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The Salvation Army has dispatched 110 Mobile Feeding Units (Canteens) to the affected areas.
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The Salvation Army has served over 4,590,359 meals & drinks in the areas affected by Ike.
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The Salvation Army assigned 110 Mobile Feeding Units (Canteens) on duty with over 60 others on stand-by |
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The Salvation Army has 3 Field Kitchens--each capable of producing 20,000 hot meals per day--serving or ready to deploy to the many areas affected
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The Salvation Army has stockpiled 45,000 Cleaning Kits (Broom, bucket, mop & detergent) for distribution
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Salvation Army Officers are providing comfort, spiritual and emotional care to those affected and first responders
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Financial Aid: 5,183 individuals assisted
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Relief workers hours served: 168,893
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Emotional & Spiritual Care: 19,825 individuals prayed with
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» The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) is activated and ready to receive inquiries to reconnect evacuees with their loved ones.
» Salvation Army officers, employees and volunteers serve in two weeks shifts before reinforcements are rotated in an ongoing basis.
» The Salvation Army's long-term recovery operation is still operating three years after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 spurred The Salvation Army's the largest natural disaster response effort in the United States in its 128-year history.
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2008 Hurricane Season
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One of the two construction paper thank you cards we received during our disaster service in Baton Rouge.
Our Volunteer force found encouragement from these cards.
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Great encouragement:
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Valerie Monteith, Texas Division PIO
Christopher Priest, Territorial HeadQuarters Office
Melissa Temme, National HeadQuarters
Xenophon Strategies, national PR consultants
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The Salvation Army's disaster response activities are supported entirely through the generosity of individual and organizational donations. In the early stages of a disaster such as this, the Army acts first on faith to meet the immediate needs of those affected by the storms and responses in hopes that donations will follow to fund a sustained disaster response and recovery operation. Donations can be made at www.salvationarmyusa.org and by phone at 1-800-SAL-ARMY.
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Please note: The Salvation Army is currently unable to accept gifts-in-kind due to logistical challenges of sorting, boxing, palletizing and shipping into a disaster site. At the onset of any disaster, financial donations are key to enabling a fast and targeted emergency response. Financial donations also enable us to bolster the affected community's local economy. |
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