Harvey relief efforts engage Lubbock community →
As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to linger over the Houston area, many organizations have found ways to provide relief to the millions of people affected by Harvey’s unrelenting rain and Southeast Texas’ subsequent flooding.
The Daily Toreador has partnered with the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources to collect donations for Harvey victims. On Friday, Sept. 1, a CASNR representative will travel to Houston to deliver the supplies.
For those interested in donating items such as non-perishable food, water, first-aid kits, flashlights or blankets to Harvey victims, they may drop them off in the Student Media Center, which is located in the College of Media & Communication at 3003 15th St. For a complete list of acceptable items, please click here.
Additionally, Red Raider Outfitter has created a T-shirt with the phrase “Wreck Harvey.” Red Raider Outfitter is selling the T-shirt at all of its four Lubbock-area locations. The T-shirt is being sold for $10, and all of the proceeds will be put toward Breedlove’s Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts. Breedlove is a locally operated nonprofit organization that will be delivering food to the Texas Gulf.
The Salvation Army is also accepting monetary donations at all four Red Raider Outfitter locations. For each $20 donation to this cause, a “Wreck Harvey” T-shirt will be given to a Texas Tech student who has been affected by Harvey, and the monetary donation will be used by the Salvation Army’s South Texas Disaster Relief team. The drive will last from Thursday, Aug. 31, until Saturday, Sept. 2. For more information, click here.
Additionally, South Plains Food Bank has partnered with a network of food banks across the state called Feeding Texas in order to get food to victims of Harvey. This campaign is called From Lubbock With Love.
According to a South Plains Food Bank press release, the food bank is continuing to collect an assortment of nonperishable food donations: hand-held snack items such as granola bars, pop-top ready-to-eat items, shelf-stable pantry items such as peanut butter, tuna and soup, and bottled water.
The South Plains Food Bank is also collecting cleaning supplies and personal hygiene items. It is requested that donations do not contain glass or require a can or bottle opener. The food items listed above will be packaged into food boxes by the South Plains Food Bank and Feeding Texas. Volunteers are needed to help with this packaging effort. For more information, visit the South Plains Food Bank website.
On top of those relief efforts, Texas Tech announced that for every point scored by the Red Raiders at this Saturday’s football game, Tech Athletics will donate $100 to Harvey relief efforts. Coach Kliff Kingsbury has agreed to match Tech Athletic’s donation of $100 per point. This initiative is currently being called #ScoreOnHarvey.