Monthly Program Update - Texas (February 2020)

TEXAS HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE FEBRUARY 2020

TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT

4,282 4,480

LIVES IMPACTED VOLUNTEERS

41,850

VOLUNTEER DAYS

1,197

JOBS COMPLETED

Current Activities The teams in Texas continue to work hard to get families back into their homes nearly two and a half years after Hurricane Harvey. As our team in Houston will be wrapping up our program at the end of this month, we want to give a huge thanks to all of our partners who have supported us for the last two and a half years.

This month, we’re excited to highlight our continued work with local partners such as the Coastal Bend Disaster Relief Organization, Rockport Hands of Hope and Habitat for Humanity. We’d also like to highlight a new partnership with the USO of South Texas that seeks to engage local veterans interested in contributing to our work on the ground.

The team in Coastal Bend has also made a connection with the local Veterans Memorial High School soccer team. This will allow upwards of 30 students to help families of their community get back on the road to recovery.

Project Spotlight The team in Houston continues to look for additional ways to have an impact on the community. They recently partnered with the non-profit Trees for Houston to help plant trees at the Houston Botanic Garden. Our volunteers worked besides upwards of 60 community members. Check out our volunteers working hard in the (left).

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Disaster Profile Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017, near Rockport, Texas as a Category 4 Hurricane that produced a record 52" of rain and 130-mph winds. One third of Houston was completely flooded, with an estimated 136,000 homes affected in Harris County alone. The Coastal Bend region was hit especially hard, and experienced $4.5 billion in damage to an estimated 39,927 structures. Destruction in this region was magnified by high speed winds that took down trees and destroyed roofs, amplifying interior water damage far beyond that caused by the storm surge and flooding.

Our Work Thanks to critical support from donors, partners and volunteers, we’ve been in Houston and Coastal Bend since the immediate days after Hurricane Harvey. During the response phase, our teams were able to complete an impactful 16-week response program in Coastal Bend and an 18-week program in Houston.

Since February 2018, our commitment to the recovery effort has concentrated site supervisors and volunteers on constructing high quality interior repair. We’re driven by the continued recognition of the immense scale of need that still exists in Texas; and the compassion of volunteers to keep coming back.

About All Hands and Hearts We effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes and infrastructure.

We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator six years in a row and a Perfect 100. Less than one percent of rated nonprofits have received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.

Our Partners in Texas

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