AUSTIN, Texas – A Del Valle nonprofit helped over 10,000 East Travis County residents with meals and water following the current winter storms that impacted Texas.
The Del Valle Group Coalition says it partnered with Tesla, Inc. to distribute 2,250 packing containers of meals and 4,000 instances of water over eight days at eight distribution occasions. The nonprofit additionally deployed Austin-area meals vans, together with Simple Tiger Bakery, Wholly Cow Burger, and Olaya, to 13 totally different websites from Pflugerville to Creedmoor to serve 7,750 heat meals to residents.
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From water injury, to nonetheless not having water, Austin residents are nonetheless feeling the impacts from the winter storm.
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The DVCC additionally participated in an UPLIFT AUSTIN occasion with Austin Latino Coalition and several other different native organizations the place they distributed 1,000 PPE, hygiene, and cleansing provide kits to Del Valle residents on Saturday, Feb. 27.
“Residents have been traumatized by the storm, and it’s irritating to see our native authorities’s lack of response to coping with the aftermath,” stated DVCC president Susanna Woody in a launch. “Traditionally, Del Valle has been a low precedence for the Metropolis and County. We’re accustomed to being on our personal, so DVCC stepped as much as present providers and sources to get us by means of this newest catastrophe. Our Coalition’s fast response in making a partnership with Tesla enabled us to offer support to our group that will have been delayed or nonexistent had we trusted the Metropolis or County.”
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DVCC can also be seeking to accomplice with a number of restore firms to assist help low-income residents in East Travis County restore winter storm injury at discounted charges. The nonprofit says it has additionally put aside financial donations for a Restore Help Fund.
For added details about the Del Valle Group Coalition, click on right here.
