It’s Saturday afternoon and I realize that many of you may not read this email until Monday. However, the American Red Cross is working 24/7 to help those affected from the Louisiana Floods. Thank you to those who have already stepped up and provided financial gifts, in-kind donations, and/or volunteered your time. This is the [...]

The Red Cross has mobilized the largest sheltering and feeding effort since Superstorm Sandy to help people in Louisiana affected by the floods. We’re seeing the largest volume of people in need of emergency shelter in the last four years. And early planning estimates indicate we may need to serve more than one million meals [...]

The City of Houston Draft Action Plan for Disaster Recovery-2015 Flood Events (Draft Plan) serves as an application for $66,560,000 in federal funds to help with recovery costs associated with severe storms and flooding in May and November of 2015. Residents are invited to attend the public hearing and/or comment on the Draft Plan and [...]

FREE IMMUNIZATIONS! The Houston Fire Department and The Care Van Program have teamed up once again to provide FREE childhood immunizations just in time for school. The "Immunization Extravaganza" will offer FREE vaccinations for children ages 4 through 8 who are UNINSURED or MEDICAID dependent. Sorry, but no children with insurance including CHIP insurance will [...]

The David M. Henington-Alief Regional Library will re-open on Saturday, September 10, 2016 @ 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. CITGO Petroleum is sponsoring a Health & Food Fair to celebrate the library's ReLinking to our Alief community. Houston Public Library is pleased to extend an invitation to you and your families & friends to attend [...]

By now, nearly all of you are aware that we’re responding in Louisiana to what is likely the worst natural disaster we’ve seen since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Historic flooding continues to submerge vast swaths of southern Louisiana trapping thousands in their homes, requiring water rescues of over 20,000 people, and forcing thousands of others [...]

A really severe situation is unfolding. In what may be one of the most significant disasters since Hurricane Sandy, the American Red Cross has issued a Level 7 Disaster Response Alert for the devastated areas of Louisiana and Mississippi after days of heavy rainfall. A Level 7 disaster means that the American Red Cross anticipates [...]

Harris County confirms the first area Zika-related death Harris County Judge Ed Emmett and Harris County Public Health Services (HCPHS) Executive Director Dr. Umair A. Shah met with local media members on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, to provide an update on several major developments regarding the state and local responses to the Zika virus. Judge [...]