A Dallas-based Christian nonprofit organization is sending volunteers to the Houston area to provide assistance to the millions of people affected by Hurricane Beryl.
Washing machines and mobile kitchens, which will be crucial in meeting the needs of the affected communities, are among the items being sent with the Texans on Mission volunteers.
On the nonprofit’s website are ways volunteers can sign up to help:
“We need volunteers to help provide warm meals to those who do not have electricity. The Texans on Mission State Feeding Unit will provide 10,000 meals a day. You can help share God’s love by cooking and preparing the meals to help those suffering from the hurricane,” its website states.
“You can provide practical help to people who have lost everything after the hurricane. … Serve for a day or multiple days,” the website continued.
CBS News Texas reported that in addition to providing meals, Texans on Mission are doing the laundry of those impacted by the hurricane, including washing, drying, and folding within 24 hours.
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Hot meals and clean laundry for southeast Texas residents
John Hall, chief mission officer of Texans on Mission, said that residents can drop off their laundry to get it washed, dried and folded within 24 hours.
“It’s just one small thing that they don’t have to think about,” he said. “They have suffered through this situation.”
Small, everyday things like laundry are chores ones doesn’t think about too often, but they’re just as important when trying to get through a natural disaster, Hall said.
The mobile kitchen trailers are equipped to provide between 6,000 and 30,000 meals a day.
“They may not see me, but they would see the food, and years or days or hours later, they can know that Jesus provided this meal for them,” said Joe Crutchfield, who’s in charge of setting up the kitchens.
“[The food will] be hot, good and remind people that we care about you and God cares about you,” Hall added.