Vineyard USA has a national partnership with Convoy Of Hope, a Christian relief organization ministering to devastated communities in times of disaster. Convoy is currently at work in Louisiana, and to learn more about them and our partnership, click here.
Vineyards in South Louisiana are also serving their communities through cleanup teams, food distribution, and moral support in the wake of the devastating floods that impacted the state recently.
Coordinating a “Vineyards helping Vineyards” effort at the Baton Rouge Vineyard, these churches are assisting those in need through acts of compassion and mercy.
The Scale Of The Devastation
To give a sense of the scale of the devastation, this note came in from Doug Anderson, who is coordinating a basecamp at the Baton Rouge Vineyard to prepare to host any Vineyard teams that want to help: “Denham Springs, a suburb of Baton Rouge, has 10,000 homes under water. That’s more than the Lakeview area of New Orleans during Katrina – and it took them 3 years to come back. Some estimates are coming in that more homes have been flooded here than in New Orleans due to Katrina.”
30 counties have been declared disaster areas, 30K have been rescued, 11K are in shelters, and approximately 40K homes have been damaged. The Baton Rouge, Northshore, and Lafayette Vineyards have been affected.
