Since Tuesday, January 30, 2026, PAR teams have worked in Ripley, Mississippi, responding to the severe ice storm on January 25. Partnering with God’s Pit Crew, our team has had boots on the ground providing hands-on assistance to residents facing significant storm damage. Many households in Ripley have remained without power…
We’re excited to share this recent video about PAR that was filmed during our spring 2025 deployment to Mississippi. This interview with our volunteer Bob Gathany, captured by Bill Reddoch Outdoors, highlights what Prepare and Respond is all about—ordinary people showing up in extraordinary moments to help communities recover after disaster. During…
On Thursday night, July 10, our PAR volunteers met to sharpen chainsaws, check equipment, and prepare for a possible deployment to Texas to assist with flood recovery. It wasn’t glamorous work—but it was important and necessary work. This kind of preparation may seem small, but it’s where service truly begins. With…
We’re always grateful for the incredible PAR volunteers who show up with chainsaws, gloves, and generous hearts to help clear storm damage all over the southeast, but especially right here in our own community in north Alabama. On May 29, 2025, they tackled two local cleanup jobs—one in Toney and another…
On Thursday night, July 10, our PAR volunteers met to sharpen chainsaws, check equipment, and prepare for a possible deployment to Texas to assist with flood recovery. It wasn’t glamorous work—but it was important and necessary work. This kind of preparation may seem small, but it’s where service truly begins. With…
On Friday, May 9, 2025, PAR volunteers stepped up to help neighbors in Limestone and Madison Counties recover from storm damage. At one property, the team cleared limbs and cut through the massive 55-inch trunk of a fallen water oak tree. The homeowner—a 98-year-old man who still drives 30 miles to…
We need your help! Our disaster response equipment needs a new home. We’re looking for: Warehouse space ~6,500 sq. feet or more Preferably 4-10 bay doors (12’) Within a 20-mile radius of Huntsville OR Land (1-3 acres) where we could build our own space. Do you know of any available properties (discounted or…
Our first team of volunteers pulled out of the parking lot early October 3, heading for Valdosta, Georgia, to do disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene Please pray for their safety and that God would allow them to bless others who need their help. …
Four of our PAR volunteers recently deployed to Cypress, Texas, for 5 days in May following the recent tornados in the Houston area. They served with God’s Pit Crew and stayed at the Bayou City Fellowship Church. Beset by bee stings, poison ivy, and stomach bugs, they were still able to…
We appreciate our PAR volunteers who worked in Columbia, TN, on May 20 (alongside thousands of cicadas) to clean up downed trees from recent storms. …
We appreciate our PAR volunteers who worked in the Blossomwood area of Huntsville on Thursday, May 16, clearing tree debris from storms the previous week.
We appreciate our PAR volunteers who worked alongside Mercy Chefs in their warehouse in Tanner, Alabama, on March 5-7. They helped pack 2,000 food boxes to be delivered to families after natural disasters. We are thankful for ministry partners like Mercy Chefs who have helped feed our own volunteers during past…
We’re so grateful to our PAR volunteers who worked in Clarksville, TN, December 12-16, after a devastating tornado outbreak came through Tennessee on December 9, 2023. The strongest of these tornadoes was an EF-3 that touched down near Clarksville and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. Thanks to…
Thank you, Give256, for the generous $7,500 grant to PAR! We will purchase a Rapid Response Trailer and stock it with equipment and supplies for future deployments. Give256 was part of the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville Giving Tuesday event on November 28, 2023. In total, over $3.7M in charitable donations…
We had a beautiful Friday morning on September 22, 2023, for our golfers at the RTJ Golf Trail at Hampton Cove, Highlands Course. Thank you to all the participants, sponsors, and volunteers who helped make our annual Golf Tournament a success again this year! Because of your generosity, PAR is able to…
Our volunteers have been busy the past couple of weeks cleaning up damage from storms in Madison County. We appreciate all they did to help local homeowners with fallen trees and damaged roofs. Here are a few photos of our helpers in action. See more photos on our Facebook page.
Our volunteers are the best at sacrificing their time and energy to help those in need. We appreciate all who were available to work in Adamsville, TN, in April. This community was hit by an EF-3 tornado on Friday, March 31, damaging or destroying over 100 homes. We’re also grateful for…
We’re grateful for our PAR volunteers who spent several days this week in Amory, Mississippi. They were able to help several residents clean up their properties after tornadoes came through on Friday night, March 24, damaging or destroying many homes in this small city of 7,500 people in northeast Mississippi. Please…
We appreciate our PAR volunteers who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in January 2023 to help clean up storm damage. Tornadoes ripped through Selma and other Alabama and Georgia counties on Thursday, January 12. See their work below. View more photos on our PAR Facebook page.
At the beginning of 2022, we did not know who would be affected by natural disasters or where storms would strike. But thanks to your generous support financially and physically—and with God’s guidance—we were prepared and equipped to dedicate over 1,500 volunteer hours directly on the field to help those who…
