Louisiana Disaster Response Update
I returned Sunday night from New Orleans and the need for disaster response is still great there. I am predicting about two more weeks of food service. Strangely enough, there is not much tree damage, so no chain saws are needed this time. Volunteers are still needed...
Help is on the Way to Louisiana
75-plus Oklahoma Baptist disaster volunteers leave to New Orleans, Baton Rouge In the wake of Hurricane Isaac, Oklahoma Baptists are sending more than 75 volunteers to the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas to assist in multiple ways. “We will help serve more...
Baptists Ready to Respond to Hurricane Isaac
Relief efforts for wildfire continue OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Baptists disaster relief volunteers, who have been involved in the response to Oklahoma wildfires, are on standby for Louisiana disaster relief officials to help with any aftermath from Hurricane Isaac....
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Ready to Respond to Isaac
Seven years to the very day that hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast, tropical storm Isaac is on track to hit the very same area of Louisiana. Following Katrina, Oklahoma Baptists spent four and a half months in New Orleans providing emergency food service,...
Oklahoma Fire recovery update 114,00 acres burned 603 homes destroyed
The fires have slowed down but the cleanup /recovery effort is A BLAZE! Thus far the “army” of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have completed approximately 98 home sites after the first full week of “Ash Out” Recovery. The fires burned 114,000 acres of...
Urgent need for ash out help!
In the aftermath of the recent Oklahoma wild fires, the total number of families needing ash-out help has risen to 282 across the state. We really need an army of volunteers on the ground everyday for the next month to accomplish this task. I am calling upon every...
Messenger Insight 150 – Oklahoma Wildfire Response
The BGCO’s Sam Porter gives an update on Oklahoma Baptists disaster relief efforts. Messenger Insight 150 - Oklahoma Wildfire Response
Oklahoma Baptists Spring to Action in Wildfires, Seek to Raise Funds for Relief
OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Baptists are making a huge impact in the devastation from Oklahoma Wildfires through disaster relief volunteers and a wildfire relief fund. “Our feeding units have been serving victims of the fires and volunteers during this critical time, and...
Oklahoma Baptists Assist in Wildfire Disaster Relief Work in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Baptist disaster relief volunteers, who for weeks have been assisting in Colorado and New Mexico, are helping in the wake of Oklahoma Wildfires. “We have assessors and chaplains on the ground talking to home owners about what we can do to help,...