Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries’ response
to flooding in Maryland and Delaware in 2004 was not the first
time the organization assisted in disasters. During the 1990s,
both of the agencies that created Diakon—Tressler Lutheran Services
and Lutheran Services Northeast—helped local communities devastated
by natural disasters.
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In 1996, Tressler responded on behalf of the national Lutheran Disaster Response to provide
assistance and grants to victims of flash flooding in Pennsylvania and western Maryland. The
flooding took lives and caused millions of dollars in damage. Tressler’s Office of Social
Concerns coordinatedagency relief efforts. Two years later, Lutheran Services Northeast
responded in a variety of ways—ranging from Volunteer Home Care coordination of donations,
relief supplies, and various volunteer efforts to Family Life Services debriefing
sessions—when tornadoes ripped through five northeastern Pennsylvania counties, causing
death and millions of dollars in destruction.
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