Volunteers will begin working today in Missouri. We are also on the ground in Oklahoma after spring storms and wildfires damaged homes and communities.
Samaritan’s Purse is responding 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 we will begin to deploy volunteers in 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.
Disaster Relief Unit #1 is on its way to Missouri as we prepare to help homeowners clean up after violent storms.
We are also responding 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 on its way to Stillwater to our base of operations at New Covenant Fellowship, 1110 East McElroy Rd. We will receive overnight volunteers starting the afternoon of March 20. Day and overnight volunteers begin work March 21.
Check back here or at spvolunteer.org for updates and volunteer opportunities as they become available. Volunteers serving in the wake of tornadoes will assist homeowners with clearing trees and debris and tarping damaged roofs.
Please be in prayer for those affected by these storms and fires and for safety and God’s guidance for our teams.
