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One of the most effective ways to help others is to put your money where your mouth is.
Feeding Texas is a nonprofit working to feed millions even in non-disaster times, but it has mobilized around connecting donors with food banks especially in need right now. Click here to donate towards its efforts.
Here are additional places to donate $:
Dallas Our Calling manages the city s convention center shelter, so this is where Dallas Homeless Alliance President and CEO Carl Falconer recommends spending your $.
Donate Time
In San Antonio, the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless is most in need of volunteers to work overnight shifts. They also need hot meals. If you live in the San Antonio area are are willing and able to contribute, read more about what they need here:
We push forward - volunteers scrambling to help homeless out of the cold
Feb. 17, 2021
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Isabella Schultz warms up in the back of volunteer Valerie Salas’ car as she head to a shelter. Salas is one of the outreach workers getting people off the streets into warm shelters.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Valerie Salas, director of outreach at Christian Assistance Ministries, tries to no avail to book a hotel for a client for the night to keep them safe.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Scott, a homeless man, talks with outreach professionals from CAM and Centro who came to check on him and drop off some food.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
How to help and get help as the winter storm causes power outages across Texas
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Bethany Fischer, right, rests her head on the shoulder of her husband Nic, while staying at a church warming center Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. The couple, who lost power at their home on Monday, are part of the more than 4 million people in Texas who still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state s power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
A homeless Austinite wears extra blankets to protect against the cold as an unprecedented winter storm grips much of Texas on Feb 13, 2021. homeless shelters and warming stations are experiencing high demand, although advocates say there’s still enough capacity to ensure no one will be turned away. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
As Texas endured a second day of freezing temperatures, hundreds of people who live in the streets sought live-saving refuge in emergency shelters.
In Texas largest cities, homeless shelters and warming stations are experiencing high demand, although advocates say there’s still enough capacity to ensure no one will be turned away.