From Franklin Graham: President Trump announced today that they have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. I know the 800,000+ federal workers will be grateful to get back to work! Thank you President Trump for your leadership and for your efforts to protect our nation. Let’s continue to pray…
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Samaritan’s Purse Sends Disaster Response Teams to Alabama After Deadly Tornadoes (Press Release)
BOONE, N.C., March 4, 2019—Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization, has deployed staff, volunteers and a tractor-trailer stocked with tools and supplies to tornado-ravaged Alabama. The powerful storm spawned multiple twisters, killing at least 23 people and leveling entire neighborhoods. It is one of the deadliest storms to strike Alabama in years. The North…
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Press Release Camp Fire 12-10-18
Flames Finally Clear; Samaritan’s Purse Helping California Wildfire Victims Chico, Calif., Dec. 10, 2018 Teams of Volunteers Recover Precious Belongings, Providing Closure After Camp Fire As the Camp Fire raged last month, North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse deployed staff and a tractor-trailer stocked with tools relief supplies to Chico, and immediately began coordinating with local officials,…
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Press Release Camp Fire 11-15-18
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Camp Fire in Northern California Chico, Calif., Nov. 15, 2018 NC-Based Organization Standing By with Tools, Relief Supplies in Butte County Samaritan's Purse is on the ground in Northern California preparing to aid families impacted by the Camp Fire. Already the most deadly and destructive wildfire in state history, it continues…
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Fact Sheet: Samaritan’s Purse
Samaritan's Purse Facts President and CEO William “Franklin” Graham III, son of the late Billy Graham Founded 1970, by Bob Pierce Purpose Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, natural disasters, disease, famine, poverty, and persecution in more than 100 countries, with the purpose of sharing…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Emergency Relief Supplies to Grenada in Response To Hurricane Beryl
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Emergency Relief Supplies to Grenada in Response To Hurricane Beryl BOONE, N.C., July 2, 2024—Today, Samaritan’s Purse sent a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) along with more than 24 tons of life-saving supplies to the Caribbean. The N.C.-based organization stood up an Incident Management Team over the weekend as Hurricane Beryl began…
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Western Kentucky Rebuild photos
Western Kentucky Rebuild These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Mayfield, Kentucky Since the devastating tornado of 2021, Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers have been hard at work…
New Hearts, New Purpose in Mongolia
At first glance, Erdembayar seems like an ordinary 12-year-old boy. He enjoys participating in physical education class at school with his friends as well as riding horses and cooking Korean food, fried rice, and cakes. But up until three years ago, he didn’t have energy for any of these things. For years previously, Erdembayar had…
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A Tribute to the DC-8
!["The Mighty DC-8 has been [God's] instrument taking the Gospel message of Jesus Christ throughout the world," writes Joe Proffitt, a flight engineer with Samaritan's Purse, as the legendary plane is decommissioned.](https://spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud/2025/11/HS-1-320x273.jpg)
My name is Joe Proffitt and I have had the honor and privilege to be a flight engineer aboard this beautiful aircraft, the Mighty DC-8, for the past five and a half years. McDonnell Douglas produced 554 DC-8s. Samaritan’s Purse was blessed to operate the last one registered in the United States. In 2014, during…
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Press Release Central U.S. Tornado Response 05-24-19
Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Staff and Two Disaster Relief Units to Central U.S. Following Deadly Tornados, Flooding BOONE, N.C., May. 24, 2019 Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in the Southern plains after the area was hit by dozens of devastating tornadoes and massive flooding. In the immediate aftermath of the storms, the organization sent staff…
