Professional Chefs Deploy to Florida in Response to
Hurricane Matthew
PORTSMOUTH, VA, October 7, 2016 | TruthPR | – Mercy Chefs, a Hampton Roads based non-profit, disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization is deploying their team of professional chefs to provide hot meals following Hurricane Matthew’s forecasted landfall in Florida. This is Mercy Chefs’ eleventh disaster deployment in 2016.
This morning, the relief team will be packing and loading between 8:00am and 9:00am at their Virginia base, located at: 5172 W. Military Highway, Chesapeake, VA 23321. Building 24, Hangers 3 &9. Then, at 9:00am they will deploy with their mobile command center, a state of the art mobile kitchen and a refrigerated trailer in tow for their initial assessment and response. The team will pre-stage overnight Friday in Atlanta and will head into the disaster zone Saturday. Daily meal service for victims, first responders and volunteers will begin by Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
Mercy Chefs’ Founder and President, Gary LeBlanc says, “Right now Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm I’ve seen headed for the East Coast since Andrew hit in 1992. This could be catastrophic. It is estimated that seven million people will be without power in Florida once Matthew strikes. Portions of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks if the eye crosses over land. Mercy Chefs is preparing for the worst and praying for the best. We will be there to provide aid whatever the outcome.”
Mercy Chefs will post meals times and additional updates on the organization’s Facebook page as new information becomes available.
For more information on Mercy Chefs, please visit www.mercychefs.com
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ABOUT MERCY CHEFS:
Mercy Chefs is a 501c3 founded in 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The organization exists to provide professionally prepared, restaurant quality meals to victims, volunteers and first responders in natural disasters and national emergencies and partners with existing ministries with food service in underserved communities around the country. Since its founding, Mercy Chefs has served over one million meals, and in 2015 they received both the Virginia Governor’s Volunteerism Award and the Hampton Roads Volunteer Achievement
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