How this will work

By now most of you know that West Ridge Church and Engage Atlanta have partnered with Samaritan’s Purse to provide Disaster Relief to NW Atlanta from the recent floods. The damage done in parts of Hiram, Dallas, Powder Springs, and Austell is unlike anything I have ever seen. The number of homes reported as impacted in Cobb County is more than four times that of the most recent hurricane that came through our area.

The outpouring of love and care in the NW Atlanta community has been astounding. Everyone wants to help, but we don’t always know where to start. In order to make sure we are giving the right kind of help in the right way, we have the trained and experienced professionals from Samaritan’s Purse. Cleaning up debris from contaminated flood waters is not a job to jump into without important information and the right supplies. These things will be provided to every team before they go out by trained SP volunteers from around the country.

Here is how this will work:

If you live in Metro Atlanta and would like to volunteer you can call 678-202-5974 and Samaritan’s Purse will get back to you with volunteer information. Individuals may volunteer, but what we really need are people calling to represent groups. That will help cut down on the volume of calls. You may also e-mail them at disasterresponse3@samaritan.org. Bible studies, Sunday School Classes, Boys Scouts, clubs and civic groups are welcome. Perhaps your small business, or a department from your company would like to take a day off to volunteer. We strongly encourage it. Samaritan’s Purse plans to be with us until mid-October, and we want to make every day count.

We are distributing items that have been received from the local community and lots of friends from around the country. I will post some thanks to them in the days to come. We are also passing those items on to ministries in Cobb and Paulding. If you know of a family in need of clothing, water, juice, blankets or shoes, please send them our way.

For more questions you can contact us at West Ridge Church at outreach@westridge.com.

Everyone Belongs,

Paul