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HDR Deployment: South Carolina 2016
HDR Deployment: South Carolina 2016 2016 witnessed the first deployment of FBB’s highly anticipated Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Teams program. To support this program, please donate here. The October 2015 North American storm complex brought a high precipitation cold front across the United States, stalling along the Eastern coast, tapping into moisture from nearby Hurricane…
Read MoreHDR Deployment: Louisiana 2017
2017 witnessed the second deployment of FBB’s Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Teams program. To support this program, please donate here. In August of 2016, as much as 31.39 inches of rain fell in and around the Denham Springs area of Louisiana. 90% of Denham Springs residents were affected, 85% of which did not have flood insurance, as Denham Springs was not considered…
Read MoreHDR Appeals update & California Fires
Thank you to every person who donated to our Disaster Appeal: Hurricane Season 2018 and our Call to Action: Family Separation at the Border. Your gifts will make a real difference in the lives of those affected by these crises. These campaigns will be closed on Monday, November 19th. If you would still like support…
Read MoreHDR Teams needs Volunteers for Louisiana
Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Teams is in need of volunteers for our next deployment which is scheduled from May 27 – June 7, 2017, in Denham Springs, LA. Volunteers are not required to remain for the duration of the deployment and are responsible for their own travel to and from the program. Volunteers may begin…
Read MoreFBB monitoring famine for possible HDR Drive
At this time, one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the modern age is unfolding in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. This past weekend, in only the Jubbaland region of southern Somalia, 26 people lost their lives to starvation in the span of a day and a half. Famines have started to become…
Read MoreFor HDR Teams, 2016 was a year of baby steps, 2017 is the year of leaps and bounds!
In January of 2016, Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB) reached the culmination of multiple years of planning and preparation by much of our staff and some volunteers. We had finally achieved something that no one had done before – the first deployment of a national Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Team. Our South Carolina team worked for seven days in the city…
Read MoreHDR Drives raise over $35,000 in 2016
Foundation Beyond Belief ran a total of four Humanist Disaster Recovery Drives in 2016. In quarter two, we launched a drive to raise funds in the wake of the Ecuadorian earthquake. Thanks to your generous support, we were able to provide a grant of $13,045 to Aquality (formerly Water Ecuador), representing 100% of the funds raised by FBB. Aquality raised additional…
Read MoreHDR drive for Louisiana comes to a close
The generosity of our members and supporters shone in our Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Drive for the Louisiana flooding. We raised over $10,000 for our beneficiary, All Hands Volunteers, and more than $2500 for Foundation Beyond Belief’s next Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Teams volunteer deployment. To learn more about the difference between HDR Teams and…
Read More“I’m actually an atheist” three years later: Tornadoes and HDR Teams
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado destroyed Rebecca Vitsmun's home in Moore, OK, and almost killed her and her young son. Later, while standing in the ruins, she was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer in a clip that has since become famous. As he asked her repeatedly if she thanked the Lord for her survival,…
Read MoreHDR Teams: South Carolina 2016
HDR Teams: South Carolina 2016 2016 witnessed the first deployment of FBB’s highly anticipated Humanist Disaster Recovery (HDR) Teams program. To support this program, please donate here. The October 2015 North American storm complex brought a high precipitation cold front across the United States, stalling along the Eastern coast, tapping into moisture from nearby Hurricane…
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