If you are among the lucky ones whose house or apartment remained dry and you want to help those in need, here’s a handy guide to where and how to volunteer. If you want to go to the George R. Brown to help at that shelter, they have a real need for people to work the night shifts. There are lots of smaller shelters, many outside Houston, that could really use your help.
Via Swamplot, here’s a crowdsourced map with more information. Find a need and do something about it.
If what you can give is money, the Greater Houston Community Foundation remains a fine option, though there are plenty of others worthy of support.
All HISD students will receive three free meals per day this year. The HISD Foundation, which exists to help students, is also accepting donations to help families recover from Harvey.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg has also set up a Harvey relief fund, which you can donate to here.
Port Aransas was truly devastated by Harvey.
Houston’s airports will reopen today. Metro buses will return to service on some core routes on Thursday.
The Astros will return to Minute Maid on Saturday.
Even monster trucks were pressed into rescue service during the height of Harvey.
Michael Skelley and Anne Whitlock have set an example for us all. In a slightly different universe, Skelley would be in Congress.
Former Houston mayor Bill White, who welcomed some 200,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees, was himself displaced by Harvey. He, along with former Harris County Judge Robert Eckels and former Houston Mayor Annise Parker are now assisting Harris County officials with the shelter at NRG Stadium.
Whatever your status was and is during Harvey, undocumented immigrants have more to deal with and worry about.