Posted: 10/31/03
Texas Men serves after floods
By Ken Camp
Texas Baptist Communication
Texas Baptist Men in recent days has provided disaster relief to survivors of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina and to flooded South Texas communities.
A chainsaw crew from Collin Baptist Association served two weeks in the area around Raleigh, N.C. The Texas Baptist volunteers helped residents clear damage caused by Hurricane Isabel.
When the lower Rio Grande Valley sustained extensive flooding in a series of heavy rainstorms, Texas Baptists responded with hot meals and a variety of clean-up services.
A food service crew from Lindale set up at Valley Baptist Retreat Center in Mission. The East Texas volunteers prepared 1,900 meals from the small regional disaster response unit.
A 20-member clean-up crew from Bluebonnet Baptist Association worked out of First Baptist Church in Brownsville, helping residents clean their flooded homes and businesses.
They were to be joined by up to 50 other volunteers from the San Antonio area for a weekend “cleaning blitz” Nov. 1.
Volunteers from Austin Association also brought their new laundry service unit to the Rio Grande Valley. The mobile laundry unit is the first vehicle of its type west of the Mississippi and the fourth one in the national Baptist disaster response volunteer network. The custom-made 16-foot tandem-axle trailer includes three washing machines and three dryers, with an on-board generator and propane supply.
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