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Post by aj2hall on Jul 11, 2025 21:34:53 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2025 3:55:38 GMT
I don't have a link for Cajun Navy This is an article on the dodo about a dog found. His person did not make it but they located surviving family. The dog is being fostered until they can get him.. that is all covered in the dodo article with pictures. If you have watched the TV coverage you probably have seen the dog in some of the pictures.. Rescuers Comb Through Flood Debris And Find A Lost Pup Waiting For Them
He was barely hanging on đź’”By Maeve Dunigan Published on July 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM In the wake of the floods that devastated Central Texas this week, many are homeless and grieving, navigating the aftermath of a storm that took over 90 lives. Among those affected are displaced pets, who now wander the debris, searching tirelessly for their families. One such pet, a sweet dog named Superman, found himself huddled in a pile of wreckage, waiting for a miracle. www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/rescuers-comb-through-flood-debris-and-find-a-lost-pup-waiting-for-themAustin Animals Alive helps the lost animals who families are looking for or have lost their families... donate.austinpetsalive.org/campaign/674763/donate?c_src=KerrCountyFlood-45839&c_src2=Popup2 |
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 12, 2025 18:24:10 GMT
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Post by yivit on Jul 13, 2025 12:12:44 GMT
This one is near and dear to my heart. They collaborate with local (and not so local) shelters, rescues, fosters, and even law enforcement to make sure our furry friends aren't forgotten. www.darnnetwork.org/(They're most active on their FB page) Disclaimer: I've known the founders for years - the Mar of DenMar since high school. |
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Post by RosieKat on Jul 13, 2025 17:26:44 GMT
Please be aware that many organizations have presently asked for no physical donations or random volunteers. They have more than they can use right now. For example, Kerrville PD came right out and said to stop sending them food donations as things are going to waste. People and stuff may be needed more later, but right now there's the surge of caring. Even a lot of groups that are collecting donations are getting turned away at the moment.
Austin Pets Alive is needing very restricted donations, and then people doing unglamorous stuff like scrubbing cages. DD registered to help transport per their own post and ended up moving a single cat from Kerrville to here. (Not minimizing that said cat now has a chance, just highlighting that there are a lot of volunteers for the more dramatic stuff.)
Money is always welcome. And volunteers, but only if you sign up through an agency with a specific request and you have the skills needed. Like, DD and I are working with the Austin Disaster Relief Network in specifically requested volunteer roles. She is a trainee with TEXSAR but isn't qualified yet, so she is staying out of their way right now.
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Post by betsyg on Jul 14, 2025 0:58:29 GMT
I was in Ingram yesterday upriver from Kerrville volunteering at the distribution tent for the Salvation Army. I would say at this point that the need for donations of stuff has been met many times over. The generosity is overwhelming. We were distributing to first responders and anyone who came up who were flood victims. There were a few things that were requested that we didn’t have - coolers, Rubbermaid type totes, laundry soap and tarps. Otherwise there were more people dropping off than picking up. I honestly don’t know where all of this stuff is going to go. It’s definitely changed my perspective on what to donate in the future - just money to the most reputable organizations that have their pulse on what’s needed and where, like gas to run all of the big equipment in the field beside us and the chainsaws, fees to pay the landfill when all of the dumpsters have to be emptied, etc. Mercy Chefs is set up here in Ingram to feed the volunteers and first responders hot meals - they are serving in the church beside us and they also send styrofoam containers out to the boots on the ground. So that would be another great organization along with the Community Foundation of the Hill Country to send monetary donations. I share the need to want to do something and I know that’s where everyone’s hearts are.
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Post by withapea on Jul 14, 2025 19:18:09 GMT
My mom has lived in and outside of Kerrville since the early 90's. My step-dad's family is there, their family have been there for generations. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION of the Texas Hillcountry is where they suggest donating. This a direct relief fund to aid non-profits as well as first responders, local business and crisis response. So many of the communities are served by volunteer departments (My step-dad is a volunteer firefighter );they've lost a lot of equipment and vehicles that are going to be hard to replace. My daughter had an appointment there this afternoon and she called in tears. She said it's hard to wrap her head around the aftermath it even though she's seeing it with her own eyes. And it's still raining. It's her grammie's home so she's spent an enormous amount of time there her whole life. It's truly heartwrenching. |
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Post by RosieKat on Jul 14, 2025 22:43:53 GMT
After having served at a a major central site today - please don't bring ready-to-serve food donations unless you've gotten approval first. We were put in an awkward position several times by people just showing up with food, and us not having them on a list that had been vetted for safety. It's very hard to explain that you really really appreciate the thought, but you can't use it. And then at the end, we were soooo overstocked with ready-to-eat (lovely, amazing) meals. We were taking them by the boxloads to satellite sites, but I suspect there will have to be a lot thrown out at the end of the day due to people's amazing generosity. Again, it is so appreciated, but I hate wasting people's money and work like that.
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