by Sharon Mager | Dec 3, 2024 | Disaster Relief
Editor’s Note: At The Gathering, during the Cooperative Program presentation, Kris Buckman read a card from a hurricane victim who expressed her thanks to the Maryland/Delaware DR team. Here’s the rest of the story! SPARTANBURG, SC—In November, a...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 22, 2024 | Disaster Relief, Featured
By Sharon Mager SPARTANBURG,SC—In response to Hurricane Helene, Maryland/Delaware Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers have been on the ground, serving victims in South Carolina. Ellen Udovich, BCM/D Ready/ Disaster Relief Missionary, said that at the request of the...
by Sharon Mager | Aug 26, 2024 | Disaster Relief, Featured
By Sharon Mager JARRETTSVILLE, Md. — For the Evans family—Verla, her son Mark, his wife, Harmony, and their daughter Phoebe—Disaster Relief is a family affair. They tirelessly do chainsaw work, clear debris, clean and sanitize basements, and whatever else is needed....
by Sharon Mager | Aug 8, 2024 | Disaster Relief, Evangelism
BARRE, VT — A Disaster Relief team from Blue Ridge Baptist Association and Montgomery Baptist Association recently returned from deployment to Vermont, where they provided flood recovery work in the town of Barre, following Hurricane Beryl. The team worked on ten...
by Sharon Mager | Jan 26, 2024 | Disaster Relief, Featured
NEWARK, De.— Over 200 Disaster Relief (DR) leaders and volunteers from across the nation arrived at Ogletown Baptist Church for the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) Roundtable, Jan. 23-25. The annual training conference/business session was planned this year by...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 27, 2023 | Disaster Relief, Send Relief
In an October 16 report from Coy Webb, the crisis response director for Send Relief, he reported, “The Israeli death toll has surpassed 1400 people, with at least 3,500 more injured since the beginning of the Hamas attacks. Hamas fighters reportedly captured women,...