Tornado Disaster Relief

If you need help…!

If you are a member of the 29:11 family and you need work assistance on projects related to your home or more general assistance as a result of the storms, please contact us HERE.


WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP TORNADO VICTIMS

PRAY

People have lost family members and treasures like family pictures and heirlooms. Others have lost that sense of security and safety. Those things can never be replaced. No amount of money or labor will bring them back. So those affected need our prayers as much as our giving and assistance.

Pray for peace. Pray that God will help those, especially children, who have lost family members. Pray that God connects them with the help they need. Pray for those who are missing to be found alive. Pray for the responders, emergency workers and relief teams going throughout the southeast. And pray for opportunity to have impact yourself.


GIVE

The Red Cross provides temporary shelter to those who lost their homes in the tornado as well as food, blood and other relief supplies. You can donate to the Red Cross by texting REDCROSS to 90999, adding $10 automatically to your cell phone bill. Or visit http://www.redcross.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Samaritan’s Purse is sending two Disaster Relief Units to Alabama to help victims of the storms. For more information, to make a donation, or volunteer to help, call (828) 262-1980 or visit http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php.

Donate Blood – Call the American Red Cross at (888) 795-2707 or visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation to find the closest donation site to you.


This Sunday, May 1st, at Church 29:11, we'll be collecting donations for the relief efforts.
• In the morning services, we'll be receiving a special offering for disaster response. Write your checks out to "Church 29:11" and in the memo line put “Disaster Response."
• Another way you can help is by donating supplies. Items needed are bottled water (gallons are cheaper), gatorade, flashlights, batteries, baby bottles & food, diapers, wipes, blankets, soap, hand sanitizer, peroxide, sunscreen, gloves, trash bags, ready-to-eat snacks, bandaids, washcloths, paper towels, toothbrushes and paste, kids' underwear, battery-operated radios and ziplock gallon size bags. You can help by bringing any of those items to church with you this Sunday and we'll get them to distribution sites.

If you wish to donate items before Sunday, the Fultondale Library is collecting for the Red Cross. Items in greatest need are bottled water and diapers.

GO

You may have heard the cautions given by the disaster relief teams. Don’t ignore them. They are the professionals and know what they are doing. But there are still many ways you can help, including the above. But if you are set on travelling to help with relief efforts, please read on:

Do not go into an area damaged by the storms unless you have the means to provide entirely for yourself – that mean food and shelter. Even then you must realize that local authorities may not be able to accommodate you. It's best to travel with an organization that has made arrangements with local authorities to participate in relief operations. We suggest contacting one of the above ministries to volunteer.

We are also taking food and water into some of the impacted areas. You may wish to volunteer for one of those teams. To connect with a distribution team, contact us HERE.

One of our sister churches, DayStar in Cullman, is already heavily involved in the relief effort. Those interested in helping the tornado victims in Cullman are encouraged call (256) 737-0800.