Disaster Recovery Program


TCC's Disaster Recovery Program is funded by The Corporation for National and Community Service and places VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) all around Texas. Bonnie Mallott and Marianne Lawson, TCC's Co-Directors of Disaster Recovery, are the Project Supervisors for the VISTA members. You can find out more about them on this website at TCC Disaster Recovery VISTA Members and Organizations.

To view our 2008-2009 Annual Report click here. 

We have active members or are recruiting at the following locations:

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  • Cameron, Willacy and Hidalgo Counties (Hurricane Dolly)
  • Galveston (Hurricane Ike)
  • Houston (Hurricane Ike)
  • Liberty County (Hurricane Ike) 

For questions concerning this project, being a VISTA member, or volunteering to assist the effort, call the Disaster Recovery, 512-374-9445. To learn how to become a VISTA on this project, go to Recruiting VISTA Members to Disaster Recovery in Texas.

History

TCC formed its Disaster Recovery Program in November 2005. We concentrate on long-term recovery, preparedness, and mitigation, working with communities throughout Texas.HPIM1947.JPG

The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded our first Americorps*VISTA grant June 11, 2006. We are placing twenty Americorps*VISTA members and a VISTA Leader around the state responding to the long-term recovery needs of Hurricanes Dolly, Ike, and other disaster survivors. VISTA stands for Volunteers in Service to America, and each Member provides a year of national service to their site. 

Since the inception of this program, our VISTA Members have helped their community organizations collect $8,044,045 worth of resources. This includes the value of the time spent by 5,571 community volunteers that the VISTA Members helped recruit, manage or otherwise assist.  

Please Donate


Your donations to TCC’s Disaster Recovery Program will be allocated to community disaster recovery committees who are helping disaster survivors recover. No more than 10% will be used for administrative expense at TCC. To donate online to this vital ministry visit our Disaster Recovery Donation page.  To donate by mail please send checks to the Texas Conference of Churches with "disaster recovery" written in the memo section. General donations will be allocated according to most-pressing needs. If you wish to designate a specific area, please indicate one or more of the locations where we are working.