CGBA Disaster Relief

Service

In addition to responding to disasters we also work with various groups to support their activities. We have worked in support of Remote Area Medical, North American Mission Board Families on Mission, and the University of Tennessee Baptist Collegiate Ministry.

We are also members of the East Tennessee VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) and the Local Emergency Planning Commission.

All volunteers must be 18 years old to serve.
All volunteers must be a member of a cooperating Tennessee Southern Baptist Church.
We ask that you please take specialized classroom training after you have taken the prerequisite course of "Introduction to Disaster Relief".
Disaster Relief Credentials and the yellow had will be given after "Introduction to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief" and at least one specialized class has been taken.
Please check out this link regarding Volunteer Requirements and Volunteer Responsibilities required by the North American Mission Board

Purpose:	To provide physical, emotional, and spiritual help to victims of natural and man-made disasters, including floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, and terrorist attacks, in North America and overseas

Organization:	Disaster relief units are owned and staffed by Southern Baptist churches, regional Baptist associations, and state Baptist conventions. Volunteer teams respond to disasters within their own state and work cooperatively with other states in larger emergencies. Teams also work overseas when Baptist Global Response requests help.

Our Focus:	Cumberland Gap Disaster Relief has mass feeding as our main focus. Our unit is capable of producing more than 10,000 meals per day. At full capacity we require a staff of 20 people to operate our unit. We need cooks, wash crew, inventory crew, food preparation crew, and others. We will also have a coordinator to work with the Red Cross and/or The Salvation Army to have the food ready to go when they come to pick it up. We may also have a feeding line, but often this will be manned by folks from local churches.