In 2011, the basement of the Matthew 25 Center flooded, and we lost most of our Housewares inventory. We were able to salvage the kitchen wares and some of the bedding/towels/fabric items that were on the top shelves.
All of the electronics were ruined and everything on the bottom shelves was caked with dirt. We lost a good amount of stuff, that is the bad news...but that is also the good news: it's stuff and not people. We can replace stuff slowly.
With a ton of hard work from our volunteers and some students from Guerin, we were able to clean up everything in about a week!