TEXAS HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE DECEMBER 2019
TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT Current Activities
4,275
LIVES IMPACTED
4,295
VOLUNTEERS
39,168
VOLUNTEER DAYS
1,173
JOBS COMPLETED
As we approach the holiday season, our Hurricane Harvey relief programs in Houston and Coastal Bend are getting in the spirit, finding new ways to welcome more families into warm homes. This month, we’re excited to highlight our work with Rockport Hands of Hope, Habitat for Humanity and the Navajo Nation, in partnership with whom we are working on 24 homes. By emboldening the skills of each organization, we’re each specializing on a particular phase of work to accelerate the completion of these homes for their families. The holiday spirit doesn’t stop there! When they’re not hard at work in homes, our volunteers and staff have been hitting the pavement to distribute turkeys to Houston families, and serving hundreds of meals at the 76th Annual Jim Salem Dinner in Coastal Bend. We know that every step we take together to care for our communities adds up.
Community Voices Recovery from Harvey seemed impossible for the McIntyre family. After losing insurance money to contractor fraud, two years passed of being repeatedly turned away due to challenges with the land title. By working with partners at legal aid, All Hands and Hearts found a path for the impossible to become possible, and Site Supervisor Kolby welcomed Josefina McIntyre home this month (pictured left). “You don’t ask for anything in return for the work — you are special people. I am excited and forever grateful to you for all you have done.” Josefina McIntyre, Coastal Bend homeowner
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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.
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