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	With the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey leaving a large portion of Texas still seeking help, Lt. Andrew Thorson with the Salvation Army will be leaving to Corpus Christi today to serve on the frontline. His return is scheduled two weeks from his departure.<br /><br />From Aug. 28-29, ten mobile feeding units manned by 18 Salvation Army officers, employees and volunteers were deployed to Corpus Christi along with an Incident Command Team of 12 to run the operation. On Sept. 1, nine more feeding trucks along with quads and a trailer were sent from the Arkansas-Oklahoma Salvation Army division bringing the total of feeding truck deployed to 84. A group consisting of 14 additional people, Thorson being one, has been on standby ready to be sent.<br /><br />Each group of people sent by the Salvation Army serve on the frontlines for 14 days at a time and each individual will receive his or her tasks upon arrival.<br /><br />This deployment was voluntary and will be Thorson’s first time aiding in the wake of a disaster which is also in an area where he use to live.<br /><br />“This will be my first time,” he said. “It’s interesting too since they are sending me to Corpus Christi, which is where I use to live. That’s where I did some of my pretraining before I went into the seminary. It’s going to be interesting.”<br /><br />Because Thorson lived in the areas affected, he and his family have friends and family there which he contributed to part of his preparedness for the trip.<br /><br />“I think most of that [preparing for the trip] actually came before hand,” he explained. “Because I’m from that area as well as along the coast going all the way over to Galveston, all of our friends and family we know are in those areas [affected]. We’ve constantly been on the phone with them through this ordeal. It’s been so difficult on us being up here and not being able to help them. A lot of the preparedness came as the storm was already coming in and I was trying to deal it with it just mentally even at that point.”<br /><br />Though the Thorsons have friends and family in the areas affected by Hurricane Harvey he said they made it through.<br /><br />“Thankfully the people that we do know, some of them were hit a little harder than others of course,” Thorson said. “But God pulled them through it. I’m ready to get down there just to try to do what I can both on a spiritual level as well the physical level.<br /><br />“Continue to pray for those that are affected by it as well as for those that are taking time out of their lives away from their jobs to go down and assist. It’s going to be a long road to recovery.”<br /><br />The Salvation Army is accepting monetary donations for relief efforts in Texas. One hundred percent of the donations that are received for aid of Hurricane Harvey will go to the disaster relief. To donate, visit www.helpsalvationarmy.org, call 1-800-725-2769 (1-800-SAL-ARMY) or text STORM to 51555 to receive a donation link for mobile giving. Checks may also be mailed to The Salvation Army P.O. Box 1959, Atlanta, GA, 30301. All checks mailed for relief efforts should be marked or designated with Hurricane Harvey.<br /><br />According to Thorson, the Salvation Army is already getting ready to send in aid for Hurricane Irma if and when it hits.
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