Samaritan’s Purse Volunteer Teams Bring Relief and Comfort to Sandy Victims in New York and New Jersey BOONE, N.C., Nov. 5, 2012—As residents along the East Coast struggle to recover from the fury of Hurricane Sandy, disaster response teams from the international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan's Purse are on the ground offering assistance and encouragement to devastated communities. The organization is working closely with local churches in the New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Ocean and Bergen, and Nassau County in New York. Hundreds of volunteers are putting tarps on roofs, cutting fallen trees, cleaning debris and removing mud and water from flooded homes. Relief efforts are focused on those who are least able to help themselves - including the poor, elderly and uninsured. "We are here offering our prayers and our helping hands for the victims of this ferocious storm," said Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham, who visited storm survivors in Ocean County, New Jersey, on Saturday. "The destruction is overwhelming, and the people desperately need our help. They need our prayers, and they need our support." INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES via Skype, Phone or In Person: • Samaritan's Purse program managers on the ground managing relief efforts: ◦ Tony McNeil – Atlantic County, NJ ◦ Brent Graybeal – Ocean County, NJ ◦ Lloyd Blackwell – Bergen County, NJ ◦ Wayne Shoemaker – Nassau County, NY • Volunteers who have traveled across the country to be a part of the Samaritan’s Purse response • B-roll and photos available upon request Just hours after Sandy hit, Samaritan's Purse relief experts were on the road to assess the needs in storm-ravaged communities along the Atlantic coast. The organization deployed four Disaster Relief Units from their North Carolina headquarters. These tractor-trailers are stocked with emergency supplies including chainsaws, tarps and generators. Each unit serves as a base of operations for Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers. Since 1998, Samaritan's Purse has mobilized thousands of volunteers to help more than 25,000 families impacted by natural disasters in the U.S. by providing emergency supplies and cleaning, repairing, and rebuilding homes. Last year, the organization helped more than 3,200 homeowners affected by storms in 10 states with the help of more than 20,000 volunteers. To volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, visit www.spvolunteernetwork.org. Donations to help with storm relief efforts can be made at www.samaritanspurse.org. -30- C

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Samaritan’s Purse Volunteer Teams Bring Relief and Comfort to Sandy Victims in New York and New Jersey

BOONE, N.C., Nov. 5, 2012—As residents along the East Coast struggle to recover from the fury of Hurricane Sandy, disaster response teams from the international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan's Purse are on the ground offering assistance and encouragement to devastated communities.

The organization is working closely with local churches in the New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Ocean and Bergen, and Nassau County in New York. Hundreds of volunteers are putting tarps on roofs, cutting fallen trees, cleaning debris and removing mud and water from flooded homes. Relief efforts are focused on those who are least able to help themselves - including the poor, elderly and uninsured.

"We are here offering our prayers and our helping hands for the victims of this ferocious storm," said Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham, who visited storm survivors in Ocean County, New Jersey, on Saturday. "The destruction is overwhelming, and the people desperately need our help. They need our prayers, and they need our support."

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES via Skype, Phone or In Person:

• Samaritan's Purse program managers on the ground managing relief efforts:

◦ Tony McNeil – Atlantic County, NJ

◦ Brent Graybeal – Ocean County, NJ

◦ Lloyd Blackwell – Bergen County, NJ

◦ Wayne Shoemaker – Nassau County, NY

• Volunteers who have traveled across the country to be a part of the Samaritan’s Purse response

• B-roll and photos available upon request

Just hours after Sandy hit, Samaritan's Purse relief experts were on the road to assess the needs in storm-ravaged communities along the Atlantic coast. The organization deployed four Disaster Relief Units from their North Carolina headquarters. These tractor-trailers are stocked with emergency supplies including chainsaws, tarps and generators. Each unit serves as a base of operations for Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers.

Since 1998, Samaritan's Purse has mobilized thousands of volunteers to help more than 25,000 families impacted by natural disasters in the U.S. by providing emergency supplies and cleaning, repairing, and rebuilding homes. Last year, the organization helped more than 3,200 homeowners affected by storms in 10 states with the help of more than 20,000 volunteers.

To volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, visit www.spvolunteernetwork.org. Donations to help with storm relief efforts can be made at www.samaritanspurse.org.

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