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Community Pitches In After Storm
Julia Villareal '26 and Addy Zimmerman '27 help out at a volunteer event after the winter storm.
Aid During Winter Storm Uri
From suffering a power grid failure
to frozen pipes and lack of running water, Texans had never faced a winter weather crisis like Winter Storm Uri. Residents all over the state were stuck in freezing homes and often searching desperately for food and water, left with little guidance on when the situation would improve.
Throughout this crisis, the bond our school has built was felt. Friends offered extra firewood, a warm bed to sleep in, or just a listening ear to acknowledge a stressful time. Even as we suffered ourselves, our hearts broke watching the suffering of our neighbors. St. Andrew’s Chaplains Ashley Brandon and Whitney Kirby offered resources to the community, identifying places to volunteer for emergency food and water distribution as well as direct relief organizations that needed donations.
Even when the snow had thawed, our SAS community helped neighbors in need. Many students and faculty
Beatrice de Montfort Walker '25, Zain Osborne '25, and Sonia Singh '25 alongside Mayor Pro Tempore Natasha Harper-Madison and Chaplain Ashley Brandon.
members volunteered at a massive emergency food, water, and supply distribution event put on by the Austin Texan Musicians group at the Millenium Youth Center. Students sorted items and loaded cars with essential supplies for those who were still affected by power outages and other lasting effects from the storm. At the distribution event, students were able to meet Mayor Pro Tempore Natasha HarperMadison, who had recently spoken in Chapel. After volunteering, HarperMadison spoke to the students on the importance of being a servant leader in their community.
Community and solidarity is wonderful to have during good times, but critical to have during a crisis. The winter storm -- though
The St. Andrew's campus blanketed in snow after Winter Storm Uri.
devastating in its destruction and long-term effects -- revealed to us the goodness inherent in humans, a goodness that we can often overlook.
