St. Luke's
flood
response

Here are three ways to help today: give, gather supplies, or show up and serve.

Floodwater in an Indianapolis neighborhood
Tonight · 5–6:30 p.m.

Free warm meal for flood-affected neighbors

You don't have to do this alone, and you don't have to do it hungry either. A free meal served in the parking lot at our Midtown campus. First come, first served.

WhenTonight, 5–6:30 p.m.
WhereSt. Luke's Midtown, 6185 Guilford Ave., Indianapolis
WhoAnyone impacted by flooding or in need of a meal
CostFree
01 · Give

Make a financial gift

Note your gift for Disaster Relief. Money moves fastest — it buys what each family actually needs.

Give to Disaster Relief
02 · Gather

Donate cleaning supplies

Buy one item, several, or a full flood bucket. Drop off at the church starting tomorrow.

See the Supply List
03 · Serve

Assemble and deliver

Sign up to be notified about bucket assembly and delivery opportunities over the next weeks.

Sign Up to Serve
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Flood bucket supply list

Exact items

Drop-off

Bring supplies to the church starting tomorrow. Look for the Disaster Relief collection bins inside the main entrance.

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Check items off as you shop. 

Download the full UMCOR cleaning kit list (PDF)

Assembly & delivery

Be there when the buckets go out

We'll assemble buckets at the church and drive them where they're needed. Sign up and we'll notify you as dates and delivery runs are set over the next weeks.

Sign Up for Updates
September 12

Early Response Team training

Flooding will happen again. Certified Early Response Team members are the ones allowed on site in the first days after a disaster. Train once, and you're ready for the next call.

Register for Training

If you or someone you know has been displaced because of the floods, here are places you can get help right now.

Shelter · with pets
Broad Ripple Park Family Center
1426 Broad Ripple Ave.
Shelter · without pets
American Red Cross shelter
Washington Township Schools Adult Education facility, 8401 Westfield Blvd.

Need help evacuating? Text INDYFLOOD26 to 67283, or call the city's non-emergency line at 317-327-3811.

For families and volunteers

Helping kids through a flood

Children and youth process a disaster differently than adults do. These free resources come from Child Life Disaster Relief — how to explain a flood at each age, ways to cope, activity sheets for expressing feelings, and guidance for caregivers, volunteers and first responders, including support for neurodiverse kids.

Handout · PDF Floods: a disaster handout What to say to children about a flood, and what they may need from you afterward. Handout · PDF Facts about flooding Plain answers to the questions kids ask about why a flood happens. Activity · PDF Listen, discuss, practice, reflect An activity sheet that gives children a way to name what they are feeling. Reference guide · PDF Child development guide: for everyone How children and youth respond by age, and what their adults can do. Reference guide · PDF Child development guide: for first responders For volunteers and responders working around children on site — how to support their development in the middle of a disaster response.

Resources courtesy of Child Life Disaster Relief. Free to print and share with families, youth, caregivers and volunteers.