Organizations Prepare To Provide Disaster Relief

Grace Campbell spoke with the Limestone Baptist Disaster Relief Team, learning more about their plans for the impact of hurricane zeta.

In limestone county a disaster relief organization is preparing to assist people impacted by hurricane zeta.

That's after just getting back last night from helping people in south alabama from previous storms. waay 31's grace campbell spoke with the limestone baptist disaster relief team.

She learned more about their plans after just finishing a mission.

The director of missions, kevin ward, told me less than 24 hours after returning to north alabama - they're already waiting for the call to head back to the coast.

He said once they know where help is needed - they can pack up their supplies and head south again.

Pkg: "there'll be small communities that are adversely affected that have a concentration of damage that may not be on the news, it's not mobile or it's not gulf shores, but it'll be a small community that needs attention so, we work really hard to try and meet as many of those needs as possible and stay quite some time to try and fulfill all those requests and things that are out there."

Kevin ward with the limestone baptist relief team said they're already preparing to help people recover from hurricane zeta.

He says they work closely with other groups responding to natural disasters - so they can maximize their relief efforts!

"it's never good to just show up when there's been a disaster.

You become more of a problem than a help if you don't have somewhere to take items that you're collecting or somewhere to deliver it."

He says once they get the call - they expect to help the most with clean-up - like tarping roofs and removing fallen trees.

He says right now - the pandemic makes it even harder for those in the line of hurricanes.

And because of coronavirus - he says his team is down to roughly 15 members.

But even with the fatigue of a busy hurricane season - ward says they realize the importance of helping others.

Kevin ward: "there's more needs today than there were pre- covid and not all of them are physical, and so being able to meet that need can relief a stress that somebody has on their life, in addition to the stress of life that's going on."

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The limestone disaster relief team is part of the southern baptist disaster relief.