Dear Friends of BOXTOROW,

The people in Texas need our help. Watching the news these last several days, I have been so heartbroken at what I’ve seen. Thank you to the first responders who have also risked their lives for others.

Read the information below and consider making a donation to The Salvation Army. God bless you.

Donal Ware
Host of BOXTOROW
@boxtorow
@dware1

The Salvation Army is:

• Deploying 42 mobile kitchens and two field kitchens to Texas. In addition to units already based in Texas, mobile kitchens from Arkansas and Oklahoma are being sent to the region over the weekend.
• Each of these Salvation Army mobile kitchens can serve an average of 1,500 meals per day.
• Staging emergency supplies such as cleanup kits, water, and food at its 100,000 sq. ft. disaster center in Arlington, Texas, and at points nearer to the coast.
• Working closely with local and state emergency management officials and nonprofit partner organizations like AmeriCares (which is providing bottled water) and Midwest Food Bank (which is providing food boxes).
• Positioning disaster leadership teams in San Antonio, Galveston/Texas City, Houston, and Corpus Christi.
• Preparing units in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states to respond to potential flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
• Staffing the Texas State Operations Center in Austin, TX, and FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C.
• The Salvation Army of Corpus Christi is concentrating their early efforts to feed 200 first-responders that are staged at the FEMA Safety Shelter.

How you can help NOW:

The following donations channels have been established to begin raising funds for this event:

• Online: www.helpsalvationarmy.org
• Donate by phone: 1-800-SAL-ARMY
• Mail checks to: The Salvation Army  PO BOX 1959  Atlanta, GA 30301  Please designate ‘Hurricane Harvey’ on all checks.
• To receive a donation link via text: Text STORM to 51555

Volunteers:
The Salvation Army recruits and deploys trained and screened disaster workers who are affiliated with a local Salvation Army unit. To register as a disaster worker:

• Register online at http://disaster.salvationarmyusa.org/volunteer/new/
• Call The Salvation Army

If you are a new volunteer registering today, bear in mind that The Salvation Army typically uses trained disaster workers already associated with The Salvation Army FIRST.