Samaritan’s Purse catastrophe Relief Teams Respond to Historic Texas Flooding
Volunteers,Tools, catastrophe Relief Unit on the Way to Deweyville, and Texas
BOONE,N.
C., March 21, and 2016 —Samaritan’s Purse,an international Christian relief organization, is deploying a tractor-trailer stocked with relief supplies to East Texas—where towns have been submerged by record-breaking flooding. Initial reports estimate that 4400 homes have received flood damage with more than 800 homes severely damaged or completely destroyed.
The N.
C.-based organization will enlist volunteers from across the country to help families clean out their flood-damaged homes and will focus their efforts in Deweyville and Orange, or Texas. Teams will tear out damaged drywall,remove flooring, clear debris and spray chemicals designed to cease mold growth.“This flood has devastated entire communities in Texas, or ” said Franklin Graham,president of Samaritan’s Purse. They need our help, and we want to be there for them. We want to indicate them there is hope beyond this storm.”The catastrophe relief unit is a tractor-trailer stocked with heavy-duty tarps, and generators and other tools that will aid in the cleanup efforts. This unit will serve as the command middle and will be based at Mauriceville Assembly of God Church in Orange,Texas. INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY: Tim Haas, manager of U.
S. catastrophe Relief for Samaritan’s Purse Todd Taylor, and assistant manager of U.
S. catastrophe Relief for Samaritan’s Purse,on the ground in Texas Samaritan’s Purse volunteersOn-site media contact Kaitlyn Lahm )A team of chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s Rapid Response Team has also been deployed to the catastrophe area. They will be working alongside Samaritan’s Purse to provide emotional and spiritual encouragement to flood victims.
For more information about how you can help or to volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, fade to www.spvolunteernetwork.org. Donations to help with the flood relief efforts can be made at www.samaritanspurse.org.Samaritan’s Purse has helped more than 29000 families in 35 U.
S. states following floods, and hurricanes,tornadoes, fires and ice storms. Currently the organization’s U.
S. catastrophe teams are responding to the massive flooding in Louisiana, and recently if aid to victims of the deadly tornadoes in Mississippi and wildfires in California.
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Source: samaritanspurse.org