SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE FLORENCE RESPONSE Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to hard-hit New Bern, North Carolina, today, thanking volunteers for their service and encouraging and praying with storm-weary homeowners. He visited multiple home cleanup sites in the afternoon, personally greeting volunteers and asking them a little about themselves. He thanked…
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College Students Serve Jacksonville Family Suffering After Hurricane Florence
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE FLORENCE RESPONSE Glass shards were sprinkled across the floor, the furniture was wet, and nearly all the toys and clothes were molded and ruined. Ceiling insultation had spilled out across the room with such force that “it looked like snow. White was everywhere,” said Leah Summers. “I can’t…
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Franklin Graham Encourages Pastor in Lahaina
Franklin Graham traveled to fire-ravaged Maui on Saturday to encourage homeowners who lost their homes to the wildfires in August. He surveyed the horrific damage in Lahaina, where Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are hard at work sifting through ashes for homeowners in search of treasured mementos—and closure. “A fire ripped through this area just destroying homes,…
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Franklin Graham Travels to Emergency Field Hospital in the Bahamas
Franklin Graham came to Grand Bahama on Monday, Sept. 16, to oversee Samaritan’s Purse medical relief efforts on the island nation ravaged by Hurricane Dorian in early September. Graham visited with patients at our Emergency Field Hospital, including Kristna Thompson, a man suffering from congestive heart failure, and Glen Bartlett, who is ill with a…
Franklin Graham in Florida to Encourage Homeowners and Volunteers
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to Lee County, Florida, on Thursday, Oct. 6, where Hurricane Ian took dead aim last week and pummeled the Fort Myers area as a Category 4 storm. More than 100 people were killed, and at least hundreds of homes were either ripped apart or flooded. One resident described it…
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Samaritan’s Purse Provides Ambulances in Honor of Fallen Israeli Medics
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham joined hundreds of Israeli citizens on Jan. 23 to dedicate 14 new ambulances for Magen David Adom, the nation’s emergency medical services provider. Graham honored the sacrifices of 19 members of Magen David Adom who have been killed since Oct. 7, the start of the current Israel-Hamas war. “We don’t…
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Volunteers Hard at Work on Maui
UPDATE (Aug. 18): Samaritan’s Purse teams began serving in Kula yesterday at the home of Paul and Marina, who lost the house they were renting in the blaze. During the day as volunteers worked, an additional fire popped up in the woods on the property and they extinguished the flames. The team also cut down…
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Franklin Graham Travels to Israel to Help with Relief After October Massacre
Israel is a nation in trauma. Shockwaves reverberated throughout the world when Hamas attacked civilian communities in southern Israel on Oct. 7, slaughtering people of all ages and taking more than 200 hostages. Entire villages now lie empty as the survivors have been forced to flee their homes. With the growing threat of violence in…
