Texas organizations are answering the call for help as parts of the South and Midwest are ravaged by powerful storms.
Fredye Quain arrived at the Levy Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday. Quain is a volunteer with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief team, which is headquartered in Grapevine.
“I’ve been blessed. Seeing these people out here that’s not blessed, it’s heartbreaking,” Quain said. Volunteers like Quain will be feeding people in need, though he said it is unclear how long they will stay in Arkansas. Texas Baptist Men, another disaster relief organization, announced Saturday they are heading to the Little Rock area for a similar mission. More TBM units are expected to deploy soon, according to the organization., killing at least 22 as of this writing.
Among the dead included four people in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, and three in Sullivan, Indiana. Other deaths were reported in Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi and the Little Rock area. A Circle K gas station along Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock was among the structures that have extensive damage as a result of Friday’s storm. The roof, back room, and garage were destroyed.
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