We are pleased to announce Carrie Cramer as the Human Resources and Accounting Administrative Specialist at Operation BBQ Relief. With her extensive office management and accounting experience as well as ability to wear multiple hats, Carrie will be a valuable...
Head of Field Operations Joey Rusek has been promoted to Head of Field Operations. Joey has played an integral role during the past two months as we launched the Operation Restaurant Relief program throughout the country. Joey has been the point of contact for all...
Operation BBQ Relief is pleased to announce Brian Polak as the new Head of Volunteer Services, effective February 22, 2020. Brian’s responsibilities include developing and managing all aspects of volunteer engagement and coordination, including strategies to...
Head of Sponsorships and Co-Ventures As Operation BBQ Relief furthers its mission, we continue to look at new ways to grow and address operational needs of the organization. One such initiative that took off last year was establishing marketing and revenue campaigns...
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color='' av-medium-font-size='' av-small-font-size='' av-mini-font-size='' admin_preview_bg=''] What an amazing few days in Florida as we attended the Governor's Hurricane Conference. We had a great showing with our volunteer...
Thank you to all of our volunteers who attended the first annual volunteer banquet. We truly hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! And a huge thank you to all of you who worked behind the scenes to make everything happen. It was a weekend to remember! A huge...
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Stan Hays is the Co-Founder of Operation BBQ Relief. Named one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2017, he and his team of volunteers have served more than one million meals for victims and first responders of natural disasters such as the 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri;...
Thank you to Yoder Smokers for their generous donation of smokers to OBR! Read more about Yoder Smokers at www.yodersmokers.com.
Watch the CNN Tribute for Stan Hays and Operation BBQ Relief below.
CNN and CNN Heroes have selected 10 well deserving people and charities for 2017, including Stan Hays, Co-Founder and CEO of Operation BBQ Relief. It is an honor for Operation BBQ Relief to be included in this awesome group of people and organizations. Operation BBQ...
Operation BBQ Relief on your Phone or Tablet Over the past few deployments and fundraising and awareness events, you have seen multiple ways we've asked you to register. We've streamlined the process with our Volunteer Application. The App is compliant with IOS...
Since May 2011, Operation BBQ Relief volunteers have been deployed for 220 days, to 40 disasters in 22 states and have served 1,200,474 hot BBQ meals to those in need. To serve almost 1.2 million meals it takes approximately: 515,000 pounds of raw pork 65,000 number...
7 Disasters in 6 States In 2016, Operation BBQ Relief deployed to 7 disasters in 6 states. Approximately 536,874 meals were served over 45 days. The first deployment of the year in January was in response to flooding in St. Louis. In March, OBR deployed to Louisiana...