Samaritan's Purse Volunteers at Work in Storm-Battered States

March 18, 2025 • United States

Our teams are hard at work in Missouri and Oklahoma helping homeowners with clean up and recovery after spring storms and wildfires damaged homes and communities.

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Samaritan’s Purse volunteer teams are hard at work in Missouri and Oklahoma after deadly weekend storms tore across mid-America spawning numerous tornadoes and sparking wildfires.

Disaster Relief Unit #1–a tractor trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment–is in position in Missouri, and volunteers are working hard-hit Poplar Bluff, a community where hundreds of homes were destroyed by powerful twisters. We started deploying volunteers March 19 out of our base of operations at First Baptist Church of Poplar Bluff, 551 N. Westwood Blvd.

Volunteers pray with and encourage homeowners as teams continue to help with tornado clean up in Missouri.

Volunteers pray with and encourage homeowners as teams continue to help with tornado clean up in Missouri.

We are also working in Stillwater and Mannford, Oklahoma, where wildfires destroyed tens of thousands of acres and scorched nearly 100 homes and structures. Disaster Relief Unit #4 is positioned in Stillwater at our base of operations at New Covenant Fellowship, 1110 East McElroy Rd. Volunteer teams are helping homeowners recover belongings from scorched properties.

Check back here or at spvolunteer.org for updates and for additional volunteer opportunities. Please be in prayer for those affected by these storms and fires and for safety and God’s guidance for our teams.

Volunteers are hard at work with clean up in Missouri after violent spring storms.

Volunteers are hard at work with clean up in Missouri after violent spring storms.

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U.S. Disaster Relief A gift to U.S. Disaster Relief equips us to respond to catastrophes like Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters in our nation. Samaritan's Purse mobilizes and equips thousands of volunteers to provide emergency relief to survivors of floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricanes. Wherever we go, we bring comfort and the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the aftermath of major storms, we often stay behind to rebuild houses for people with nowhere else to turn for help.

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