Travel Reimbursement Policy
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Disaster Relief
DR Deployment Resources
Going on a deployment with a DR unit? Here is info to help you get ready: “What to Take” Checklist – a guide for thinking through what you’ll need to take with you on a deployment. Personal Information Form – this form is to be completed, signed, and given to your Unit Leader upon departure
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Turkey/Syria Earthquake
Turkey’s disaster agency has appealed for help from the international community as it conducts search and rescue operations in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry organization, is coordinating a response and has deployed initial assessment teams. Send Relief has released funds to those teams for
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Blessed by SCBaptists
A lifetime Florida resident, Jose Sanchez says he was “blessed to be helped with the removal of wet tile and drywall” after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian impacted him on a personal level. Although his house was built per flood regulations in Florida, he says “this has turned out to be about five feet
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Shining A Light Through Disaster Relief
Pastor Dan Fogle of Rosemary Baptist Church in Williston, South Carolina led a Chainsaw Unit from the Barnwell Bamberg Baptist Association to Arcadia, Florida after the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. Teams worked on tarping roofs and moving and cutting up debris left in the storm’s wake. “We’re doing this to honor our Lord and
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Disaster Relief: 2022 in Review
Until the peak of hurricane season arrived, 2022 was a fairly calm year for responding to disaster events, for which we all can be thankful! A big focus for South Carolina Disaster Relief (SCDR) in the early months of the year was the arrival of new state Disaster Relief director Susan Peugh upon the retirement
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FL Residents Encouraged by Disaster Relief Volunteers
In addition to the physical help, our volunteers also provide spiritual and emotional care to disaster survivors. After Hurricane Ian, SC volunteers made nearly 800 ministry contacts – spiritual conversations, prayer, giving tracts or Bibles – with Florida residents. Three people accepted Christ as Savior as a result! In the entire Hurricane Ian response, including
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Happy to Serve with Disaster Relief
Regina Ray is from the upstate of South Carolina. After hearing about a Disaster Relief training session a couple of years ago, something moved within her spirit. “I felt like this is what I’m supposed to do,” she said. Since then, she’s been deployed with a DR team five times, most recently to Florida after
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DR Training Dates for 2023
Two state-wide Disaster Relief Trainings are scheduled for this year. April 1, 2023 – Northwood Baptist Church, North Charleston. Register by March 22 – click HERE for more details. October 14, 2023 – Catawba Baptist Church, Rock Hill Additionally, the following specialized trainings will be held: Chaplain training – May 19-20, 2023. Because of the
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