Compiled by B&R staff
Sandra Williams, left, of Sullivan Baptist Church, Kingsport, and Shelley Self of First Baptist Church, Alcoa, work the feeding unit at a recent Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief project.
While many Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from a number of TBC churches have been working in various places in Tennessee in response to the flooding that struck the state in February, other DR personnel have been continuing to work elsewhere around the country and in Puerto Rico and Dominica.
Here’s a look at just some of the projects and recovery efforts that are taking place:
• Hamblin County ETN-Nolachucky Volunteers have worked with Hardin County EM to pump over 50,000,000 gallons of water out of housing areas with nowhere for the water to go.
• Holston Valley Volunteers worked in the Sneedville area to give access to people who were cut off.
• Knox County volunteers continue to do mud out and spraying on homes affected by the floods. They have completed over 50 projects with more to go.
• Units from Hamilton County have worked on mud out projects in Spring City and are now working on projects in Hamilton County.
• Cumberland Volunteers have worked projects in Cheatham, Stewart and Holston Counties and assisted in getting help for a project in Dickson County.
• Volunteers from Bledsoe Association have worked projects in Trousdale and Cumberland Counties.
• Maury Baptist Association sent a crew to work in Hamblin County.
• New Duck River Association assessed needs in their area.
• Beech River Association volunteers have been working projects in Decatur County.
• Haywood Association and Woodland Baptist Church volunteers have been working in the town of Saltillo and Hamblin County.
• Texas Baptist Men have set up and are overseeing an operation out of Adamsville, FBC to work in the Savannah, Hamblin County areas. They are hosting teams from Texas, Kentucky and local volunteers.
