Operation Blessing trucks will be traveling throughout the hurricane-ravaged areas delivering supplies.

Katrina's ferocious winds plowed through trees and structures the entire length of the Gulf Coast.

With the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction still unfolding, Operation Blessing teams are on the ground in the storm-ravaged regions of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Daily, Operation Blessing Hunger Strike Force trucks continue transportation and delivery of emergency equipment, food and supplies to The Salvation Army in support of mass feeding programs in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Satellite Phones have been secured for OBI staff to carry into hardest hit areas where cell service is out. Phones will be made available for free use of storm victims, giving them an opportunity to call loved ones who may not know that they are alive.

Heavy-duty generators have been purchased for Louisiana and Mississippi churches acting as shelters for evacuees in areas where power is out.

Hundreds of cots have also been bought for use in Houston churches acting as evacuee shelters. OBI’s partner Somebody Cares Houston has been given $28,000 for purchase of food, cots, blankets, and hygiene supplies for network of churches housing evacuees.

Operation Blessing funded $25,000 to Church of God Disaster Relief for support of feeding kitchen and debris removal in Gulf Port, Mississippi. Additionally, food and supplies were delivered by OBI to The Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, LA for mass feeding of victims. The Healing Place is also serving as drop-off and distribution point for donations of food and clothing and supporting teams of volunteers for debris removal.

OBI funded $10,000 to Hosanna Church for groceries, food vouchers and baby supplies to be distributed to evacuees in east Houston. Hosanna serves as drop-off point for local food and clothing donations.

Operation Blessing supplied $10,000 to Community in Action for purchase of food vouchers, clothing and baby supplies. This Houston volunteer organization has mobile teams focused on helping evacuees housed in Houston motels and hotels. OBI also funded $10,000 to Somebody Cares Beaumont, TX to assist them in care of 1,200 evacuees housed in Ford Center.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can help by making an online donation toward OBI's disaster relief efforts. With your support, we can continue to provide emergency relief and recovery. Please make an on-line donation today.

 

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