Utilizing volunteer pitmasters and a network of volunteers, Operation BBQ Relief provides hot meals to people affected by disasters across the United States.
Kansas City, Mo. (PRWEB) April 19, 2013
In response to the explosion and resulting devastation in West, Texas, Operation BBQ Relief has mobilized a disaster response team to serve hot, nutritious meals to displaced families, emergency workers and volunteers. The nonprofit began serving meals yesterday.
Operation BBQ Relief volunteers has set up at VFW Post 4819, located at 715 S. Reagan Road in West, Texas. In addition to serving meals at that location to those in need, meals will be delivered to other designated locations which are helping the victims, emergency workers and volunteers.
Donations and volunteers are needed to support this work. Donations can be made online at OperationBBQrelief.org. To sign up to volunteer, go to the charity’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/OperationBBQRelief.
Donations of items are also sought from individuals and businesses in the area. Items needed include aluminum foil, aluminum pans, extra-large disposable Nitrile gloves, three-compartment clamshell containers, flatware combo packs, gallon-size cans of vegetables and beans, and meat (such as chicken and pork butts).
Operation BBQ Relief was established in 2011 after the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., which is south of Kansas City—one of the nation’s major barbecue capitals. BBQ pit masters (that normally fire up their equipment for competitions) are experts at cooking outside in any condition and serving large quantities of food at events.
Utilizing these pitmasters and a network of volunteers, Operation BBQ Relief provides hot meals to people affected by disasters across the United States. Through its expertise in cooking and catering barbecue meals—and thanks to generous donors and sponsors—the not-for-profit is able to mobilize quickly to any area in need. The organization was created after the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo. Last year it served more than 100,000 hot meals in New York and New Jersey in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
The nonprofit has been working to raise funds and prepare for the spring tornado season, but did not hesitate to respond to the need in West, Texas. Donations are needed to be able to respond to this and future disasters, wherever they might strike. To give, go to OperationBBQrelief.org.
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