Send Relief: Louisiana Flood begins Oct. 1

BATON ROUGE, La. — Alabama Baptists have another way to continue assisting recovery efforts taking place in Louisiana. The North American Mission Board (NAMB) initiative, Send Relief: Louisiana Flood, begins Oct. 1.

“We’re developing a recovery plan to help Louisiana residents, pastors, churches and other buildings damaged by extreme flooding,” said Mickey Caison, NAMB’s Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) executive director. “The Send Relief plan includes a facility to house 300 volunteers as they aid those in crisis. Another part of what’s in the works concerning this year-long
project [is] collegiate opportunities during students’ Christmas and spring breaks to help serve and rebuild Louisiana.”

The initiative will entail a recovery and rebuild process similar to those NAMB facilitated in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina, Detroit flooding and the Colorado floods and wildfires. While mud-outs, clean-ups and feedings are ongoing now, the one-year recovery plan will move into the rebuild stage.

To be part of the effort, churches, groups and individuals can visit namb.net and click on the Louisiana Flood icon. From there they will be able to schedule the dates for their visit. While housing and meals are provided onsite, there is a fee for each participant. (BP)