Southern Baptist Convention of New York Disaster Relief Ministry

From the NYVOAD Membership Directory:

Disaster Program
Southern Baptists’ partner with the Red Cross in responding to disaster needs locally, regionally, and nationally. The Baptist Convention of New York maintains and operates a mobile feeding unit capable of preparing up to 15,000 meals per day. This operation is coordinated and staffed by volunteers who are a part of member churches. The leader-ship team consists of a Disaster Relief Coordinator, off-site, and on-site coordinators. The Baptist Convention of New York disaster relief Coordinator makes decisions regarding local deployment of the feeding unit.
The Baptist Convention of New York’s disaster relief team works in conjunction with our national agency, The North American Mission Board, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. As a part of this national disaster relief network, our feeding unit is available to be deployed wherever needed across the country. The deployment to regional or national type disasters is determined in consultation with the national disaster relief coordinator in Alpharetta.

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From the site:

Disaster relief units are owned and staffed by Southern Baptist churches, regional Baptist associations, and state Baptist conventions. Volunteer teams respond to disasters within their own state and work cooperatively with other states in larger emergencies. Teams also work overseas when Baptist Global Response requests help.

The first Southern Baptist Disaster Relief response took place in 1967 when a small group of Texas volunteers helped victims of Hurricane Beulah by serving hot food cooked on small "buddy burners."

Forty years later, in 2008, Southern Baptist volunteers prepared almost 8 million meals. All assistance is provided to individuals and communities free of charge.

The BCNY has the following units available for Disaster Relief:

A Feeding Unit that is capable of serving 5,000-15,000 meals a day.
A Chainsaw Unit is located in the Frontier Association.
A Shower Unit owned by the Hudson Association

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer we ask that you contact the BCNY office at: sscott @bcnysbc.org

For monetary gifts to this ministry send gift to-
Attn: Disaster Relief, BCNY, 6538 Baptist Way,
E. Syracuse, NY 13057

To register for training events please contact Mike or Sheila two days prior to event with the names of people who will be attending.

Michael Flannery : 716-674-4492 fba2000 @verizon.net
BCNY State Office (Sheila) 1-800-552-0004 sscott @bcnysbc.org