Operation BBQ Relief (OBR) - 9/12/19 Update #5 Hurricane Dorian

[Huskee]

From: Stan Hays <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 3:20 PM
To: <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Subject: Re: Update Hurricane Dorian Response - #5


Friday will be another milestone for Operation BBQ Relief. We will be serving our first international meals and doing so in the Bahamas. Our advanced scout team landed in Freeport Grand Bahama yesterday and they are working with the local government and churches to finalize the plan for delivering our meals to feed those in need of a nourishing hot meal. While they scout team is in Grand Bahamas the main team is setting up our site in Fort Lauderdale.

Tonight, the team will start cooking so we can airlift our first meals on Friday. The next 3 days we will be doing approximately 5000 meals each day on smaller planes. We will have our larger plane "Miss Montana" a WWII era mid sized cargo plane Monday. She will be able to take about 15,000 meals per flight.
More about "Miss Montana"- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-day-7...t-to-normandy/


We want to thank our sponsors for helping make this happen. We couldn’t do this without you. We do need your help. We need donations and volunteers to ensure we can feed those in need and the first responders. Below are links to share:

Donate link - https://operationbbqrelief.org/apis/volunteer/donation

Text to donate - Text OBR to 41444 it send a mobile friendly link does not put it on your cell phone bill

Volunteer - https://operationbbqrelief.org/apis/...e/registration

Pictures of our site set up in Fort Lauderdale-

[Troutman]

God bless this operation. Really enjoyed the Miss Montana video.

[klflowers]

You guys do great work. Thank you for helping so many.

[Harry]

THE WEATHER CHANNEL had a nice live interview with OBBQR (I think it was Mr. Hayes) FROM the Bahamas this AM (about 9AM ET 14 SEP). Apparently, the Bahamian Govt and some other nonGovernmental Entities are depending on OBBQR to serve several thousand meals a day - which it is doing. Stuff is cooked and put in insulated containers in Ft. Lauderdale and then flown to the Bahamas, offloaded and served and the plane then goes back for another load. Great shots of the activities. Not a green thing in sight, though. Mr. Hayes said the thing they need the most of is contributions to support food delivery by small airplane (see note above) as that's the best way to get around all the debris to now-remote areas.