Jul 30, 2018 | Disaster Response
Wildfires in California are scorching huge swaths of the landscape and communities as dry heat and high winds make containment difficult. Tens of thousands of people have already evacuated their homes, not knowing if they will ever be able to return. Somebody Cares...
Jul 25, 2018 | Somebody Cares News
Doug Stringer recently returned from visiting the Rio Grande Valley, meeting with church and ministry partners who are working with flood relief efforts as well as with families coming through processing centers in McAllen and other locations. “Regardless of one’s...
Apr 5, 2018 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
Thanks to a Somebody Cares America partnership with Conn’s Furniture and Appliances, we were able to surprise and bless Zulma, a widow and mother of two teenagers, on March 29 with a new washer, dryer, and refrigerator. Zulma lost everything in her home when it...
Apr 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
The March of Remembrance 2018 will be held on April 15 at various locations throughout the U.S. This is an annual event held to remember those who lost their lives in the Holocaust, to honor those who survived, to educate the younger generations, and to bridge the...
Mar 12, 2018 | Disaster Response
A team of 34 volunteers, many of them skilled laborers, traveled 1200 miles in February from Rochester, Minnesota, to serve the small community of Deweyville, Texas. Situated on the Sabine River in Southeast Texas, Deweyville was still recovering from massive floods...
Feb 22, 2018 | Disaster Response, SCA Articles, Somebody Cares News
Doug and Lisa Stringer have just returned from Puerto Rico, where they met and strategized with local leaders for long-term recovery. The meeting was hosted by SC Puerto Rico facilitator Catacumba 5. “We had a very significant gathering of NGOs, non-profit...
Feb 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Doug Stringer Dr. Billy Graham had a profound influence on millions of lives; including mine. I can still remember my first experience going to a Billy Graham crusade. It was 1976 and I was living in Bellingham, Washington, attending Western Washington University....
Jan 16, 2018 | Disaster Response
Pastor Charles Burchett has experienced God’s divine connections many times during his walk with the Lord, most recently during flood relief following Hurricane Harvey. As pastor of First Baptist Church of Kirbyville and director of Somebody Cares Jasper/Newton...
Jan 16, 2018 | Disaster Response
Thanks to a generous donation from International Aid, Somebody Cares has distributed 16,000 Beanie Babies to children in Southeast Texas and Pearland, Texas, who are living in areas affected by Harvey. “We gave out Beanie Babies to schools, the Salvation Army,...
Jan 16, 2018 | Disaster Response
From September 2017 to January 2018, SCA has connected 161 volunteers from Texas, Nevada, Maryland, Louisiana, Florida, Colorado, Ohio, Minnesota, New York, and Virginia. In addition, volunteers from YWAM served at our Houston warehouse, where goods were collected...
