On a spring evening marked by gratitude and celebration, two neighboring families returned home side by side. The homes of the Martinez family and their daughter Maria Kitchens’ family sit next to one another, and their shared Welcome Home gathering reflected not only the closeness of their houses, but the closeness of their lives. What […]
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Welcome Home Blessings for Annette and Gary Dickson
On a hopeful spring day in Rio Robles, friends, neighbors, and partners gathered to celebrate a true “Welcome Home” for Annette and Gary Dickson at their restored home on Chaparral Drive. Before the celebration began, there was time to tour the beautifully repaired house and hear the couple reflect on both the frightening morning of July 4 and […]
Welcome home blessings for Kevin Kearney
On the morning of July 4, 2025, Kevin Kearney woke in the dark to a sound no one wants to hear—the force of floodwater crashing against his home in the Hunt-Ingram area. When he opened the front door around 3:15 a.m., water was already at the threshold of his elevated modular home. Within moments, the […]
Welcome Home Blessings for Michelle McGuire
Michelle McGuire’s new home sits high on a hill, with a beautiful view and the kind of peace that once must have felt impossible. In the early morning hours of July 4, in Hunt, Texas, Michelle woke around 3:15 a.m. to the sound of water. At first, she thought she was dreaming. But when she got […]
LiftFund helps Kerr County businesses recover after flood
KERR COUNTY, Texas — At one point, more than a dozen RVs sat on a lot along the Guadalupe River. Nine months after the flood, the Kerr County resort is still vacant. Centuries-old trees once covered this Hill Country RV park. “Where you see that stump, that was a 400-year-old Cyprus tree that went down the […]
Rebuild Kerr panel: Community’s values have been strengthened after flood
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 […]
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 […]