by Staff | Aug 29, 2017 | Flood, Hurricane, Uncategorized
TEXAS—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) groups are prepared to offer help to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey in coming weeks and months as initial rescue efforts turn to relief efforts. Oklahoma Baptists are working closely with Texas Baptists and other...
by Staff | Aug 28, 2017 | Flood, Hurricane, Severe Storms
EDMOND, OK—Don Williams, Disaster Relief director for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO), has been in close contact for days with officials connected to Hurricane Harvey and the devastating floods in Texas. Williams said the BGCO’s DR will be deploying...
by Staff | Aug 28, 2017 | Flood, Hurricane
Many people have asked about where to go to donate toward disaster relief efforts related to Texas. Over the weekend, a donation page was set up to help with these efforts: https://www.okdisasterhelp.org/donate/ If you are on social media, please follow these two...
by Staff | Aug 25, 2016 | Flood, Press Release
BATON ROUGE, La.—Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers have helped to prepare more than 70,000 hot meals in their first week on the ground in this flood-ravaged city in Central Louisiana. The food is prepared in the mobile BGCO...
by Staff | Aug 22, 2016 | Flood
BATON ROUGE, La.—Despite battling scorching temperatures, soaring humidity and daily downpours of rainfall, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers have worked side-by-side with local volunteers to prepare more than 40,000 hot...
by Staff | Jul 5, 2016 | Flood, Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteers are urgently needed to help clean out the homes of the victims of June 12 flooding in Lawton and Maysville. “These residents cannot afford to pay to have their homes cleaned out,” said Sam Porter, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Disaster Relief...
