This week Operation BBQ Relief will receive another truck with Prairie Fresh pork to prepare for its Lake Charles, La., deployment that is serving hot barbecue meals to families and first responders affected by Hurricane Laura. In the first 10 days of the deployment, Operation BBQ Relief has served more than 166,000 meals to families and first responders.
Operation BBQ Relief mobilizes staff and volunteer barbecue cooks into natural disaster areas to serve the one hot barbecue meal that matters to those in need along with the many people who come to help. In Louisiana, Operation BBQ Relief deployed its Command Center, equipment, supplies and food to share the healing power of barbecue while implementing new COVID-19 health and food safety protocols as recommended by the CDC and local health departments.