My Nonprofit Reviews
anduke08
Review for Samaritans Purse, Boone, NC, USA
Before you donate any money to Samaritan’s Purse, I would really question where that money is going. I volunteered alongside this organization in 2019 in Beauregard, AL. My experience was that none of their volunteers or their employees who were leading the volunteers were actually there to help. All of them were more interested in talking amongst themselves, walking around taking pictures or standing around reading scripture to any news crews who would interview them. It was a disgrace. All of these people staring into destruction of everything they’ve ever known and owned and the people that say they’re there to help have no interest in helping. Sham organization. They want recognition and money donated because they show up at these disaster relief areas yet they don’t want to actually help those afflicted.
Dear anduke08, thank you for being willing to help, and I'm sorry for the experience you had. What you have described is diametrically opposite of the leadership, effort, training, procedures, volunteer deployment, and monitoring that Samaritan's Purse has put in place over decades of responding to disasters. This year, nearly 2,400 families whose homes were damaged or destroyed have been served in the U.S., prior to the efforts now underway in Arkansas and Kentucky after the tornados. Our annual report for 2020 is located here: https://s3.theark.cloud/sp-comm-arkfiles/website/pdfs/2020_SP_Annual_Ministry%20Report.pdf. If you would be so kind to get in touch with me directly to let me know what date(s) and time(s) you volunteered with us in Beauregard, I will investigate the matter with our U.S. Disaster Response leadership. Thank you, and may God bless you as you reach out to help others in their times of distress. Steve Nickel VP of Donor Ministries 828-278-1396 snickel@samaritan.org
