{"id":1967,"date":"2013-05-21T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/oklahoma-tornadoes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:25:27","slug":"oklahoma-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/2013\/05\/21\/oklahoma-tornadoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Tornadoes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Salvation Army\u2019s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is providing food, beverage, and spiritual support to survivors and first responders following the severe tornado activity in Moore, OK and surrounding impacted areas on May 20th and\u00a0is on the ground in Moore, OK, with multiple disaster response units (canteens) and personnel coordinating with Local and State Emergency Management to serve first responders and those affected by the tornado.<\/p>\n<p>Canteens involved in the response from Oklahoma include:<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central Oklahoma Area Command (Oklahoma City)<\/li>\n<li>Ardmore<\/li>\n<li>Enid<\/li>\n<li>Lawton<\/li>\n<li>McAlester<\/li>\n<li>Muskogee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Salvation Army is continuing to provide service to hard-hit areas from Monday\u2019s and the weekend\u2019s storms, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>Pottawatomie County<\/strong>: The McAlester, OK and Shawnee, OK disaster response teams served multiple locations in the Shawnee area, including devastated neighborhoods and rural areas throughout the night and day.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Lincoln<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>County<\/strong>: The Enid, OK canteen provided breakfast, lunch &amp; dinner to the Carney, OK area throughout the early morning hours and all day yesterday.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Cleveland<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>County<\/strong>: The Central Oklahoma Area Command Disaster Service Unit responded to the Little Axe area with breakfast, lunch &amp; dinner yesterday.\u00a0 The Salvation Army was responding, even as one of our Salvation Army family member&#8217;s home was destroyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monetary donations are the most critical need as supplies and personnel are mobilized.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donors are encouraged to give online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SalvationArmyUSA.org\">www.SalvationArmyUSA.org<\/a> or by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your donations make a real difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $10 donation feeds a disaster survivor for one day.<\/li>\n<li>A $30 donation provides one food box, containing staple foods for a family of four, or one household cleanup kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets and other cleaning supplies<\/li>\n<li>A $100 donation can serve snacks and drinks for 125 survivors and emergency personnel at the scene of a disaster<\/li>\n<li>A $250 donation can provide one hot meal to 100 people or keep a hydration station operational for 24 hours<\/li>\n<li>A $500 donation keeps a Salvation Army canteen (mobile feeding unit) fully operational for one day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shares Major Steve Morris, Arkansas-Oklahoma Divisional Commander:\u00a0<strong> <\/strong>\u201cThe devastation is far reaching in both human life, property and livestock loss. 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