Donations Pour in for Hardest Hit Areas

The city of Houston is starting the clean-up effort (credit: houstonrecovers.org).

HOUSTON—In the days since Harvey dumped massive amounts of water onto Houston’s terrain, organizations of every stripe and size have come together to contribute to this effort. In addition to the usual organizations such as the Red Cross and food banks, a Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund has been set up by the city for donor contributions, the Texas Diaper Bank is accepting baby items such as wipes and diapers, and other efforts are underway.

One of the organizations was Lee & Associates, which set out to help in a small way, with a target of raising $25,000. In less than six hours, the company reached that goal and then some, to the tune of nearly $70,000 at last count. The company set up a GoFundMe account to disperse money in the Houston neighborhoods that needed the most help with sheetrock, gloves, shovels, wheelbarrows and other items. The Lee & Associates─Houston office served as a central command center and boots on the ground facilitator as it went into staging mode with corporate housing, commercial space, containers, rental cars and any other resources needed.