Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Early in my career, I worked on the Race for the Cure in Houston when a hurricane swept through 10 days before our event. Our mission to end cancer is equally important as the hurricane relief efforts. Our mission to end cancer is equally important as the hurricane relief efforts.

Hurricane 41

Hurricane Personal Registration Fundraising 41

Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

After 10 years of tracking disaster philanthropy through SODP, this is (as far as we know) the highest amount of philanthropic dollars ever raised for a wildfire response and recovery and for a single natural hazard in the United States. That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.)

Disaster 122

Disaster Philanthropy Hurricane Turkey 122

Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. We had over 20,000 volunteers in Puerto Rico alone, most of whom were Puerto Ricans who had been impacted by the hurricane themselves.

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Puerto Rico Haiti Guatemala Hawaii 75