Hurricane Harvey

BANFIELD FOUNDATION GRANTS NEW TRANSPORT AND DISASTER RESPONSE TRUCK AND TRAILER TO HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Adoption, Family, Community, Foundation, HST, PETS, Housing, Cat, Triage, Volunteering, Weather, Animal, Vaccine, Transport, Dog, Outreach, Travel, Banfield Pet Hospital, Hoarding, MASH, Associate, Partnership, Hurricane Harvey, Food, Lists of disasters, Multimedia, Hurricane Ida, Animal welfare, Humane society, Bottled water, Veterinary medicine, Zipper

VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banfield Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, in partnership with Humane Society of Tulsa (HST), a leader in animal transport, today unveiled a custom-built 38-foot mobile transport and disaster response truck and trailer.

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banfield Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, in partnership with Humane Society of Tulsa (HST), a leader in animal transport, today unveiled a custom-built 38-foot mobile transport and disaster response truck and trailer.
  • In conjunction with the unveiling of Zipper, the Foundation is also funding preventive care for 3,500 additional pets in 2022.
  • "We are overwhelmedwith gratitude to Banfield Foundation for their commitment to helping at-risk pets in our community, our state and our region.
  • At the Banfield Foundation, we are committed to living our collective purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

GlidePath Adds 50MW to Texas Battery Storage Portfolio

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Environment, Technology, Construction & Property, Utilities, Other Technology, Alternative Energy, Software, Energy, Other Construction & Property, Weather, Biomass, Sound, Hurricane Harvey, ERCOT, Wind, Investment, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Kilowatt-hour, Solution, Alitalia Flight 404, Technology, Safety, CEO, Tax, Renewable energy, GlidePath, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, GLIDEPATH, QUINBROOK INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS

GlidePath Power Solutions LLC (GlidePath), today announced it has completed design, equipment procurement, financing and begun construction of the 50 MW Byrd Ranch Storage Project (Byrd Ranch) in Sweeny, TX.

Key Points: 
  • GlidePath Power Solutions LLC (GlidePath), today announced it has completed design, equipment procurement, financing and begun construction of the 50 MW Byrd Ranch Storage Project (Byrd Ranch) in Sweeny, TX.
  • Byrd Ranch will employ the very latest in battery storage technology, safety and control systems and will be owned and managed by GlidePath following completion of construction.
  • The experience gained by GlidePath from Byrd Ranch operations will inform the planned deployment of GlidePaths algorithmic tools across its rapidly growing U.S. storage portfolio.
  • Chicago-based GlidePath is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investor in renewables, storage and grid support infrastructure.

Ask This Old House® Celebrates Milestone Season With 20th Anniversary Episode on January 20th

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 13, 2022
TV and Radio, Residential Building & Real Estate, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Construction & Property, Online, General Entertainment, Entertainment, Software, Internet, Hardware, City, Television, Amica, Name, Emmy Awards, Love, PBS, The Home Depot, House, Hurricane Harvey, NASDAQ, Old House, Clerestory, Season, Insider, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, This Old House, YouTube, Multimedia, Roku, Inc., LLC, Property insurance, Roku

Emmy Award-winning series Ask This Old House is celebrating its milestone 20th season with a special 20th Anniversary episode on Thursday, January 20th.

Key Points: 
  • Emmy Award-winning series Ask This Old House is celebrating its milestone 20th season with a special 20th Anniversary episode on Thursday, January 20th.
  • Ask This Old House is the second longest running home improvement show in television second only to This Old House.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Ask This Old House launched as a sister show to This Old House in October of 2002 to make house calls answering homeowners questions.
  • This Old House connects with audiences through its Emmy award-winning television shows This Old House and Ask This Old House, its highly regarded This Old House magazine and its inspiration and information-driven digital properties, including ThisOldHouse.com, streaming app, free ad-supported channels, podcasts (Clearstory and Ask This Old House), social platforms, popular YouTube channel, and Insider subscription club.

RISE Challenge Winner FloodMapp Launches Integration With Waze to Help Drivers Avoid Flooded Roads in Real Time

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
National Weather Service, Safety, Transport, Intelligence, Program, Insurance, City, Virginia Department of Transportation, Community development, Housing, Fatality, Climate, Hurricane Harvey, History, Climate change, RISE, GLOBE, Technology, Forecast, Investor, Solution, Nowcasting, Satellite navigation device, Risk management, Waze

Funded as a winner of the RISE Urban Mobility Resilience Challenge , FloodMapp's innovative solution allows Waze to offer drivers real-time, street-level alerts of flooded roads.

Key Points: 
  • Funded as a winner of the RISE Urban Mobility Resilience Challenge , FloodMapp's innovative solution allows Waze to offer drivers real-time, street-level alerts of flooded roads.
  • FloodMapp is piloting the program in Norfolk, Virginia, where Waze users will be the first to test the new feature.
  • The information is automatically layered with Norfolk's citywide road network in a geographic information system and sent to Waze in real time.
  • Drivers using Waze receive pop-up icons and audio alerts to warn them about flooded streets along their route and help them avoid property and life-threatening hazards.

10 Homeowners Awarded Funding for Critical Home Repairs

Retrieved on: 
Monday, January 3, 2022
Professional Services, Philanthropy, Residential Building & Real Estate, Other Philanthropy, Finance, Construction & Property, Banking, Congress, CRA, Person, National Trust Community Investment Corporation, Water, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Multimedia, Program, Hurricane Harvey, National, Housing, Federal Home Loan Banks, FHLB, Rehabilitation, SNAP, Real estate, Bank, Woodforest National Bank, Woodforest National Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK, THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220103005241/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220103005241/en/
    Woodforest National Bank and FHLB Dallas partnered to award more than $49,000 in SNAP funding including $5,945 to this Beaumont, Texas, homeowner.
  • Weve seen first-hand how it has made a positive difference in the lives of these 10 homeowners.
  • Since the programs 2009 inception, nearly $20.5 million in funding has been awarded across FHLB Dallas five-state District.
  • Woodforest made a big impact in its first year to award SNAP funding, and we are thrilled to have them using this program.

Cajun Navy Founder Rob Gaudet Hosts TV Show about Climate Change

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Storm, Climate change, Hurricane Harvey, State Farm, Television, Verizon Communications, Volunteering, Social media, Club, Earth Story, Macy's, Lists of disasters, Facebook, MI, The Home Depot, Disaster, Internet, Hurricane Ida, Multimedia, Organization, Walmart, Tropical Storm Imelda, Virtual reality, Non-fungible token, AT, Efficiency, Technology, Cajun Navy, Awareness, View, Video game, Public relations

MAYFIELD, Ky., Jan. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Cajun Navy Ground Force Founder and Executive Director Rob Gaudet recently hosted a new television show.

Key Points: 
  • MAYFIELD, Ky., Jan. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Cajun Navy Ground Force Founder and Executive Director Rob Gaudet recently hosted a new television show.
  • The project came about after Gaudet was asked to co-host a series called Mutant Weather, a 10-part series about climate change.
  • Gaudet was the founder and director behind the very first Cajun Navy.
  • When crisis support systems became overwhelmed, the Cajun Navy Ground Force stepped in with good citizens and donated resources.

HCA Healthcare Strengthens Partnership With American Red Cross on Disaster Relief and Response

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 20, 2021
Philanthropy, Medical Supplies, Health, Hospitals, Other Philanthropy, Fund Raising, General Health, Organization, Learning, Face, Hospital, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Redcross, Hope, American Red Cross, ERS, Hurricane Ida, Pacific typhoon season, Tornado, Health, Volunteering, NYSE, Social media, HCA, EEOC, Investor, United Kingdom, HCA Healthcare, Red, World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, Patient, Red Cross, GIS, Medicine, Veteran, Twitter, Bloodstream infections, Hurricane Harvey, Partnership, ADGP, ICU, Disaster, View, Bottled water

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nations leading healthcare providers, today announced its continued support of the American Red Cross through its third consecutive contribution of $500,000 to the organizations Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP).

Key Points: 
  • HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nations leading healthcare providers, today announced its continued support of the American Red Cross through its third consecutive contribution of $500,000 to the organizations Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP).
  • The American Red Cross provides comfort and care to those in their darkest hours, said Sam Hazen, chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare.
  • HCA Healthcare and its EEOC worked directly with the Red Cross to coordinate supplies and transport patients to emergency shelters.
  • All references to Company, HCA and HCA Healthcare as used throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.

Southwest Airlines Releases Second Season Of "My Kind of News," A Series Created In Partnership With Leon Logothetis, The Kindness Guy

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Linda, People, Human, Rocky Mountains, NYSE, Skiing, Sleep, Carbon, YouTube, Heart, Miracle Flight, Shanghai People's Commune, Love, Hospitality, Recreation, Airport, VW, Patient, History of Southwest Airlines, Snow, Organization, The Kindness Diaries, Partnership, Bug, History, Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines Co., Education, Hurricane Harvey, Communication, Leonis, Travel, Hope, Air travel, STEP, Friends, Student, Southwest Airlines, Airline, Entertainment, Tourism

DALLAS, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) continues to celebrate kindness with the season two debut of "My Kind of News," hosted by and created in partnership with Leon Logothetis, known as The Kindness Guy.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) continues to celebrate kindness with the season two debut of "My Kind of News," hosted by and created in partnership with Leon Logothetis, known as The Kindness Guy.
  • We're thrilled to celebrate how they champion kindness and heart in their work each and every day."
  • "Through this series, we're able to highlight wonderful people and organizations doing amazing work that is changing lives and uplifting communities every day.
  • Learn more at Southwest.com/citizenship about how Southwest Airlines leverages a unique legacy and mission to serve communities around the world.

Woodforest National Bank and FHLB Dallas Award Over $250K in Disaster Aid

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Professional Services, Philanthropy, Other Construction & Property, Other Philanthropy, Finance, Construction & Property, Banking, Hurricane Harvey, Assistance, Housing, Water damage, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, CRA, Program, Federal Home Loan Banks, Lists of disasters, Family, Hurricane Ida, Neighbourly (community investment platform), CDC, Congress, Multimedia, FHLB, Property insurance, Insurance, Risk management, Bank, Woodforest National Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK, THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS

Woodforest National Bank (Woodforest), a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), teamed up with FHLB Dallas to disburse more than $250,000 in Disaster Rebuilding Assistance to 28 homeowners in Houston, Dallas and Refugio, Texas, who are still rebuilding from 2017s Hurricane Harvey, and to provide support to the 2021 ice-storm victims across Texas.

Key Points: 
  • Woodforest National Bank (Woodforest), a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), teamed up with FHLB Dallas to disburse more than $250,000 in Disaster Rebuilding Assistance to 28 homeowners in Houston, Dallas and Refugio, Texas, who are still rebuilding from 2017s Hurricane Harvey, and to provide support to the 2021 ice-storm victims across Texas.
  • Younger, one of the recipients, referred to Woodforest by community partner Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corp. (CDC), received an $8,365 Disaster Rebuilding Assistance subsidy from Woodforest and FHLB Dallas to repair her kitchen.
  • Disaster Rebuilding Assistance provides funds for the repair and restoration of owner-occupied housing affected by a federally declared disaster within FHLB Dallas five-state District.
  • Providing relief and recovery assistance after a disaster is an area where FHLB Dallas members excel, said Greg Hettrick, first vice president and director of Community Investment at FHLB Dallas.

Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church and School Open Renovated, Improved Campus After Hurricane Harvey Damage

Retrieved on: 
Monday, November 1, 2021
Preschool, Consumer, Religion, Primary, Secondary, Education, Shaw Hall, Upper school, Drumbo Fall Fair, Middle school, Scottish art, Diocese, Twitter, Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, Saint, ST, Television, Basketball, Learning, Episcopal, FEMA, COVID-19, Volleyball, Growth, Tennis, Hurricane Harvey, Love, Student, Nightclub, Medicine, Tourism, Hospital

Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and School, a traditional Episcopal church in the Diocese of Texas that supports the Christian, classical college preparatory school, today announced that after four years of construction, the newly renovated campus will be fully open for learning and worship this school year.

Key Points: 
  • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and School, a traditional Episcopal church in the Diocese of Texas that supports the Christian, classical college preparatory school, today announced that after four years of construction, the newly renovated campus will be fully open for learning and worship this school year.
  • In 2017, Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and School experienced nearly complete devastation during Hurricane Harvey as 70 percent of the church and school were flooded.
  • David O. Browder, President of the Saint Thomas Episcopal School Board and Rector of the Saint Thomas Episcopal Church.
  • Founded in 1955, Saint Thomas Episcopal School, is a private, Preschool through 12th-grade college preparatory school founded on Christian values.