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<\/p>\nThe nonprofit is asking Central Texans to join volunteer teams traveling to flood-impacted communities this weekend.<\/p>\n
AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Weeks after devastating flooding swept across parts of the Texas Hill Country and southwest Texas, many families are still struggling to recover from the damage left behind.<\/p>\n
Now, the Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN) is asking Central Texans to volunteer this weekend to help communities rebuild.<\/p>\n
The organization plans to send volunteers this Saturday to flood-affected areas in Kerr, Uvalde and Zavala counties, where many residents are still cleaning out homes damaged by floodwaters.<\/p>\n
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“There\u2019s still a long road to recovery,” said Stephen Brewer, associate director of Austin Disaster Relief Network. “While they’re three hours away, they’re still neighbors. We’re Texans, and those folks need help just like we needed help last year.”<\/p>\n
One of the organizations already working on the ground is Hope for the Hurting Ministries, a San Antonio-based nonprofit that has been providing meals and relief supplies to families in Batesville and Crystal City.<\/p>\n
Marlinda Cardoza, the organization’s operational manager and logistics coordinator, said many families remain displaced because of the flooding.<\/p>\n
“There were some families staying in vehicles right along the nutrition center,” Cardoza said. “A lot of them were not able to go back home.”<\/p>\n
Cardoza shared video showing the inside of a flood-damaged home in Crystal City, where the lower portions of the walls had been cut away after floodwaters soaked the structure. She said volunteers are still urgently needed to help homeowners with the recovery process.<\/p>\n
“You need volunteers to come out and help take the mud out, help cut the drywall out, spray for the mold and do things like that,” Cardoza said. “Combined together, we were able to reach about 500 families and feed people between Batesville and Crystal City.”<\/p>\n
ADRN hopes to recruit 40 or more volunteers for Saturday’s relief effort. In addition to traveling to affected communities, volunteers will help deliver supplies that have been collected and organized at the nonprofit’s Austin warehouse.<\/p>\n
Brewer said if you want to volunteer it’s easy to sign up.<\/p>\n
“The process is simple. Go to our website, sign up online, and then we’ve got a carpooling option that people can meet with us in town, drive together, or they can meet us down there in the affected area,” Brewer said.<\/p>\n
For those unable to volunteer in person, ADRN is also accepting financial donations to help purchase recovery supplies. The organization said it has raised about $21,000 so far but hopes to raise significantly more as recovery efforts continue.<\/p>\n