B.C. floods: Alberta Christian group drives massive disaster response trailer to Abbotsford to help with flood recovery

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\u0027We love what we do and to help people,\u0027 says Tammy Suitor, a disaster relief manager for Samaritan’s Purse.

Tammy Suitor, a disaster relief manager for Samaritan’s Purse, gave Postmedia News a tour Friday of the Home Hardware on Wheels, which is housed in a 16-metre NASCAR style trailer.“It has everything we need to respond to any kind of disaster across Canada,” said Suitor. “There’s PPE gear, there’s all the tools.”

The other unit from Calgary is in Merritt, which was also badly damaged from the atmospheric river that drenched B.C.’s South Coast on Nov. 13., causing widespread flooding and landslide damage. If anyone wants to volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse, or to donate to help their efforts, they can visit the“We are a Christian organization and that motivates us to put our faith into action —to not just talk about doing good things but to do good things,” said Suitor. “We love what we do and to help people … We would hope that if we were in that boat someone would do the same for us.

 

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