Bulletinn Date: Friday, May 24,
2 2013
Source::
Salvation Armyy, National Headquarters
Media Relationns
(703) 400-324
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Xenophhon Strategies
Erica LLawton
(508) 9962-7310
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The Salvation
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n Army US
SA Nationnal Fact SSheet —Okklahoma Tornadoees
Ma
ay 24, 2013
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Updates
The Saalvation Army’s Emergency
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Disasster Services (ED
DS) is providing food,
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beverage, and spiritual support to survivorrs and first respoonders followingg
the seevere tornado acttivity in Moore, OK
O and surroundding impacted arreas on May 19tth and 20th.
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The Salvation Army
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is on thee ground in Mo
oore, OK, with multiple disastter response unnits (canteens) and personnell coordinating
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with Local and State Emergen
ncy Managemeent to serve firsst responders aand those affeccted by the tornnado.
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Since service began on Sundaay evening, The Salvation Arrmy has providded approximattely:
o 11,033 meeals
o 15,862 driinks
o 8,422 snaccks
o Emotionall and spirituall care to 1,261
1 persons, inclu
uding first respponders as welll as those affeccted by the tornnadoes
o 2,764 hourrs of employeee and volunteeer service
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and em
motional and spiiritual care, Th
he Salvation Arrmy is preparedd to provide:
o Clean-up kits
k containing brooms, mopss, buckets and cleaning
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suppliies
o Hygiene kiits
o Drinking water
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o Shower un
nits
o First-aid su
upplies
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Canteens involv
ved in the resp
ponse from Okllahoma includee:
o Central Ok
klahoma Area Command
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(Ok
klahoma City)
o McAlesterr
o Ardmore
o Muskogeee
o Enid
o Shawnee
o Lawton
o Tulsa
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Disaster respon
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Arkansas have pprovided crewss and mobile feeeding units to
thhe Oklahoma City
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Fourteen Salvation Army pastors and staff from
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throughou
ut Florida, inclluding five emootional and spiiritual care provviders and ninee
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members of Flo
orida’s Inciden
nt Command teeam, are traveliing to Oklahom
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Moore and the suurrounding
aarea.
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The Salvation Army
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is contin
nuing to provid
de service to haard-hit areas froom the storms, which includee:
o In Pottawa
atomie County
y: The McAlesster, OK and Sh
hawnee, OK ddisaster responsse teams servedd multiple locaations in the
Shawnee area,
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including devastated neiighborhoods an
nd rural areas tthroughout the night and day..
o In Lincoln
n County: The Enid, OK cantteen provided breakfast,
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luncch & dinner to tthe Carney, OK
K area throughhout the early
morning ho
ours and all daay Monday.
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Emergency a
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Services News
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In Cleveland County: Th
he Central Okllahoma Area Command
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Disaaster Service U
Unit responded to the Little Axxe area with
breakfast, lunch
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& dinnerr on Monday. The Salvation Army was ressponding, evenn as one of our Salvation Arm
my family
member's home
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was desttroyed.
Monettary donations are
a the most critical need as supplies and personnnel are mobilizeed.
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Donors are encouraged to giv
ve online at ww
ww.SalvationArrmyUSA.org oor by calling 1--800-SAL-ARM
MY (1-800-725-2769).
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You can also teext the word “S
STORM” to 80
0888 to make a $10 donation through your m
mobile phone; to confirm youur gift, respond
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with the word “Yes.”*
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Donations in th
he form of checcks designated to Oklahoma Tornado
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Relieff may also be m
mailed to:
The Salvattion Army
PO Box 23
356
Oklahoma City, OK 7310
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To date, The Saalvation Army has raised $4.3
3 million throu
ugh online, textt-to-give, and 1-800-SAL-AR
RMY fundraisiing, and is
ggrateful for the support of thee American peo
ople.
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Due to the high
h expense and time
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demands associated
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with
h delivering yoour gently-usedd household gooods and clothiing (gifts-inkkind), The Salv
vation Army caannot guaranteee that any indiv
vidual gifts-in--kind donated nnow will be sennt to the disastter area. In
tiimes of disasteer, our stores fiill these needs from existing, pre-sorted stocck. By continuuing to donate ggently-used hoousehold goods
too your local Saalvation Army store, you not only help yourr community, yyou help us preepare for futuree disaster relief needs. To
ffind your neareest drop-off loccation, please go
g to www.satrruck.org.
Your ddonations make a real differencee.
 A $10 donation
n feeds a disastter survivor forr one day.
 A $30 donation
n provides one food box, conttaining staple foods
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for a fam
mily of four, or one householdd cleanup kit, ccontaining
bbrooms, mops, buckets and otther cleaning supplies
 A $100 donatio
on can serve sn
nacks and drink
ks for 125 survivors and emerrgency personnnel at the scenee of a disaster
 A $250 donatio
on can provide one hot meal to
t 100 people or
o keep a hydraation station opperational for 224 hours
 A $500 donatio
on keeps a Salv
vation Army caanteen (mobile feeding unit) ffully operationnal for one day
Salvattion Army Statem
ments
Majoor Ron Busroee, National Co
ommunity Rela
ations & Deveelopment Secrretary
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The Salvation Army
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has been
n and will be on
n site in Mooree and other imppacted areas, suuch as Shawneee, for as long aas needed –
thhrough cleanup
p and rebuildin
ng – until all neeeds are met.”
Majoor Steve Morris, Arkansas-O
Oklahoma Div
visional Comm
mander
 ““With a tragedy
y like this, therre are services that people neeed that may goo unaided, suchh as emotional and spiritual care. But The
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Salvation Army
y not only prov
vides physical support; we are also here to llisten and talk w
with people whho may need tiime to come to
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terms with whaat they lost and
d what they surv
vived.”
dy that the people of Moore will
w overcome.. It will take tim
me to not only clean and rebuuild, but to also
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 ““We know thatt this is a traged
hheal. We contin
nue to ask everryone to pray for
fo all those imp
pacted by this event.”
 ““The devastatio
on is far reaching in both hum
man life, properrty and livestocck loss. The Saalvation Army is honored to serve and
pprovide sustenaance to first ressponders involv
ved in search and
a rescue, cooordination efforrts and more. A
And, of course, all survivors
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will be provided spiritual and
d emotional carre to help them through this trragic time.”
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Aboutt The Salvation Army
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The Salvation Army,
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an evangelical part of the universal Christian
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churcch established iin London in 11865, has been supporting
those in need in Hiss name withoutt discrimination
n for more than
n 130 years in the United Staates. Nearly 30 million Ameriicans receive
assisttance from Thee Salvation Arm
my each year th
hrough the bro
oadest array of social servicess that range froom providing foood for the
hungrry, relief for diisaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach
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to thee elderly and illl, clothing and shelter to the hhomeless and
opporrtunities for un
nderprivileged children. 82 ceents of every do
ollar The Salvaation Army speends is used too support those services in
5,0000 communities nationwide. Fo
or more inform
mation, go to www.salvationa
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armyusa.org.
*A one-time donation of $10 will be added
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to your mo
obile phone bill or
o deducted from
m your prepaid bbalance. Messagge & Data Ratess May Apply. All
b and payable to
t your mobile seervice provider. Service is availa
lable on Verizon Wireless, AT&T
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Mobile. By
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parrticipating you ceertify that you ag
gree to the termss and conditionss, that you are 188 yrs. or older, oor have parentall permission, andd have
authhorization from the account hold
der. Donations are
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my by the Innovaative Giving Fouundation and
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bject to the termss found at igfn.orrg/t. Privacy pollicy: igfn.org/p. Text STOP to 800888 to stop; Teext HELP to 808888 for help.
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