Red Cross Continues to Help as Texans Return Home After Hurricane Beryl

As power is restored, people in southeast Texas are slowly returning to their neighborhoods. Many face the loss of their homes or the need for extensive repairs. The American Red Cross is helping now and will be there in the challenging weeks and months to come as people get back on their feet.

RED CROSS RESPONSE Hear from Red Cross Humanitarian Services President Trevor Riggen on the ground in southeast Texas.

Red Cross disaster workers will help people plan their next steps while continuing to provide emergency shelter and delivering emergency supplies such as food, water and other critical support to people in need.

Thursday night, over 230 people stayed in 6 Red Cross and partner shelters seeking relief from the heat and hurricane damage. Hundreds of Red Crossers have provided some 76,000meals and 1,200 casesof water to communities that were heavily impacted by Hurricane Beryl. Mobile teams have also provided 480 clean-up kits to help households kickstart their recovery.

RECOVERYAfter a disaster, no two roads to recovery are alike as different families face different obstacles. The Red Cross prioritizes financial assistance to help empower people to cover their most pressing needs.

Depending on the disaster, we may offer several different types of financial assistance to help eligible households recover. Financial assistance can help families with any number of urgent expenses such as clothing, lodging and transportation, to longer-term essentials such as replacing lost items, security deposits and home repairs.

Helping families and communities recover after a disaster is a team effort - no one organization can meet every need. We work closely with partners to address the most critical gaps and ensure people are not overlooked.

YOU CAN HELP Please click, text or call to help people affected by the Hurricane Beryl in the United States. To donate, visit redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or text BERYL to 90999. Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from this disaster.

CARIBBEAN RESPONSE Beryl left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados and Jamaica.

Local Red Cross societies are currently leading the response efforts in each country. They are focused on the distribution of relief items and short-term shelter solutions to cover people's immediate needs. Hygiene kits, water treatment kits, cleaning kits, kitchen sets, tarpaulins, blankets and mosquito nets have already been dispatched to the hardest hit islands to meet the immediate needs of the affected communities.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and its global Red Cross partners are also supporting relief efforts. The American Red Cross has deployed international crisis responders to Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica to support of those affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean. These highly trained crisis responders are lending skills such as information management and operations leadership and are supporting on-the-ground relief efforts alongside local Red Cross teams.

Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP)Through the generosity of our American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and Disaster Responder members, the American Red Cross is prepared before disaster strikes. ADGP and Disaster Responder members help secure a reliable funding base for disaster relief services that enables the Red Cross to respond immediately, meeting the needs of individuals and families affected by disaster, regardless of cost.

ADGP $1M Members:Amazon; American Airlines; Anheuser-Busch Foundation; Bank of America; Caterpillar Foundation; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; CMA CGM Foundation; Costco Wholesale; Delta Air Lines; Elevance Health Foundation; Enterprise Mobility Foundation; FedEx; Lilly Endowment Inc.; Lowe's Companies, Inc.; McDonald's Corporation; Merck; Microsoft; Nationwide Foundation; The Pfizer Foundation; The Starbucks Foundation; State Farm; Takeda; Truist Foundation; VSP Vision; Walmart and the Walmart Foundation; Wells Fargo

ADGP $500k Members:Altria Group; American Express; Aon; Bread Financial; Capital One; Chick-fil-A; Citi Foundation; The Clorox Company; Danaher Foundation; Darden Foundation; Delta Dental; DHL Supply Chain; Edison International; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Foundation; Ford Motor Company Fund; Fox Corporation; General Motors; Google.org; HCA Healthcare; The Home Depot Foundation; The J.M. Smucker Company; Johnson Controls Foundation; Kaiser Permanente; The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation; The Kroger Co. Foundation; Liberty Mutual Insurance; Mastercard; Mondelēz International Foundation; New Balance Foundation; Paul Davis Restoration; PayPal; PepsiCo Foundation; PetSmart Charities; Salesforce; Southeastern Grocers Gives Foundation & Southeastern Grocers, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie; Stryker; Target; The TJX Companies, Inc.; Toyota; United Airlines; UPS; USAA; U.S. Bank Foundation; Visa Foundation; The Walt Disney Company; The Wawa Foundation; Wesco; Zoetis

Disaster Responder Members:7-Eleven Cares Foundation; Adobe; The AES Corporation; ALDI; American Tire Distributors; American Water Charitable Foundation; Ameriprise Financial; Assurant; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.; Avangrid Foundation; Barclays; Bath & Body Works; Big 5 Sporting Goods; Build-A-Bear Foundation; Canadian National Railroad Association; CarMax; CDW; Charles Schwab Foundation; Cisco Foundation; CNA Insurance; The Coca-Cola Foundation; The Deluxe Foundation; The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation; Discover; Dollar General; Dollar Tree and Family Dollar; Duke Energy; Equitable; FirstEnergy Corporation; Harbor Freight Tools Foundation, LLC; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation; HP Foundation; International Paper; Invitation Homes; Keurig Dr Pepper; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; L'Oréal; The Labcorp Charitable Foundation; Lenovo Foundation; LKQ; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Macy's, Inc.; Major League Baseball; Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Martin Marietta; Masco; Mattress Firm; McKesson Foundation; MetLife Foundation; Neiman Marcus Group; NextEra Energy, Inc.; Norfolk Southern; Northrop Grumman Foundation; Northwestern Mutual; Novartis; Old Dominion Freight Line; Pacific Life Foundation; Phillips 66; Prudential; Raymond James; RBC Foundation USA; Reckitt; Reliance, Inc.; Reynolds American Inc.; RTX; Ryder System, Inc.; Santander; Security Finance's Lending Hand Foundation; ServiceNow; Southwest Airlines; Stanley Black & Decker; Stephen's Inc.; Tata Consultancy Services; U-Haul International; Ulta Beauty; U.S. Foods; Yum! Brands; Zurich

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