Regent Students Step in to Help as Operation Blessing Preps for Very Active Hurricane Season

Hundreds of incoming Regent University freshmen teamed up with CBN’s Operation Blessing for an epic disaster-preparedness event this week, all in the quest to make sure they are ready to help families in need this hurricane season. 

It was Operation Blessing’s biggest emergency meal-packing event ever.

“The energy’s through the roof,” said Operation Blessing‘s COO Drew Friedrich.

About 400 Regent University students spent the day packing more than 1,500 meal kits – roughly 57,000 meals in total – to be shipped to various locations in preparation for what’s expected to be a very active hurricane season.

“We’ve been hearing it’s going to be the busiest one ever. We’re seeing a lot of activity, but so far everything’s been like a category one, knock on wood. A lot of wind, a lot of rain, nothing super damaging so far but we have seen some destruction in some areas. We’ve already sent out over 42 truckloads of disaster relief supplies this season alone to Texas, to Louisiana, to Georgia. So, there’s definitely a need,” Friedrich said. “This packing today will prepare us in case the major storm hits.” 

For Regent students, this was a great way to start the new school year.

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