Photos and videos of work in Brooklyn, NY
Videos are from Dennis Ingram, Disaster Relief volunteer from Riverview Baptist Church in the Bixby/Tulsa Association. You can view more of his videos here.
Longest continuous deployment of Oklahoma Baptist disaster relief efforts in group’s 40 year history
Teams have helped Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Isaac and wildfire victims nationwide OKLAHOMA – When others may have forgotten the people affected by recent natural disasters, Oklahomans have been quietly assisting the needy through the Baptist General Convention of...
Photo slideshow from Hurricane Sandy clean up in Brooklyn, NY
Photo/Video curtesy of David Crowell
Oklahoma Baptists Making Huge Impact After Sandy
Dear Oklahoma Baptists, Below you will read a brief interview with Sam Porter, who leads Oklahoma Disaster Relief. Oklahoma Baptists were on the ground and serving the people in the Northeast as soon as we were given clearance to do so. Since that time, thousands of...
Oklahoma Baptist disaster relief teams deployed to help Hurricane Sandy victims
OKLAHOMA CITY – Up to 100 volunteers from the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief team will be deployed to help with the cleanup from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The teams are heading to a staging area in Middleton,N.Y.before heading to New York City with the...
Southern Baptists’ Disaster Relief Volunteers Assist Amid Hurricane Sandy
Oklahoma Baptists on standby to help OKLAHOMA CITY--Oklahoma Baptists, whose disaster relief volunteers have responded to wildfires, hurricanes and tornadoes in 2012, are on standby to assist in the wake of any damage related to Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast. "We...
Louisiana Disaster Response Update
I returned Sunday night from New Orleans and the need for disaster response is still great there. I am predicting about two more weeks of food service. Strangely enough, there is not much tree damage, so no chain saws are needed this time. Volunteers are still needed...
Help is on the Way to Louisiana
75-plus Oklahoma Baptist disaster volunteers leave to New Orleans, Baton Rouge In the wake of Hurricane Isaac, Oklahoma Baptists are sending more than 75 volunteers to the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas to assist in multiple ways. “We will help serve more...
Baptists Ready to Respond to Hurricane Isaac
Relief efforts for wildfire continue OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Baptists disaster relief volunteers, who have been involved in the response to Oklahoma wildfires, are on standby for Louisiana disaster relief officials to help with any aftermath from Hurricane Isaac....
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief Ready to Respond to Isaac
Seven years to the very day that hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast, tropical storm Isaac is on track to hit the very same area of Louisiana. Following Katrina, Oklahoma Baptists spent four and a half months in New Orleans providing emergency food service,...