A caravan including Salvation Army mobile feeding units and a Southern Baptist field kitchen will depart from Texas with over 6,000 pre-made meals and begin feeding Saturday.Each one of these can feed 500-1,500 people per day.The Salvation Army has as many as 37 canteens (mobile feeding units) and one field kitchen ready to mobilize across the impacted area immediately after the worst effects of the storm are realized.It’s also about providing long-term emotional and spiritual care to disaster survivors as much as we can, because sometimes the recovery on the inside can be harder than the recovery on the outside.”ĭisaster response updates can be found below: “It’s about helping people to get their houses and their communities rebuilt. “Disaster relief is always about the long game,” said Bob Myers, Emergency Disaster Services director for The Salvation Army's USA Eastern Territory. Many of the communities being served are the same ones who have been dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria which made landfall five years ago. On the second front of the recent explosion of hurricane activity, The Salvation Army is continuing to meet the needs of Hurricane Fiona survivors and first responders in Puerto Rico by providing a wide range of emergency services. With the public’s generous support, we will be able to serve this community for as long as we are needed.” “This storm has the potential to bring impacts to the west coast of Florida not seen for nearly a century - if ever. “We are carefully monitoring Hurricane Ian and have mobile feeding units and disaster response teams along the Florida coast prepared to respond,” said Major Todd Hawks, Community Relations and Development secretary for The Salvation Army’s USA Southern Territory.
With the entire state of Florida now under a state of emergency and about 1 million residents planning to evacuate ahead of landfall, The Salvation Army is positioning resources and personnel to respond to widespread need as efficiently as possible. Main concerns include a heavy storm surge leading to severe flooding conditions along the coastline. If Hurricane Ian stays on its projected path, it will mark the first direct impact of a hurricane in the area since 1921. Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm the night of Wednesday, Sept. Ian comes just days after Hurricane Fiona ravaged Puerto Rico, where The Salvation Army is still serving survivors and first responders. 28, 2022) - The Salvation Army is preparing resources and personnel to meet the immediate needs of survivors and first responders ahead of Hurricane Ian’s potentially historic landfall in Florida. While we work hard to provide accurate and up to date information that we think you will find relevant, Forbes Home does not and cannot guarantee that any information provided is complete and makes no representations or warranties in connection thereto, nor to the accuracy or applicability thereof.The Salvation Army Prepares for Hurricane Ian as Fiona Relief ContinuesĬompounding disaster preparation and response efforts make community support vitalĪLEXANDRIA, Va. The compensation we receive from advertisers does not influence the recommendations or advice our editorial team provides in our articles or otherwise impact any of the editorial content on Forbes Home. Second, we also include links to advertisers’ offers in some of our articles these “affiliate links” may generate income for our site when you click on them. This site does not include all companies or products available within the market. The compensation we receive for those placements affects how and where advertisers’ offers appear on the site. First, we provide paid placements to advertisers to present their offers. This compensation comes from two main sources.
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