{"id":266975,"date":"2025-12-08T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=266975"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:10:54","slug":"pr-kentucky-12-4-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-kentucky-12-4-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: 18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan\u2019s Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id=\"text-only\" class=\"press-release\">\r\n            <article class=\"space-large\">\r\n                <header>\r\n                    <hgroup class=\"space-small\">\r\n                        <h1>18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan's Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood<\/h1>\r\n                    <\/hgroup>\r\n                <\/header>\r\n                <div class=\"space\">\r\n                    <p><strong>BOONE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2025 &mdash;<\/strong>Three years ago, catastrophic flooding tore through eastern Kentucky\u2014claiming more than 40 lives and leaving entire communities devastated. This Friday, just in time for Christmas, Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, will be in Knott County to welcome 18 families into brand-new homes built and provided at no cost by the Christian, international disaster relief organization. The dedication will mark a significant milestone in the region's long road to recovery and a powerful example of God's love and hope for the families still&nbsp;recovering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Samaritan's Purse constructed these homes in the Chestnut Ridge neighborhood, a 57-lot subdivision being built from the ground up to restore stability, hope, and to show these families who lost everything that God has not forgotten them. Thirteen homes are move-in ready, with five additional homes scheduled to be dedicated next week after final inspections. Each fully furnished home\u2014built by Samaritan's Purse staff and dedicated volunteers\u2014stands as a tangible expression of God's love and faithfulness. Samaritan's Purse has committed to fully furnishing every home in the Chestnut Ridge community.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p><i>\u201cWe thank God for the opportunity to dedicate these 18, newly built homes in Jesus' Name,\u201d said <a href=\"\/es\/media\/bio-franklin-graham\/\">Franklin Graham<\/a>, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse. \u201cThese families have endured unimaginable loss and many fled with only the clothes on their backs. We want them to know they are not forgotten. God loves them and He has not left their side. I pray each of these homes becomes a blessing to their families for generations to&nbsp;come.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Samaritan's Purse and its army of volunteers responded to the flooding in 2022, helping more than 620 families mud out flooded homes, clear debris and recover from the storm. More than 2,000 volunteers served over 54,000 hours over the course of three months. Following the disaster response, Samaritan\u2019s Purse launched its rebuild&nbsp;program.<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p><strong>Cu\u00e1ndo:<\/strong> Friday, December 5th at 1pm<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p><strong>D\u00f3nde:<\/strong> Chestnut Ridge Subdivision<\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p style=\"margin-top:0\">450 Kenny Champion Loop, Leburn, KY <i>(when following GPS, this address will take you to the sports complex right beside the subdivision. Samaritan's Purse will have our teams visible.)<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <aside class=\"card width-62ch\">\r\n                        <article>\r\n                            <h2>Oportunidades para los medios<\/h2>\r\n                            <ul>\r\n                                <li>Interview Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Interview Luther Harrison, vice president of U.S. Rebuild<\/li>\r\n                                <li>Interview families who are receiving keys to their new homes<\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                            <footer>\r\n                                <a class=\"primary button\" href=\"\/es\/media\/media-response-form\/\">Formulario de solicitud de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n<\/a>\r\n                            <\/footer>\r\n                        <\/article>\r\n                    <\/aside>\r\n\r\n                    <hr>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"small width-62ch\">Based in Boone, North Carolina, Samaritan's Purse responds to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations\u2014especially in locations where few others are working. Led by President and CEO Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse works in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease, poverty, famine, and persecution. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/\">SamaritansPurse.org\/espanol<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n             <\/article>\r\n         <\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan's Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood BOONE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2025 &mdash;Three years ago, catastrophic flooding tore through eastern Kentucky\u2014claiming more than 40 lives and leaving entire communities devastated. This Friday, just in time for Christmas, Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, will be in Knott County to [&hellip","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[672],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266975"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266986,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266975\/revisions\/266986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}