Nonprofits lend vital support to Texas flood relief efforts

07 / 11 / 25

Last edited 02 / 27 / 26

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As severe flooding continues to impact Central Texas, leaving at least 120 people dead and more than 160 missing, several nonprofit organizations supported by Yardi are on the scene delivering vital supplies and services.

For example, Direct Relief provided an initial commitment of $50,000 in emergency operating funds for volunteer search and rescue crews and made its $90 million stockpile of medications and supplies available to responding organizations. The humanitarian aid organization reported that its workers “are coordinating closely with local healthcare providers, emergency response agencies and search-and-rescue groups.”

Three groups, one common goal

In the month preceding the disaster, Direct Relief, acting through a long-term partnerships network, sent medicines and supplies valued at more than $114,000 to 12 organizations in counties now under state disaster declaration.

Direct Relief, based near Yardi corporate headquarters in Santa Barbara, California, is active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.

Meanwhile, World Central Kitchen mobilized on the first day of the flooding to deliver thousands of meals at summer camps and at reunification centers and hotels where evacuees reconnected with loved ones.

Relief team members in Texas “provide food and water to anyone in need, including first responders working nonstop to find survivors,” noted the Washington, D.C.-based organization, whose mission is to providemeals in response to humanitarian, climate and community crises.

Also playing a key role is Austin, Texas-based TEXSAR Inc., which has made its array of specialized resources, including ground search and rescue, flood rescue and aerial search, available to the region.

“We will be deploying volunteer ‘ground pounders,’ swiftwater teams, boats, drone teams, K9s and whatever else requesting agencies need of us,” stated the organization, which works across Texas at the request of law enforcement, fire departments and emergency management agencies.

Visit the websites for Direct Relief, World Central Kitchen and TEXSAR to learn how you can contribute to their relief efforts. Learn how Yardi is Energized for Good with its support of education, the environment, homeless services and humanitarian aid.

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Joel Nelson, senior marketing writer, joined Yardi in 2007. His byline has appeared in New York Real Estate Journal, Canadian Property Management and Los Angeles Lawyer, among others. He has won multiple awards from major professional organizations including the International Association of Business Communicators and Public Communicators of Los Angeles. Joel earned a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College.

Nonprofits lend vital support to Texas flood relief efforts

Three groups, one common goal

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