Operation Blessing Responding to
Hurricane Katrina
 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.
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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 take part in Operation
Blessing's ongoing disaster response efforts by
making an online
donation to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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