{"id":79095,"date":"2017-07-18T16:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=79095"},"modified":"2017-07-18T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:15:19","slug":"samaritans-purse-disaster-relief-team-on-the-way-to-help-wisconsin-flood-victims-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/samaritans-purse-disaster-relief-team-on-the-way-to-help-wisconsin-flood-victims-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Samaritan&#8217;s Purse Disaster Relief Team on the Way to Help Wisconsin Flood Victims (Press Release)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Volunteers Join Organization to Bring Aid to Homeowners After Unprecedented Rainfall in Southern Wisconsin\r\n<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>BOONE, N.C., July 17, 2017 &#8212;<\/strong>The North Carolina-based international relief organization Samaritan's Purse is deploying a disaster response team along with a tractor-trailer stocked with tools and emergency supplies to southern Wisconsin. Homeowners in three counties along the Fox River\u2014Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth\u2014are reeling from severe flooding caused by historic rainfall in the area. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The organization\u2019s staff has reached out to local authorities and homeowners in these hard-hit areas and is mobilizing volunteers to\u00a0help families clean out their flood-damaged homes. Teams\u00a0will tear out damaged drywall, remove flooring, clear debris and spray chemicals designed to stop mold growth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>&#8220;Hundreds of Wisconsin families have been affected by these historic floods&#8221;<\/em> dijo Franklin Graham, presidente de Samaritan\u2019s Purse. <em>&#8220;We want to share the hope of Jesus Christ with them by letting them know they are not alone and helping them start to get back on their feet after this devastating disaster.&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The\u00a0tractor-trailer, one of the organization\u2019s Disaster Relief Units, arrived today stocked with heavy-duty tarps, generators and\u00a0other tools that will aid in the\u00a0cleanup efforts. This unit and volunteer teams are based at\u00a0Mt. Zion Community Church in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Samaritan\u2019s Purse\u2019s partner church for the response effort.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h4>MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Tim Haas, manager of U.S. Disaster Relief\u00a0for Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n<li>Randy Corn, program manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n<li>Debra Cooper, asst. program manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n<li>Samaritan\u2019s Purse volunteers<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<p>Chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association\u2019s Rapid Response Team are also helping flood victims in Wisconsin. They will be working alongside Samaritan\u2019s Purse to provide emotional and spiritual encouragement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For more information about how to help or volunteer with Samaritan\u2019s Purse, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/spvolunteer.org\/southeastern-wisconsin-flood-response\">spvolunteernetwork.org<\/a>. Donations to help with the flood relief efforts can be made at <a href=\"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/donation-items\/us-disaster-relief-donation\/\">samaritanspurse.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse has helped more than 29,000 families in 35 U.S. states following floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires and ice storms. Recently the organization provided aid to victims of the tornadoes in Mississippi and floods in Missouri and Louisiana. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-- <p><a href=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2016\/08\/8.15_LA_Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download Press Release<\/a><\/p> -->\r\n\r\n<div style=\"clear:both\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/es\/our-ministry\/newsroom\/\" target=\"\" class=\"sc-button lightblue-button left-button\"><span>RETURN TO NEWSROOM<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volunteers Join Organization to Bring Aid to Homeowners After Unprecedented Rainfall in Southern Wisconsin BOONE, N.C., July 17, 2017 &#8212;The North Carolina-based international relief organization Samaritan's Purse is deploying a disaster response team along with a tractor-trailer stocked with tools and emergency supplies to southern Wisconsin. Homeowners in three counties along the Fox River\u2014Kenosha, Racine, [&#038;hellip","protected":false},"author":86,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-ministry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095","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\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79095"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79102,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095\/revisions\/79102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}