Joy Lloyd
Since 2017, Joy Lloyd has served Operation BBQ Relief behind the scenes first as a virtual volunteer and now as a Senior Volunteer Coordinator, performing tasks from her home such as coordinating and setting up deployments and projects, training volunteers,...
Camp OBR Update – October 2023
Fall is here, the leaves are changing, and a ton of progress is being made at our beautiful Camp OBR, Operation BBQ Relief’s 190-acre retreat built for Military, Veterans, First Responders, and their families.
David Burch
Longtime volunteer David Burch of Smokey Dave’s BBQ first heard of Operation BBQ Relief in 2011 when we responded to a need for tornado relief efforts in Joplin, Mo. Competitive pitmasters from nine states answered the call to feed displaced families and first...
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...
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...
KCTV5 – Response teams from KC help those dealing with Hurricane Idalia
Response teams from KC help those dealing with Hurricane Idalia