Mercy Chefs Deploys to Eastern Kentucky Following Historic Flooding
Mercy Chefs Deploys to Eastern Kentucky Following Devastating Floods
Mercy Chefs, a Virginia-based disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization that serves chef-prepared meals in national emergencies and natural disasters, has deployed to Whitesburg, Kentucky to provide daily meal service following the devasting flooding in the eastern part of the state.
Mercy Chefs will serve its first meals this evening, July 30, at Letcher County Central High School located at 435 Cougar Drive, Whitesburg, KY 41858. Both lunch and dinner will be served in the days to follow from the same location. In addition, the team will be distributing meals to multiple more rural locations.
The nonprofit’s community kitchen in Paducah, KY has already sprung into action preparing bakery items to transport to the eastern part of the state in the coming days.
“It’s times like this that we feel so blessed to have bases strategically placed across the country,” said Gary LeBlanc, founder and CEO of Mercy Chefs. “With the help of our community kitchen in the western part of the state, we can quickly and efficiently provide support to the families impacted by the flooding. We are committed to serving hot meals—and a helping of hope—to victims and first responders.”
Mercy Chefs has served more than 20 million meals since its founding in 2006 in the aftermath of Katrina when LeBlanc went to New Orleans to volunteer and realized disaster relief could be done better.
To support Mercy Chefs in its current relief efforts, visit https://mercychefs.com/ky-floods/. Follow Mercy Chefs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for updates on relief efforts.