My Nonprofit Reviews

Volunteering with Operation BBQ Relief (OBR) is unlike any non-profit organization I have served with. The experience is profoundly meaningful and taxing in the best ways. Volunteers arrive from near and far, readily offering their time and talent to serve those impacted by life-altering disasters. Co-laborers quickly form a camaraderie, many forming friendships while integrating into the ever-expanding OBR family.

The reputation of their leadership, and a steadfast mission and vision undergird each deployment and blue sky service opportunity. Tangible needs in the form of financial support and supplies flood in from well-established business partners which speaks to the organization’s credibility.

The diligence of countless volunteers who consistently return validates my initial comments and personal experience. Position and ego are set aside as volunteers don the red OBR t-shirts and pitches in wherever needed for the common goal of mitigating human suffering.

Compassion fills those who have the chance to interact directly with individuals traumatized and suffering from catastrophic loss. Compassion also fills those who take their turn in the ‘wash pit’ ensuring excellence in the unseen is an equally vital responsibility.

There is a place for anyone willing to sacrifice a few days of personal comfort to be part of providing the one hot meal that matters to anyone in need.