SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN CALIFORNIA Samaritan’s Purse has staff on the ground in Northern California’s Butte County, with one of our disaster relief units—a tractor trailer packed with tools and equipment—standing by. We will help homeowners sift for valuables and remove debris just as soon as local authorities allow us entrance. Billy Graham Rapid…
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SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER: Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Deadly Fires in Northern California
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Deploys to Help Families Impacted by Deadly Tornadoes in Iowa
Samaritan’s Purse Deploys to Help Families Impacted by Deadly Tornadoes in Iowa Boone, N.C. May 23, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has staff on the ground in southwest Iowa responding after a dangerous storm system produced numerous tornadoes, large hail and heavy rain across the state on Tuesday. One powerful twister nearly flattened the heart of Greenfield, Iowa,…
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Free Lunches for Furloughed Federal Employees
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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Newsletter January 2024
Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January AFTER the SHOEBOX... The Greatest Journey Begins Dear Friend, As I write this, more than 11 million Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts are just beginning their journey—crossing oceans, mountains, and deserts—to delight children in more than 100 countries around the world. We thank God for everyone who prayerfully packed these gifts, and we…
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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 & 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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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…
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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…
