| Current Disaster Relief Status |
| Current Status: Standing Down |
updated Oct. 2, 2008
After four straight weeks of service, Kentucky Baptist disaster relief volunteers have completed their work in Louisiana, Texas and Kentucky as a result of hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
According to Coy Webb, disaster relief associate for the KBC, a total of 349 Kentucky Baptist volunteers helped provide relief following Hurricane Gustav’s landfall on Sept. 1 in Louisiana and Hurricane Ike’s landfall on Sept. 13 in Texas.
The efforts also included relief to damaged areas of Kentucky caused by windstorms related to Hurricane Ike on Sept. 5.
Webb said volunteers working with a feeding unit helped provide a total of 219,081 meals and 37,000 snacks to residents in areas affected by the storms. The group’s shower unit provided more than 2,500 showers, and 129 chainsaw projects were completed.
Other needs:
- If you have a valid, up to date passport and would like to be involved in overseas disaster relief work please let us know.
- Kentucky Baptists are also needed to help with Operation NOAH Rebuild, a construction missions effort in the Orleans East area of New Orleans. Please call BMEN for details.
- A NEED: A Baptist Builder crew is working on a church near Paint Lick (outside of Berea) and the church is in need of a Lord's Supper (or Communion) table. If you know of one that this church could have please contact Mike Montgomery at 270-991-5628 or our office at 866-489-3527.
Kentucky Baptists are part of a larger network of Southern Baptist volunteers trained to respond to disasters by manning mass feeding operations, using chainsaws to clear downed trees and limbs, clear mud out of flooded homes and more.
Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers work in conjunction with other organizations such as the Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As a whole, Southern Baptists compose the third largest relief organization in the United States.
Click here for more information on Disaster Relief.
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