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Press Release Honduras Hurricane Eta Relief 11-1-2020
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Desperately Needed Aid to Hurricane-Ravaged Honduras BOONE, N.C., Nov. 11, 2020—Samaritan’s Purse is airlifting critical aid to Honduras after Hurricane Eta created widespread devastation in Central America. The slow-moving Category 4 storm triggered catastrophic flooding and landslides—leaving hundreds of thousands of families without access to clean water, shelter, or crucial medical care.…
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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…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter December 2023
Franklin Graham Update | December SCORCHED EARTH: Hamas attacked homes like this one with guns and grenades, and then came waves of looters and rapists from the Gaza Strip. FOR MANY IN THE LAND OF THE BIBLE THIS CHRISTMAS IS TOUGH Dear Friend, I was just in Israel where Samaritan's Purse is working to help after the Hamas terrorist attacks…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Three Water Filtration Systems to the Asheville Area, Including Swannanoa
Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Three Water Filtration Systems to the Asheville Area, Including Swannanoa BOONE, N.C., Oct. 4, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse is once again expanding relief efforts in western North Carolina with the deployment of community water filtration systems to Swannanoa and other hard-hit areas. Designed by a Samaritan’s Purse team of engineers, each water system can…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Western North Carolina
Updated Jan. 7: The Emergency Field Hospital has opened in Lenoir, North Carolina, and our medical team is already treating patients from surrounding communities. We expect a steady influx of patients to arrive over the next several days as we help five [now six as of Jan. 18] regional healthcare systems respond to a spike…
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Press Release COVID-19 North Carolina Response First Patient 1-7-2021
Samaritan’s Purse Accepts First Patient at Western North Carolina Emergency Field Hospital BOONE, N.C., Jan. 7, 2021—Today, Samaritan’s Purse opened its 30-bed Emergency Field Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina. The coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed the region’s medical infrastructure and hospitals are over capacity. The field hospital, specialized as a respiratory care unit, will help relieve…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Bridging the Gap in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene damaged the bridge that Tina Palmer used every day to get to her Deep Gap, North Carolina, home on the other side of a creek. Since the September 2024 storm, she has been afraid to even walk over the faltering structure, much less drive across it. Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief recently came…
Bringing Relief to Israeli Families
Samaritan’s Purse teams and ministry partners are offering various forms of relief to the Israeli people following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks that claimed more than 1,200 lives. We are providing 21 new ambulances, including seven that are armor-plated to guard against sniper rounds and other attacks. “Generations to come will remember this help,”…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Airlifting Trauma Supplies to Israel
Update Jan. 29: Trauma kits have been distributed to partners in areas farther from medical services. Franklin Graham was in Israel and dedicated the new ambulances on Jan. 23 to God and in honor of fallen Israeli medics. Update Jan. 15: Our 757 landed safely. The trauma kits have been unloaded and warmly received by…
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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…
