Hurricane Harvey Recovery & Relief Fund
From Reverend Kenneth Gordon Hurto, Lead Executive for the UUA’s Southern Region:
“On Friday night, August 25, Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 Storm and brought with it deadly winds and rain to an area of the United States millions call home. Much of the Texas Gulf Coast has been impacted and communities in Louisiana and across the state of Texas are still coping with more days of rain. We’re holding all of those affected in our hearts and prayers and we are in touch with local Unitarian Universalists so we can meet the needs as they arise. To do this, To do this, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has joined with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) on a recovery and relief fund.
“Please give as generously as you are able. Half of all funds raised will go to at-risk populations served by UUSC partners and the other half of the funds will support Unitarian Universalist congregations and members of those congregations most affected by the storm. Those funds will be administered by a group of leaders in the UUA’s Southern Region, which includes the states across the southeast from Texas to South Carolina, and from most of Virginia to Florida.
“Using their eye-to-eye partnership model, UUSC will work with and support local grassroots community partners on the ground in Texas serving at-risk populations who may not be able to access relief services and who are traditionally left out of mainstream response efforts. UUSC and their partners will work to bolster locally led relief efforts that are serving immigrant families, in particular young mothers and their children.
“As the storm passes and recovery begins, UUSC will continue to get updates and work with partners to ensure their needs are meation to this fund is much appreciated. Thank you.”
More information and a form for making a donation by credit card is available here: giving.uua.org/harvey-floods?utm_medium=uua.org&utm_source=feature2&utm_campaign=homepage. Checks can be made out to the UUA with “Harvey Recovery Fund” on the memo line, and mailed to UUA Gift Processing, 24 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA 02210