Media
Press Release Alabama Tornado 3-4-19
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Disaster Response Teams to Alabama After Deadly Tornadoes 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…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Starts Five-Site Response to Hurricane Helene
For the latest information, please go to our Hurricane Helene overview page. — Samaritan’s Purse is responding in five locations across four states after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the Southeast. Helene tore through western North Carolina, dumping extreme rainfall—more than 2 feet in some areas—and causing terrible flash flooding. Some parts of the region…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter January 2025
Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January Medical Mission of Mercy Dear Friend, A TERRIBLE CIVIL WAR CONTINUES TO RIP SUDAN APART. Rival factions, armed and supported by foreign powers, are committing horrible crimes against the people as they wrestle for control of the country. In some areas, people are starving. In other areas—where there is relative peace—basic services are…
Operation Christmas Child
Colombian, Venezuelan Children Receive Shoebox Gifts at Easter
On Easter weekend, April 19-20, hundreds of children in the Colombia-Venezuela border city of Cúcuta, Colombia, heard about Jesus’ love for them through Operation Christmas Child. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, joined one of our church partners in Cúcuta to present the Gospel and hand out Operation Christmas…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter February 2024
Franklin Graham Update | February Franklin Graham Update | February New AmbulancesHonor Israel's Heroes Dear Friend, I've just returned from Jerusalem, where I had the incredible privilege of dedicating 14 new ambulances in memory of the brave medics who were killed as they worked heroically to save lives after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. WORKING TOGETHER: It was an honor for me to…
Crisis & Disaster Response
2023 Spring Storms Disaster Response
Overview Articles & Podcasts Photos Videos Responding to Spring Storms U.S. Disaster Relief 013622 $ Give Volunteer Helping Homeowners After Spring Storms Hit Central States Storms spawning waves of tornadoes hit the central states on consecutive weekends in late March into April. Samaritan’s Purse initially responded to seven locations across four of the central states—Arkansas, Indiana,…
Media
Hurricane Dorian Relief Press Kit
← Media Resources Photos B-roll Press Releases Approved Quotes Fact Sheets Web Banner Ads Media Contact Kaitlyn Lahm (828) 406-0365 klahm@samaritan.org Hurricane Dorian Relief Press Kit Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a devastating Category 5 storm—one of the most powerful on record. The hurricane left complete destruction in its wake. Samaritan's Purse is providing clean…
Operation Christmas Child
Spreading Good News and Great Joy in Cambodia
Franklin Graham joined local church leaders in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with boys and girls while delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to them at a recent Operation Christmas Child outreach event in Cambodia’s capital. Eight-year-old Votey received a shoebox, making her one of more than 1 million children in Cambodia to receive such a gift…
Media
Press Release Earnestine Reese 12-18-19
Samaritan’s Purse Gives Keys to a Brand-New Home to Alabama Tornado Survivor BOONE, N.C., Dec. 18, 2019 Just in Time for Christmas, Earnestine Reese, Who Became Famous for Her Prayer Closet, Is Welcomed Home Despite losing everything in the deadly March tornadoes, Alabama homeowner, Earnestine Reese, thanked God. Her story made national headlines when the only…
Media
Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations
Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations Additional Medical Support to Provide Surge Capacity as Search and Rescue Efforts Continue BOONE, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has begun emergency airlift operations in western North Carolina to help people who have been cut off from access to basic…
