Participants in the “What We’ve Learned” panel at Tuesday’s Rebuild Kerr Grantee Gathering said the community’s values have been clearly defined and strengthened after the July 4 flood. One panel member described a poster of an oak tree she saw depicting the roots underground as values and the branches above as dreams. At the top […]
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CFTHC announces $14 million in grants to repair ecosystem
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country on Thursday announced $14 million in grants through the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund to restore the Guadalupe River system and rebuild public spaces damaged by the July 4 flood. Austin Dickson, CEO of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, said the investments target ecological […]
Community Foundation addresses mental health at grantee gathering
As the 10-month anniversary of the July 4 flood approaches, The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country hosted another Kerr Together Grantee Gathering, which kicked off with mental health and grief recovery. Austin Dickson, CEO of the Community Foundation, welcomed grantees and guests. “It was important to get together again and talk together about […]
Foundation continues to fund flood recovery
KERRVILLE — The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Thursday announced approximately $14 million in strategic investments to restore the Guadalupe River, rebuild key public spaces and support long-term community stewardship following the July 4 floods. Through the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund, the Community Foundation is advancing a coordinated, multi-year approach to ecological […]
Hill Country foundation OKs $14M in grants for park, river restoration
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country says it will award $14 million in grant funding for ecological and river restoration efforts, including $9 million for Kerrville parks and public spaces that were damaged in last summer’s Guadalupe River deadly flooding. “The July 4 flood disrupted an entire system — ecological, economic and social,” foundation […]
Welcome Home Blessing For Robert & Thelma Kimbrough
Robert and Thelma Kimbrough were not at home on the night of the July 4 flood. As they often do for the Fourth of July, they had traveled to Missouri to visit their nephew. Early on the morning of Friday, July 4, a neighbor called to ask whether they had seen the news or heard […]
Welcome Home Blessing For Joan Connor & David Stearns
On the night of July 4, 2025, the storm was so loud that Joan Connor and David could not sleep. In the darkness of the early morning hours, David—99 years old and a proud World War II veteran—began to get out of bed. When his feet touched the floor, he felt water already ankle-deep inside their […]
Welcome Home Blessing For John Flowers
On the morning of July 4, resident John Flowers awoke in shock to find floodwaters rushing into his home. In those first terrifying moments, he said his instinct was to pray—not only for himself and his nearby neighbors, but for those upstream, especially the camps. When daylight came and the waters receded, John stepped outside […]
Welcome Home Blessing for Keith & Karel Halbert
Today, we had the pleasure of visiting Keith and Karel Halbert at their new home in Kerrville. Before the July 4, 2025, floods, the Halberts had been living in an RV in Ingram. In the early morning hours, a first responder came pounding on their door, urgently warning them to get up and get out. […]
Welcome home for Robert & Victoria Hight
On March 31, we had the privilege of visiting the home of Robert and Victoria Hight in Center Point as they continue the journey of moving back into their home after the devastating July 4, 2025 flood. The Hights have three young children—their energetic boys, Alex and Henry, and their youngest daughter, Buan, whom Victoria […]