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Louis Pratt

Louis Pratt

Ever since Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina in 2018, Louis Pratt has been an integral part of the Operation BBQ Relief family, serving on more deployments with our disaster response team and The Always Serving Project than he can count. He recently served as site...

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

On Saturday September 9th, 2023 Operation BBQ Relief and a few North Carolina disaster partners (Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh - Cape Fear, Legal Aid of North Carolina - Wilmington, & New Hanover County Emergency Management) worked together for a...

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Live Oak, Florida (Hurricane) / 306,812 Meals Over 20 Days

Live Oak, Florida (Hurricane) / 306,812 Meals Over 20 Days

On August 29, 2023, as one volunteer team returned from deployment in Maui, another group was already en route to Florida, gearing up to respond to Hurricane Idalia. As the Category 3 hurricane approached, they provided meals to first responders and search and rescue...

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John Webb and Patti Welty – Hawaii 2023

John Webb and Patti Welty – Hawaii 2023

John Webb and Patti Welty of Lawrence, Kansas were eagerly anticipating their upcoming vacation to Maui when wildfires broke out on the island on August 8. Instead of canceling their trip, they decided to go to Maui anyway. “When we heard about the fire and the...

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