Disaster releif

“Please send water to drink!”

A chilling call amidst cooking and preparing warm food packages.

“Do you need food?”

“Food would be nice, but we mainly need drinking water!”

David H and his wife are in their 80s, living in South Austin. Like millions of other Texans, they had no power starting Monday and no means to get warm as the temperatures outside continued to drop. But they couldn’t imagine that worse was to come.

Wednesday morning the faucets were dry. There was no way David or his wife could walk out of the house due to the ice, let alone drive. They used the bottles of water they conserved at the beginning of the storm. By Thursday, they were parched. With nowhere to turn, they called Chabad, and within a few hours, they received enough water to share with their neighbors.

Hundreds of thousands have spent 80+ hours without power and heat in sub-freezing weather and poor insulation. Many don't have running water. Now the entire city is under must boil their water for safe consumption - while many remain without the ability to do so. 

Hotels are full. The roads are ice. People desperately need help.

Whenever possible, volunteers of Chabad of South Austin have been braving the roads to bring food packages and water to those in need.

Donate now to help these life-saving efforts.