Salvation Army team heads to Corpus Christi with full kitchen

The Red Cross and Salvation Army will be involved with disaster relief efforts, providing shelter, fresh drinking water, food, toiletries, clothes, bedding and other necessities.

The Salvation Army in Greater Baton Rouge is monitoring the devastation of Hurricane Harvey closely.

A last minute prayer and a check under the hood before 12 Salvation Army officers from Tennessee and Louisiana hit the road Tuesday morning. Each of these mobile kitchens serves an average of 1,500 hot meals per day. They are prepared to head to a staging area in Victoria, TX. “My guess is that there will be a third two-week deployment too”. “We already sent 40,000 clean up kits from the Utica area”, said Schwartz. Eight units from Oklahoma and Arkansas are hoping to help.

Disaster response teams will be positioned in San Antonio, Galveston, Houston, and Corpus Christi to coordinate the ongoing disaster response.

Salvation Army members say the best way you can help is by donating money to the organization. Shower and sleeping trailers alongside the mobile feeding units are being deployed to the affected area.

Jacksonville’s Salvation Army is sending crews and their mobile food canteen to cook meals for impacted families.

Thuecks said residents are going through the initial shock of being forced from their homes, but many will have to navigate even more stress when they return.

“And it missed us”, said Lowry. “Monetary donations allow disaster responders to immediately meet the needs of the people affected without incurring numerous costs associated with sorting, packing, transporting and distributing donated goods”.

Hundreds of animals are expected to be displaced because of Hurricane Harvey. Some organizations like churches may not be listed.

Catholic Charities of USA. Online credit card donations will be assessed a small fee by the credit card companies. Checks should be designated “Hurricane Harvey” to ensure funds are used exclusively for this disaster, Tsui said.

Red Cross officials are encouraging people to make financial donations instead of donating items to support the relief efforts.