Isaac Cline, a 19th‑century Galveston meteorologist, is known for saying, “Texas is a land of eternal drought, interrupted occasionally by biblical floods.” In the summer of 2025 and again in 2026, Cline’s proclamation sadly came true as massive, deadly floods struck Kerr County, Kerrville, Uvalde, and many more towns and counties across the Texas Hill Country. Once the water receded, the long process of […]
Category: Learning From Recovery
Episcopal Relief and Development tours Kerr County recovery sites
In the midst of this week’s inclement weather, board members from the national and international Episcopal Relief and Development traveled to Kerr County on Thursday, Oct. 1, to visit residents of RVs and mobile homes who are still reeling from the devastating impact of the July 4, 2025, flood. These residents participated in the ERD’s […]
Home repairs underway after second Hill Country flood
KERRVILLE, Texas — More lives were lost in last year’s July 4 flood in Central Texas, but there was significantly more property damage this go around. According to the most recent numbers, more than 1,400 homes across the Hill Country were damaged in this year’s flood. Since August, disaster case managers have helped over 930 […]
After floods, a new vision emerges for healing the Guadalupe River
KERRVILLE – As she surveyed the bank of the Guadalupe River, Carole Griffin spotted something unexpected: a small buttonbush plant, growing unnoticed not far from the water’s edge. For months, she and fellow volunteers from the local Texas Master Naturalist chapter had been tending to this section on the Kerrville River Trail, planting new trees, […]
$287k grant hopes to bring free safety resources to Hill Country Youth camps
A new grant awarded to nonprofit The Safety Navigator is aimed at bringing Texas Hill Country camps together for the purpose of developing and testing safety resources, according to a statement from the camp safety platform. The $287,000 grant was provided by the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country awarded through the Kerr County […]
$287K grant aims to boosts camp safety resources in the Hill Country, nonprofit says its aiming for nationwide impact
KERR COUNTY, Texas — A new grant awarded to local nonprofit The Safety Navigator plants to bring camps in the Hill Country together for the purpose of developing and testing safety resources, according to a statement from the camp safety platform. The $287,000 grant was provided by the Community foundation of the Texas Hill Country […]
Community Foundation allocates $967,575 for flood recovery housing in Kerr County, Comfort
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced on Friday, Sept. 4, that they will give $967,575 in grant funds to provide temporary housing to residents of Kerr County and Comfort who have been displaced by the flooding. The program will be managed by the First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville. “We’ve been working on […]
Purposeful Giving: Texas Hill Country Insight
“I’m proud of the things we’ve done, but Houston gave us the infrastructure to do it.” Austin Dickson, CEO of Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country When disaster strikes, it reveals a lot about a community and about the people who choose to show up. The July 2025 floods in the Texas Hill Country brought […]
Airbnb.org Donates Emergency Housing for Disaster Relief
Sarah Sherr woke to the smell of smoke at 3:30 a.m. on January 8, 2025. Pregnant, she was two weeks from her due date. She shook her husband awake, packed up their malamute and border collie, and drove away from their West Altadena home before he even had time to put on a shirt. By […]