Austin Dickson:
Right now, what I’m hearing is that we have all the supplies, all the tools and all the food that we need to conduct search-and-rescue.
We have reunited many people, campers with families. That’s still ongoing, but everybody has the stuff they need for now. And so the easiest way is to make an online gift and donation and not physically come to Kerrville and Kerr County. We do know that, after floods, rivers are contaminated, and so it’s not recommended that people get near the water unless they’re a part of a professional search-and-rescue.
So, for our efforts at the community foundation, we are solely focused on fund-raising from the American public. And then we will be making grants to local vetted nonprofit organizations, first responder entities, and everybody else that’s helping with the recovery. Right now, we’re getting a donation about every second online.
I have got a team of volunteers here, accepting phone calls to take donations online and in person. Our bank has converted itself into a donation station. And we’re doing all we can to just respond to the generosity, the love and the grief of Americans, and, frankly, everybody all over the world.
