Chetek, Wisconsin (Tornado) / 1,000 Meals Over 1 Day

Chetek, Wisconsin (Tornado) / 1,000 Meals Over 1 Day

On May 16, 2017, a single EF3 tornado tore through 83 miles of northwest Wisconsin from southeast Polk County to southwest Price County. Chetek, a community in Barron County, was hit the hardest. Operation BBQ Relief volunteers provided compassion, hope, and...

Bryan Roppolo

I was asked about being a State Lead while at a SCA Steak cook off  In Kansas , after giving it some thought I decided to take the offer.   Then in March of 2016 is when I really got involved ,  That was the Floods of year ( at the time ) in the State of Louisiana, ...

Will Cleaver

I went to school in southeast KS at Pitt State University in Pittsburg, KS (about 30 minutes from Joplin).  On the night of the tornado my wife and I were listening  to a police scanner hoping it wasn’t as bad as it sounded on the scanner.  We had a lot of...

Roger Dietrich

Tornadoes came thru Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. This was in the infancy of OBR and at the time I was not part of it. I decided to set up in Moscow, Ohio which was pretty much destroyed by the Tornadoes. Not knowing what I was getting into I fell back on my knowledge...

Rick Bunch

I saw a mass feeding demo by the southern baptist in the very early 80s. I remember vividly coming home knowing my life’s work. There is an inborn knawing in my heart to feed people. I know very few feel this. It’s been a struggle trying to understand why...