{"id":94644,"date":"2018-07-23T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T17:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=94644"},"modified":"2018-07-23T13:16:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T17:16:52","slug":"samaritans-purse-teams-help-victims-of-central-iowa-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/samaritans-purse-teams-help-victims-of-central-iowa-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Samaritan&#8217;s Purse Disaster Response Teams on the Way to Help Victims of Central Iowa Tornadoes (Press Release)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--<h3><\/h3>-->\r\n\r\n<p><strong>BOONE, N.C., July 21, 2018&#8212;<\/strong>In response to Thursday\u2019s destructive tornadoes in central Iowa,\r\ninternational Christian relief organization Samaritan\u2019s Purse has deployed disaster response\r\nspecialists and a tractor&ndash;trailer full of relief supplies to Marshalltown, Bondurant and Pella&mdash;cities\r\nhardest hit by the storms. Teams are currently assessing how to best meet the physical and spiritual\r\nneeds of affected families. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>\u201cMany families are devastated by the twisters that tore through their communities Thursday\r\nafternoon,\u201d said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse. \u201cWe are on the ground helping\r\nthem recover from the storm. Please pray for these families as we share the love of Jesus Christ with\r\nthem in their time of need.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse will mobilize volunteers from across the country to help families pick up the pieces\r\nand recover from the storm. Volunteers will clear debris, remove downed trees, tarp roofs and\r\nsalvage homeowners\u2019 personal belongings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Evangelical Free Church of Marshalltown, Iowa, will serve as the base of operations for staff and\r\nvolunteers helping tornado victims recover.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Todd Taylor, assistant manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan's Purse, on the ground in\r\nMarshalltown, Iowa<\/li>\r\n<li>Randy Corn, program manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan's Purse, on the ground in\r\nMarshalltown, Iowa<\/li>\r\n<li>Tim Haas, manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan's Purse, coordinating the response<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>Chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Rapid Response Team will be working\r\nalongside Samaritan's Purse to provide emotional and spiritual encouragement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For more information about how to help or volunteer with Samaritan's Purse, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spvolunteer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">spvolunteer.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"height:25px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h4>Acerca de Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse is an international Christian relief organization that has helped more than 40,000\r\nfamilies in 36 U.S. states following hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires and ice storms. Over the past\r\nyear, disaster response teams helped more than 4,600 families in Texas and Florida recover from\r\nHurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, and aided tornado victims in Alabama, North Carolina and\r\nConnecticut.<\/p>\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":"BOONE, N.C., July 21, 2018&#8212;In response to Thursday\u2019s destructive tornadoes in central Iowa, international Christian relief organization Samaritan\u2019s Purse has deployed disaster response specialists and a tractor&ndash;trailer full of relief supplies to Marshalltown, Bondurant and Pella&mdash;cities hardest hit by the storms. 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