Operation Compassion’s Continued Hurricane Response
While Operation Compassion continues sending supplies to Houston in response to Hurricane Harvey, the survivors of Hurricane Irma are also being attended. With the whole state of Florida being affected in some manner by Hurricane Irma, Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent organization with roots in the Church of God, began deliveries on the Saturday before Irma even cleared the state. Since then, Operation Compassion has sent 29 trucks of supplies and products to 18 disaster relief sites across Florida’s peninsula.
The following is Operation Compassion’s disaster relief response to date:
Hurricane Harvey – Texas
18 distribution centers
8 warehouses
10 churches
38 trucks delivered and scheduled for delivery
72 semi-trailers staged
9 non-profit partners participating
2 mobile commercial kitchens
53’ freezer trailer provided to Mercy Chefs
53’ dry trailer provided to Church of God of Prophecy
1 shower trailer provided to Baymont Church of God
140 Chaplains
Hurricane Irma – Florida
6 distribution centers
29 trucks delivered
18 additional perspective sites
40 semi-trailers staged
25 box trucks leased for deliveries
Hurricane Irma – Tortola, British Virgin Islands
85% of island destroyed
Government shut down
Government buildings and schools destroyed
40’ containers being prepared and staged for shipping
With a disaster relief effort of this magnitude, Operation Compassion needs continued financial support. To join Operation Compassion in assisting our neighbors that are suffering, please use one of the following giving methods:
www.operationcompassion.org (givedirect button); call your donations to: 423.728.3932; or mail donations to: Operation Compassion, 114 Stuart Road, NE PMB 370, Cleveland, TN 37312.
