Project Recovery: About Us
Project Recovery would like to welcome you to our website. We have provided outreach services to flood survivors since the August 2007 floods. In the spring of this year we were beginning to look at the upcoming anniversary of the 2007 floods. This is generally when individuals, families and communities recognize the passage of time since the disaster – good, bad or indifferent. Just as this phase of the recovery was evolving, the June rains hit impacting a much larger region of Wisconsin than the floods of 2007. It also flooded the fourteen counties that were impacted in 2007 as well. There were many 2007 survivors who were suddenly catapulted back to the start of the long-term recovery process.
To the casual observer the floods came and went and it may seem that things returned to normal without much of a struggle. Through our outreach efforts we have heard a different story. Floods leave their mark and many continue to struggle with the after effects. While the disaster itself was terrifying and traumatic for many survivors, it was just the beginning of a long series of problems. Many continue to cope with constant reminders of the floods, economic hardships and losses that will require further assistance.
A quote taken from Hidden Wounds, Hidden Healing of Disaster written by Lennis G. Echterling, Ph.D. of James Madison University sums up one survivor’s experience years after a flood:
“…I would like to put it behind me, but I can't....We are still finding mud lodged in the cracks in the walls and in the joints of the furniture. We still have mud stains in the pots, pans, and in the Tupperware. We've scrubbed and cleaned but the stains will not come out....A couple of years ago, we found that some of the air ducts still had mud caked in them....Even our birth certificates and the family documents have mud stains on them.”
The hidden mud found throughout homes and belongings serves as a powerful metaphor for the hidden emotional wounds that remain out of sight. We believe that the sharing of one’s experience, strength and hope is what lies at the core of community recovery. Many challenges lie ahead for those impacted by the recent floods. Project Recovery is available to offer support and connect survivors with assistance and resources as they continue the recovery process.Who We Are...
There are thirty counties that are included in
this disaster declaration. Project Recovery includes outreach in those
30
counties (Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac,
Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse,
Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Ozaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock,
Sauk, Sheboygan, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Winnebago).
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