{"id":100798,"date":"2018-12-11T13:12:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=100798"},"modified":"2018-12-14T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T15:07:23","slug":"camp-fire-response-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/camp-fire-response-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames Finally Clear; Samaritan\u2019s Purse Helping California Wildfire Victims (Press Release)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Teams of Volunteers Recover Precious Belongings, Providing Closure After Camp Fire<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>CHICO, Calif., Dec. 10, 2018&#8212;<\/strong>As the Camp Fire raged last month, North Carolina-based Samaritan\u2019s Purse deployed staff and a tractor-trailer stocked with tools relief supplies to Chico, and immediately began coordinating with local officials, meeting with families who needed assistance, and comforting survivors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now that the flames have subsided and with more than 1,800 families requesting the relief organization\u2019s help, teams of Samaritan\u2019s Purse volunteers from around the nation are helping homeowners recover anything that may have survived the fire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>\"Our hearts break for the thousands of families who have returned home to find nothing left,\"<\/em> dijo <a href=\"http:\/\/demoss.com\/newsrooms\/sp\/background\/biography-franklin-graham\">Franklin Graham<\/a>, el presidente de Samaritan's Purse. <em>\"It is hard to imagine what they are facing, but I want them to know that God loves them. That\u2019s why we are coming alongside hurting families\u2014 to remind them that they are not alone and help them start to pick up the pieces. Please continue to pray for everyone affected.\"<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse is mobilizing volunteers to assist families in searching for personal contents\u2014an important step in the recovery process. Teams of volunteers are helping recover personal items from the ashes, looking for jewelry, coins and other keepsakes that may have survived the flames. Even the smallest item can be invaluable to a hurting homeowner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>\"The Camp Fire completely destroyed Paradise, California. It is unlike anything I have ever seen. Families have lost everything\u2014many are sleeping in parking lots and tents because they don\u2019t know where to turn,\"<\/em> said Luther Harrison, vice president of North American Ministries for Samaritan\u2019s Purse. <em>\u201cWe are here to be the hands and feet of Jesus\u2014helping families start to recover.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Chandler Saylors, assistant program manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan\u2019s Purse, on the ground in California<\/li>\r\n<li>Tim Haas, manager of U.S. Disaster Relief for Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/li>\r\n<li>Luther Harrison, vice president of North American Ministries for Samaritan's Purse<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><h4>ON-SITE MEDIA CONTACT:<\/h4> Alyssa Benson, 828-266-5029<\/p>\r\n\r\nThe North Carolina-based organization is working alongside Rapid Response Team chaplains with the <a href=\"https:\/\/billygraham.org\/\">Asociaci\u00f3n Evagel\u00edstica Billy Graham<\/a> to provide spiritual and emotional care to California families.\r\n\r\n<p>For more information about how to volunteer with Samaritan's Purse, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/spvolunteer.org\">spvolunteer.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>ABOUT SAMARITAN'S PURSE<\/h4>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/\">Samaritan's Purse<\/a> is an international Christian relief organization that has helped more than 42,000 families in 37 U.S. states following hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires and ice storms. Recently, Samaritan\u2019s Purse responded to the Carr Fire in California and Hurricane Florence in North Carolina and South Carolina. The organization is also currently deployed in Florida and Georgia in response to Hurricane Michael.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"clear:both\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/es\/our-ministry\/newsroom\/\" target=\"\" class=\"sc-button lightblue-button left-button\"><span>RETURN TO NEWSROOM<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teams of Volunteers Recover Precious Belongings, Providing Closure After Camp Fire CHICO, Calif., Dec. 10, 2018&#8212;As the Camp Fire raged last month, North Carolina-based Samaritan\u2019s Purse deployed staff and a tractor-trailer stocked with tools relief supplies to Chico, and immediately began coordinating with local officials, meeting with families who needed assistance, and comforting survivors. 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