September 19, 2024
STATESBORO, Ga. — After assessing the situation in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby, Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief has made the call to deploy to Bulloch and Evans counties to engage in relief operations. One team of GBDR volunteers, Recovery Unit 36r based in the Savannah area and sponsored by the Savannah Baptist Association was already at work last week helping residents by removing fallen trees.
Initial reports indicate as many as 200 homes in the area may have been affected by wind damage and flooding caused by Debby.
Dwain Carter, mission mobilization/Disaster Relief director for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, says the group expects to deploy three recovery units, showers, a volunteer feeding team, an incident management team, chaplains and family support teams. The teams will comprise 40 to 50 volunteers for a period of two to three weeks.
Carter says the team will be based at Southbridge Community Church in Statesboro.
