ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers continue as the major supplier of hot meals to the American Red Cross for distribution to search and rescue workers and others in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Volunteer chaplains and pastoral counselors also are at work alongside other Disaster Relief units and in a variety of other locations.
Here are some of the pertinent facts regarding the response as of 9 a.m., Sept. 19:
Total volunteers: 1,143 (including replacement workers).
Meals prepared: 73,659.
Locations and units activated:
— Pentagon parking lot, Washington, D.C. North Carolina mobile kitchen.
— New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn. Mobile kitchens from New York and Virginia. Mobile shower unit from North Carolina. Communication unit from South Carolina.
— United Parcel Service terminal, Manhattan. Mobile kitchen and shower unit from Tennessee.
— City-owned warehouse, Brooklyn. Mobile kitchen from Kentucky, shower unit from Tennessee.
— Raritan Baptist Church, Edison, N.J. Staging area for all incoming volunteers, staffed by a communication unit from Georgia.
— Chaplains are assigned at various locations in New York, including the Comfort Center for family members of victims and the morgue adjacent to the World Trade Center site. Thirteen chaplains are currently in New York, including teams from South Carolina and Oklahoma.
— Donors from 33 states have given more than $35,633 for the disaster relief response online at www.namb.net/dr. One hundred percent of those gifts will be used for disaster relief in the field, not for administration. Checks designated for Disaster Relief also may also be sent to NAMB by mail to P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543. Phone inquiries may be directed to 1-888-440-6262.
The Southern Baptist Disaster Relief network, which includes more than 20,000 trained volunteers, is coordinated nationally by the North American Mission Board in cooperation with state Southern Baptist conventions. For more information and updates, visit www.namb.net/dr.
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(BP) photos posted in the BP Photo Library at https://www.bpnews.net. Photo titles: HOT FOOD and MINISTRY OF PRESENCE.
