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Disaster Relief
Current Status: Active
Updated August 30, 2010
Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is responding to flood-recovery efforts in Iowa.
A mud-out team from Fort Thomas is leaving for Altoona, Iowa, tomorrow. That will bring the total number of Kentucky Baptists serving in response to the Iowa floods to 20. Larry Koch is the blue hat supervising these three teams.
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If you are a Facebook user, please join the group for Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief as well as become a fan of the SBC Disaster Relief page for frequent updates.
Contributions
You can contribute to disaster relief efforts in Haiti here. Contributions may be also sent to the KBC, P.O. Box 856300, Dept. 124, Louisville, KY 40285-9900. Please note “Haiti Earthquake” in the check memo.
One hundred percent of funds will be used for relief efforts; none will be used for administrative costs. All funds will be given through the Florida Baptist Convention or used by the Kentucky Baptist Convention to provide resources for food, water, medical supplies, and recovery to those left hurting in Haiti by this devastating disaster. The funds will be distributed by the Florida Baptist Convention through the Haitian Baptist Conventions that are affiliated with Southern Baptists. The Florida Baptist Convention has a long ministry relationship with Haiti.
You can contribute to general disaster relief efforts here.
Training
Interested in becoming a trained disaster relief volunteer? Have you been trained, but need to be re-certified? Check out our upcoming disaster relief training opportunities.What is disaster relief?
When disaster strikes, some of the first to respond to help are Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers. Kentucky has an active disaster relief program which works in concert with similar programs in other states. Whether the disaster occurs in the state of Kentucky or elsewhere in the nation or the world, Kentucky volunteers may be called out to help.
More than 7,000 individuals are trained as disaster relief workers in Kentucky. Kentucky volunteers can staff feeding units designed to deliver thousands of hot meals on short notice, move in with chainsaws to help remove debris, do the dirty work of helping families remove mud from flooded homes and provide many other disaster relief services.
Southern Baptist efforts are correlated primarily with the American Red Cross, and with other private agencies through NVOAD, (the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.)
Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is part of the ministry of the Baptist Men On Mission Department. For more information about the program and training schedule, send e-mail or call 502-489-3401 or 866-489-3527.
