On Wednesday, May 2nd, OneSchool Global (OSG) students and faculty from the San Francisco campus of OneSchool Global (OSG) teamed up with Kids Against Hunger to prepare meals for children in need. Volunteers packed 1,980 food bags, each containing six meals, for a grand total of 11,880 meals at the Pleasanton headquarters of Kids Against […]
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RRT Food Boxes supporting storm recovery
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), in partnership with the City of Gold Coast, supplied 200 food boxes to support residents experiencing the double blows of the cost-of-living crisis and the aftermath of the devastating Christmas and New Year storms. With the assistance of the City’s Disaster Recovery Grant Program, RRT has provided Food Boxes to […]
PBCC Torbay donate a defibrillator
The local Plymouth Brethren congregation in Torbay recently donated a defibrillator following a tragic incident on the Moors. Air and land ambulances were called to part of the Dartmoor National Park in Devon following an emergency callout. Witnesses said a young man had been watching the sunset at Haytor Rocks Beauty Spot before suffering a […]
Didcot gift a bus shelter to local community
World Give Day is held on the 4th of May every year and is a special day allowing people to collaborate, give, and celebrate kindness. It encourages selflessness by reminding people to use the opportunity to help others around them. Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a village of postcard-picture prettiness located in Upper Thames Valley in South Oxfordshire. […]
RRT Provides Support to First Responders at Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
After the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) rapidly mobilized to provide support to first responders at the scene. Within two hours of the incident, RRT volunteers from Baltimore and Washington arrived. Volunteers delivered over 1,400 meals and refreshments to emergency services personnel across 16 agencies engaged in the […]
Dalwallinu locals thank Brethren businesses for thriving economy
Locals from Dalwallinu, a small town located in Western Australia, are grateful for their Plymouth Brethren neighbours who employ hundreds of staff and help keep the economy thriving. Kim Ray, a member of our Church, was born in Dalwallinu. He raised his six sons on the family farm before opening a mine-site engineering company that […]
Plymouth Brethren volunteers help rebuild fences for cyclone-affected farmers
Cyclone Gabrielle tore through the Hawke’s Bay region in New Zealand, leaving a mass of destruction in its wake, including thousands of kilometres of broken fencing. Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church quickly came together to support and loaded nearly 100 kilometres of free fencing onto a convoy of trucks to deliver to 300 […]
PBCC members band together to deliver aid to Ukraine
In March 2022, the crisis unfolding in Ukraine gripped the world. Shortly after news broke, members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) put their compassion into action to raise funds and deliver aid directly to refugees displaced by the war. Coordinated through the charitable arm of our Church, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), […]
Burger bonanza at Blacktown Hospital as Rapid Relief Team (RRT) thank medical workers
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has staged an appreciation lunch for the staff of Blacktown Hospital to say thanks to the doctors, nurses and medical workers who take care of the community. RRT Local Team Leader Ken Craddock said a team of 26 volunteers served 1,685 signature burgers to hospital workers. “Our first event with […]
It’s Fine To Ask For A Burger On RUOK Day
More than 1,200 Rapid Relief Team signature burgers were served at RUOK events around the country where Australians took the time to check in on each other and make sure their mates were fighting fit. Events were held in conjunction with Indigenous schools, frontline emergency workers and local councils in WA, Queensland, Victoria and NSW: […]