As hurricane season approaches, one Houston organization is working to make sure some of the community’s most vulnerable residents are prepared before the next storm hits.
The nonprofit says the emergency kits are designed to help seniors stay fed if flooding, power outages, or dangerous road conditions interrupt regular Meals on Wheels deliveries– As hurricane season approaches, one Houston organization is working to make sure some of the community’s most vulnerable residents are prepared before the next storm hits.
In the coming days, trucks loaded with emergency meal kits will head out across Greater Houston and Galveston County to deliver shelf-stable food supplies to more than 4,300 homebound seniors before severe weather arrives. The nonprofit says the emergency kits are designed to help seniors stay fed if flooding, power outages, or dangerous road conditions interrupt regular Meals on Wheels deliveries during a storm. For many seniors, daily meal deliveries are their primary source of food.
Interfaith Ministries says the program is especially important for residents who are unable to leave their homes or stock up on groceries themselves ahead of hurricanes or tropical storms.
“We are providing shelf-stable meals for five days to our seniors,” said Ali Al Sudani, chief programs officer for IM Houston. “Our volunteers and drivers are delivering these emergency meals to the seniors, and we follow up with instructions to make sure they understand these are for rainy days, for inclement weather, in case we can’t reach them. ” Volunteers spent the week loading trucks and preparing deliveries as hurricane season officially begins next week.
While the organization continues distributing emergency meals, IM Houston says it is also working to close a $55,000 funding gap before peak hurricane season arrives. The nonprofit says donations help cover both the purchase and delivery of emergency meal kits for seniors who may otherwise go without food during prolonged storms or outages. IM Houston leaders say preparing early can make a major difference when hurricanes impact the Houston area, especially for older adults living alone or with limited mobility.
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