Poured Out – About Us
Poured Out Mission
Core Values
What We Do
Poured Out believes every community deserves the opportunity to access clean drinking water. In order to achieve this goal, Poured Out seeks to enable individuals to access clean water through various filtration techniques, educate communities in working and maintaining these units, and empower those who share our concern in providing those things. We design, build, and install filtration systems in an international setting. Currently we are working in Haiti.
Poured Out US Disaster Response seeks to be first-on-the-ground response to communities who have been struck by natural disaster. We help local churches by providing the necessary knowledge and equipment to help deal with the crisis around them after a natural disaster. We also connect willing volunteers to tools and homeowners needing help after a storm. We muck out homes, clean up debris, cut down dangerous trees, repair roofs, distribute goods, and ensure people get the help they need as quickly as possible.
Poured Out is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization as we use the donations we are given to aid the communities we are serving. Our staff raise their own support with limited administrative support from the organization.
Our Founders
Carlee Greene
With a BA in Psychology, Carlee’s love for unreached communities started as a young girl. Starting in her early teens, Carlee has done construction-based disaster relief at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota; the mountain village of Beaver, Kentucky; and the flooded New Orleans, Louisiana . Throughout college Carlee was a volunteer construction worker in both Michigan and Florida for Habitat for Humanity. After college, Carlee traveled to Pupuke, New Zealand to live on a Maori Marae and build homes for several families. Carlee’s passion for water purification began on her first trip to Haiti, where the level of contamination in the water was a prominent threat. Carlee co-founded Poured Out at the age of 23, and became a full-time missionary at 25. She now serves as the Director of Haiti Operations and US Disaster Response Administrative Coordinator.
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Steve Adams
An Ordained Pastor and certified Disaster Relief Coordinator, Steve has kept busy with urgent aid for over 9 years. Leading relief projects in Haiti, Georgia, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana, and dozens of other areas. Steve has a passion for putting his construction and engineering skills to work in communities that need it most. Steve would describe himself as deeply convicted that people and resources need to be connected to those who have lost everything after a storm happens. Steve’s passion for water purification began when doing relief work in Haiti and he witnessed first hand the reality of children dying of water borne disease, sweeping through whole communities where technology of our day could help bring long-term solutions. Steve stepped down from his position as a pastor to become a full-time missionary in January of 2012. He now serves as Director of US Disaster Response and Haiti Solar Water Projects Manager.
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Our Haiti Crew
Carlee Greene
International Director
With a BA in Psychology, Carlee’s love for unreached communities started as a young girl. Starting in her early teens, Carlee has done construction-based disaster relief at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota; the mountain village of Beaver, Kentucky; and the flooded New Orleans, Louisiana . Throughout college Carlee was a volunteer construction worker in both Michigan and Florida for Habitat for Humanity. After college, Carlee traveled to Pupuke, New Zealand to live on a Maori Marae and build homes for several families. Carlee’s passion for water purification began on her first trip to Haiti, where the level of contamination in the water was a prominent threat. Carlee co-founded Poured Out at the age of 23, and became a full-time missionary at 25. She now serves as the Director of Haiti Operations and US Disaster Response Administrative Coordinator.
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Steve Adams
Filtration System Engineer
An Ordained Pastor and certified Disaster Relief Coordinator, Steve has kept busy with urgent aid for over 9 years. Leading relief projects in Haiti, Georgia, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana, and dozens of other areas. Steve has a passion for putting his construction and engineering skills to work in communities that need it most. Steve would describe himself as deeply convicted that people and resources need to be connected to those who have lost everything after a storm happens. Steve’s passion for water purification began when doing relief work in Haiti and he witnessed first hand the reality of children dying of water borne disease, sweeping through whole communities where technology of our day could help bring long-term solutions. Steve stepped down from his position as a pastor to become a full-time missionary in January of 2012. He now serves as Director of US Disaster Response and Haiti Solar Water Projects Manager.
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Linda Gregory
Asst. International Director
Linda began her journal into disaster relief and water purification during her sophomore year of college at Indiana Wesleyan University. Shortly after hurricane Katrina hit, she adventured on her first disaster relief trip to Gulfport, MS. She continued to lead trips to New Orleans for 5 years. She also served on disaster relief teams in Greensburg Kansas, Iowa, New York, and Dexter, Michigan. She became involved in water purification in Haiti in 2011, and is now a team leader for Haiti. She is also the director of our Annual FallBack 5k Run and works part time as a nurse in Port Huron, MI.
Levi Adams
Water Projects Manager
Levi traveled with Poured Out to Haiti in September 2010 and developed a passion for bringing clean water to those who desperately need it. Levi has grown up participating in various projects throughout America, mostly focusing on disaster relief. The past three years Levi has balance his time between his career as a product engineer at De-Sta-Co, Poured Out and finishing school at Wayne State University. As of June 2013 he is now pursuing a full-time career with Poured Out! “My passion for the people of Haiti and the American citizens affected by disasters has grown over the past three years. I cannot wait for what God is going to do with our organization in the years to come!”
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Chris Steinle
Asst. Water Projects Manager
Chris Steinle and his wife started North Shore Church 8 years ago and have had the opportunity to serve the Anchor Bay area as well as the US and international community. Chris responded to Honduras in ’99 after hurricane Mitch devastated the area and a few months later led a team of volunteers into that region again. Disaster response was put deeply into his heart- and he has been able to serve Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Georgia, Iowa, Alabama, Missouri, and his own state of Michigan. In October of 2013, Chris followed God’s calling on his life to step into his next role as a Poured Out missionary!
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John ‘Smitty’ Smith
International Grounds Manager
John “Smitty” Smith was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1948. He is 63 years old, has 3 children and 12 grandchildren. An employee of Ford Motor Company, he retired after 30 years of service as a skilled tradesman. Following this, Smitty managed Lincoln Woods Apartment Complex until liver cancer forced his retirement from this activity as well. Five years ago, Smitty received a liver transplant, and he’s not looked back since. Smitty has been a volunteer in the substance abuse recovery community for over 22 years and considers himself blessed to be able to help others.
Jeremy Searls
International Medic
Working as a firefighter and EMT revealed to Jeremy his passion for helping those in need. After graduating from Lake Superior State University, he set his sights upon entering the medical field.Jeremy is currently employed by the Emergency Medicine Department at Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies.
Sara Mak Hoffman
Trip Leader
Evan Kourtjian
Trip Leader
Our US Disaster Response Crew
Steve Adams
Disaster Response Director
An Ordained Pastor and certified Disaster Relief Coordinator, Steve has kept busy with urgent aid for over 9 years. Leading relief projects in Haiti, Georgia, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana, and dozens of other areas. Steve has a passion for putting his construction and engineering skills to work in communities that need it most. Steve would describe himself as deeply convicted that people and resources need to be connected to those who have lost everything after a storm happens. Steve’s passion for water purification began when doing relief work in Haiti and he witnessed first hand the reality of children dying of water borne disease, sweeping through whole communities where technology of our day could help bring long-term solutions. Steve stepped down from his position as a pastor to become a full-time missionary in January of 2012. He now serves as Director of US Disaster Response and Haiti Solar Water Projects Manager.
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Chris Steinle
Asst. Disaster Response Director
Chris Steinle and his wife started North Shore Church 8 years ago and have had the opportunity to serve the Anchor Bay area as well as the US and international community. Chris responded to Honduras in ’99 after hurricane Mitch devastated the area and a few months later led a team of volunteers into that region again. Disaster response was put deeply into his heart- and he has been able to serve Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Georgia, Iowa, Alabama, Missouri, and his own state of Michigan. In October of 2013, Chris followed God’s calling on his life to step into his next role as a Poured Out missionary!
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Levi Adams
Disaster Site Manager
Levi traveled with Poured Out to Haiti in September 2010 and developed a passion for bringing clean water to those who desperately need it. Levi has grown up participating in various projects throughout America, mostly focusing on disaster relief. The past three years Levi has balance his time between his career as a product engineer at De-Sta-Co, Poured Out and finishing school at Wayne State University. As of June 2013 he is now pursuing a full-time career with Poured Out! “My passion for the people of Haiti and the American citizens affected by disasters has grown over the past three years. I cannot wait for what God is going to do with our organization in the years to come!”
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Jared Markey
Asst. Disaster Site Manager
Jared’s first experience with disaster relief was at a small tornado disaster in Dexter Mi. As a high school graduate he was seeking to know where his place was in life and as soon as he stepped on a disaster relief site he knew this was what god had called him to do. His background in building and construction trade and experience in repairing equipment as well as being technically savvy makes him a great asset to the team. His 6 weeks spent helping on the NYC site after superstorm sandy further strengthened his calling to the disaster relief work and the mold remediation division of Poured Out. In spring of 2013, Jared had the opportunity of going to Haiti and help in installing a Water house system as well as installing bio-filters up in the mountains. Jared also served in Moore Oklahoma after the EF 5 that hit that city and spent 6 weeks serving with teams from all over the country. Currently Jared balances his time working a part time job but is in the transition of becoming a full time missionary with Poured Out. “Serving others in a real practical way is the ultimate calling on my life and i cannot think of a better way of doing that than through poured out whether on US soil or in Haiti or other 3rd world countries!”
Doug Garner
Equipment Manager
Carlee Greene
Administrative Coordinator
With a BA in Psychology, Carlee’s love for unreached communities started as a young girl. Starting in her early teens, Carlee has done construction-based disaster relief at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota; the mountain village of Beaver, Kentucky; and the flooded New Orleans, Louisiana . Throughout college Carlee was a volunteer construction worker in both Michigan and Florida for Habitat for Humanity. After college, Carlee traveled to Pupuke, New Zealand to live on a Maori Marae and build homes for several families. Carlee’s passion for water purification began on her first trip to Haiti, where the level of contamination in the water was a prominent threat. Carlee co-founded Poured Out at the age of 23, and became a full-time missionary at 25. She now serves as the Director of Haiti Operations and US Disaster Response Administrative Coordinator.
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Our Board of Directors
Carlee Greene
President
With a BA in Psychology, Carlee’s love for unreached communities started as a young girl. Starting in her early teens, Carlee has done construction-based disaster relief at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota; the mountain village of Beaver, Kentucky; and the flooded New Orleans, Louisiana . Throughout college Carlee was a volunteer construction worker in both Michigan and Florida for Habitat for Humanity. After college, Carlee traveled to Pupuke, New Zealand to live on a Maori Marae and build homes for several families. Carlee’s passion for water purification began on her first trip to Haiti, where the level of contamination in the water was a prominent threat. Carlee co-founded Poured Out at the age of 23, and became a full-time missionary at 25. She now serves as the Director of Haiti Operations and US Disaster Response Administrative Coordinator.
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Steve Adams
Vice President
An Ordained Pastor and certified Disaster Relief Coordinator, Steve has kept busy with urgent aid for over 9 years. Leading relief projects in Haiti, Georgia, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana, and dozens of other areas. Steve has a passion for putting his construction and engineering skills to work in communities that need it most. Steve would describe himself as deeply convicted that people and resources need to be connected to those who have lost everything after a storm happens. Steve’s passion for water purification began when doing relief work in Haiti and he witnessed first hand the reality of children dying of water borne disease, sweeping through whole communities where technology of our day could help bring long-term solutions. Steve stepped down from his position as a pastor to become a full-time missionary in January of 2012. He now serves as Director of US Disaster Response and Haiti Solar Water Projects Manager.
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Mike Burgess
Treasurer
Mike Burgess owns a housing development company called The Lakes in Port Huron, Michigan. He has been successfully developing properties and serving the community he oversees while helping to guide their involvement in humanitarian causes. His passion for serving those in need through disaster response began in New Orleans, aiding those who had been affected by Hurricane Katrina. His love for serving the under-reached lead him to become involved with Poured Out in 2012, when he joined the Executive Board and began serving along Poured Out in Michigan and New York. Mike has a beautiful wife Cindy and two daughters who are passionate about people as well!
Levi Adams
Secretary
Levi traveled with Poured Out to Haiti in September 2010 and developed a passion for bringing clean water to those who desperately need it. Levi has grown up participating in various projects throughout America, mostly focusing on disaster relief. The past three years Levi has balance his time between his career as a product engineer at De-Sta-Co, Poured Out and finishing school at Wayne State University. As of June 2013 he is now pursuing a full-time career with Poured Out! “My passion for the people of Haiti and the American citizens affected by disasters has grown over the past three years. I cannot wait for what God is going to do with our organization in the years to come!”
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Chris Steinle
Executive Board Member
Chris Steinle and his wife started North Shore Church 8 years ago and have had the opportunity to serve the Anchor Bay area as well as the US and international community. Chris responded to Honduras in ’99 after hurricane Mitch devastated the area and a few months later led a team of volunteers into that region again. Disaster response was put deeply into his heart- and he has been able to serve Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Georgia, Iowa, Alabama, Missouri, and his own state of Michigan. In October of 2013, Chris followed God’s calling on his life to step into his next role as a Poured Out missionary!
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Brian Oakley
Executive Board Member
“My life has been extremely blessed and as such I feel the need to try and make a difference in my community and around the world. I love to travel and I am also a “hands on” guy. Poured Out allows me to do both in furtherance of our mission. An added bonus for me is the great group of people I get to work with at Poured Out.”
Kent Butterfield
Executive Board Member
Kent has been married to his lovely wife Dana since 1981. Kent and Dana attended Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, MO where they met. Together, they have raised seven children who are scattered from Seattle to Memphis to Northwestern Illinois. Kent is a nine year Navy veteran who then went to work for the Department of the Army as weapons logistics planner for 22 years before retiring. Kent, Dana, and two of their children volunteered with World Hope in Gulf Port, MS after Hurricane Katrina. Kent also worked in Joplin after their tornado. They connected with Poured Out when Heritage Wesleyan, their home church, sent a semi-truck full of supplies to Moore, OK. Their intent was to stay seven to ten days and then go home and enjoy the summer. They stayed from early June until Poured Out left in August, and they have been working with us ever since.
Steve Whittlesey
Executive Board Member
Steve Whittlesey
Aleisha Burgess
Executive Board Member
Aleisha Burgess
Beth Privette
Executive Board Member
Beth is the office manager for Pollock-Randall, Marysville, and Karrer-Simpson Funeral Homes in Port Huron, MI. She has been actively involved in local and world outreach through her church since her first mission trip in 1994. She has served in the Czech Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Bosnia; she also traveled to Russia to adopt her son. She and her family are close friends with the Adams family and they have followed the growth of Poured Out since it began. Her husband, Dale, served on a team in Haiti and on disaster relief teams in Georgia, Kentucky, and New York. They have a daughter and son-in-law, three sons, and a grand-dog.
Poured Out Missionaries
Poured Out’s Carlee Greene, Steve Adams, Levi Adams, Chris Steinle, and Greg Edmonds have taken the huge step of becoming full-time missionaries for Poured Out! The organization’s founders have both resigned from their ‘day jobs’ and are in the process of raising support to be fully available to work for Poured Out.
To those who have/are donating to make this possible, we thank you greatly! With Steve, Carlee, Levi, Chris, and Greg working full-time, we believe Poured Out will experience amplified growth through the year 2013.
Carlee Greene
With a BA in Psychology, Carlee’s love for unreached communities started as a young girl. Starting in her early teens, Carlee has done construction-based disaster relief at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota; the mountain village of Beaver, Kentucky; and the flooded New Orleans, Louisiana . Throughout college Carlee was a volunteer construction worker in both Michigan and Florida for Habitat for Humanity. After college, Carlee traveled to Pupuke, New Zealand to live on a Maori Marae and build homes for several families. Carlee’s passion for water purification began on her first trip to Haiti, where the level of contamination in the water was a prominent threat. Carlee co-founded Poured Out at the age of 23, and became a full-time missionary at 25. She now serves as the Director of Haiti Operations and US Disaster Response Administrative Coordinator.
Email Carlee at: carlee@poured-out.org
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Steve Adams
An Ordained Pastor and certified Disaster Relief Coordinator, Steve has kept busy with urgent aid for over 9 years. Leading relief projects in Haiti, Georgia, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana, and dozens of other areas. Steve has a passion for putting his construction and engineering skills to work in communities that need it most. Steve would describe himself as deeply convicted that people and resources need to be connected to those who have lost everything after a storm happens. Steve’s passion for water purification began when doing relief work in Haiti and he witnessed first hand the reality of children dying of water borne disease, sweeping through whole communities where technology of our day could help bring long-term solutions. Steve stepped down from his position as a pastor to become a full-time missionary in January of 2012. He now serves as Director of US Disaster Response and Haiti Solar Water Projects Manager.
Email Steve at: steve@poured-out.org
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Levi Adams
Levi traveled with Poured Out to Haiti in September 2010 and developed a passion for bringing clean water to those who desperately need it. Levi has grown up participating in various projects throughout America, mostly focusing on disaster relief. The past three years Levi has balance his time between his career as a product engineer at De-Sta-Co, Poured Out and finishing school at Wayne State University. As of June 2013 he is now pursuing a full-time career with Poured Out! “My passion for the people of Haiti and the American citizens affected by disasters has grown over the past three years. I cannot wait for what God is going to do with our organization in the years to come!”
Email Levi at: levi@poured-out.org
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Chris Steinle
Chris Steinle and his wife started North Shore Church 8 years ago and have had the opportunity to serve the Anchor Bay area as well as the US and international community. Chris responded to Honduras in ’99 after hurricane Mitch devastated the area and a few months later led a team of volunteers into that region again. Disaster response was put deeply into his heart- and he has been able to serve Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Georgia, Iowa, Alabama, Missouri, and his own state of Michigan. In October of 2013, Chris followed God’s calling on his life to step into his next role as a Poured Out missionary!
Email Chris at: steinle@poured-out.org
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