, but more are needed for other locations. Please prayerfully consider participating in this important mission. Instructions for putting together the buckets can be found on the PDA website www.pcusa.org/pda.