by Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Press Release
OKLAHOMA CITY—As hurricane storms threaten the coastal United States, the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) operation is on standby to assist, with trained volunteers and equipment in the event they are called on to offer disaster relief assistance. According to...
by Staff | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) has worked tirelessly throughout the month of June and into July in Connecticut, Texas, Puerto Rico and now in Colorado. Late May tornadoes and microbursts left communities in Connecticut crippled by large, downed...
by Staff | Apr 24, 2018 | Fire
VICI—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) “ash out” crews are serving families in western Oklahoma after aggressive wildfires that began April 12 swept hundreds of thousands of acres. Don Williams, DR state director, said preliminary DR figures estimate nearly 100...
by Staff | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
WESTERN OKLA.—Dry climate paired with powerful winds combined to make dangerous fire conditions as wildfires swept the state beginning Thurs., April 12. Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) sprang into action immediately to provide aid to those in the line of the...
by Staff | Apr 13, 2018 | Fire, Press Release
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) trainee volunteers have been active in the month of April. According to Don Williams, state DR director for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, volunteers have served in a number of ways. “Our feeding unit from Elk City,...