C O N T Samaritan's Purse Responds to Monstrous Tornadoes in · 2016-06-18 · Samaritan's Purse...
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Samaritan's Purse Responds to Monstrous Tornadoes in Oklahoma U.S. Disaster Relief Team Deploying to Bring Help to Devastated Communities BOONE, N.C., May 20, 2013—As twisters ripped apart communities near Oklahoma City, Samaritan’s Purse immediately began mobilizing disaster relief experts and resources to send to the area. The North Carolina-based Christian relief organization will be providing emergency assistance, including cleaning and repairing damaged homes. Two Disaster Relief Units are scheduled to deploy before dawn Tuesday from North Wilkesboro, N.C., to travel to Oklahoma. The tractor-trailers are stocked with heavy-duty plastic, chainsaws, generators, and other tools and equipment. The units also will serve as command centers for the response. “Our prayers are with all of those who are suffering because of this massive storm,” said Samaritan’s Purse president Franklin Graham. “We are going to stand by them and do everything we can to help them recover physically, emotionally, and spiritually.” The organization also provided relief in Moore, Oklahoma, after a tornado destroyed more than 1,000 homes in that town in 1999. COVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES • Two Disaster Relief Units will leave at 5:00am, Tuesday May 21, from the Samaritan’s Purse US Disaster Relief headquarters at 411 Elkin Highway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. • Interviews on Skype, phone or in person with Samaritan’s Purse US disaster relief experts • On-site media contact in North Wilkesboro is Melissa Strickland: 828.719.0139 • On-site media contact in Oklahoma is Karina Petersen: 828.773.4666 Samaritan’s Purse staff and volunteers are currently on the ground in Hood County, Texas helping survivors of a tornado that struck there on May 15. The international relief and evangelism organization has helped more than 27,000 families in 31 states in the wake of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, and ice storms. To volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, go to spvolunteernetwork.org. Donations to help victims can be made at samaritanspurse.org. -30- C
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Samaritan's Purse Responds to Monstrous Tornadoes in
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U.S. Disaster Relief Team Deploying to Bring Help to Devastated Communities
BOONE, N.C., May 20, 2013—As twisters ripped apart communities near Oklahoma City, Samaritan’s Purse immediately began mobilizing disaster relief experts and resources to send to the area. The North Carolina-based Christian relief organization will be providing emergency assistance, including cleaning and repairing damaged homes. Two Disaster Relief Units are scheduled to deploy before dawn Tuesday from North Wilkesboro, N.C., to travel to Oklahoma. The tractor-trailers are stocked with heavy-duty plastic, chainsaws, generators, and other tools and equipment. The units also will serve as command centers for the response. “Our prayers are with all of those who are suffering because of this massive storm,” said Samaritan’s Purse president Franklin Graham. “We are going to stand by them and do everything we can to help them recover physically, emotionally, and spiritually.” The organization also provided relief in Moore, Oklahoma, after a tornado destroyed more than 1,000 homes in that town in 1999. COVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES
• Two Disaster Relief Units will leave at 5:00am, Tuesday May 21, from the Samaritan’s Purse US Disaster Relief headquarters at 411 Elkin Highway, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
• Interviews on Skype, phone or in person with Samaritan’s Purse US disaster relief experts
• On-site media contact in North Wilkesboro is Melissa Strickland: 828.719.0139
• On-site media contact in Oklahoma is Karina Petersen: 828.773.4666
Samaritan’s Purse staff and volunteers are currently on the ground in Hood County, Texas helping survivors of a tornado that struck there on May 15. The international relief and evangelism organization has helped more than 27,000 families in 31 states in the wake of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, and ice storms. To volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, go to spvolunteernetwork.org. Donations to help victims can be made at samaritanspurse.org.
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CCONTACT: Karina Petersen 828.278.1081 [email protected]
