• Philip Burn

Neighbors Stepping Up as Salvation Army Ramps Up Service in Houston and Southeast Texas

Dallas, Texas (July 12, 2024) – Six Salvation Army mobile feeding units and eleven trained staff and volunteers from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have come to the aid of those without power in Southeast Texas. Adding to the ten units from Texas, the team from The Salvation Army ALM Division is facilitating an increase in the daily serving capacity, with 23 feeding locations active on Thursday.

The structure of The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services allows for the rapid mobilization and assignment of additional assets and personnel, even across state lines, to support expanding disaster response efforts. The Salvation Army has moved quickly to add to the fleet of mobile kitchens and Rapid Response vehicles to meet the growing need for meals.

‘We are delighted to be here to help serve Hurricane Beryl survivors,” said Sophia from The Salvation Army in Mobile, Alabama. “We pray the food we will serve will provide nourishment and encouragement.”

“All disaster efforts start local and as the need increases, so does the scale of the response,” said Migues. “This is one of the many strengths of our structure and response model. At the peak of service after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas in 2017, there were 104 mobile feeding units and multiple Incident Management Teams serving in and around Houston from Salvation Army locations across the USA and Canada. The Texas Emergency Disaster Services team has been called on many occasions in recent years to support out-of-state disaster efforts. Our disaster slogan, ‘Hope Is On The Way’ characterizes our response; no matter where or what the disaster incident is, The Salvation Army will be there.”

Sixteen mobile feeding units and trained disaster teams, including the recent arrivals from Jackson, Biloxi, Birmingham and Baton Rouge, supported 23 service locations on Thursday. Feeding operations on Friday will take place in the following locations: 

• Shephard Community Center, 10251Main Street, Shephard
• Ollies Bargain Outlet, 1711 East Houston Street, Cleveland
• Plum Grove Community Center, 1680 County Road 2549, Cleveland
• New Mt Calvary Baptist Church, 6051 Vasser Rd, Houston
• Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet Street, Houston
• Almendarez Community Center, 10918 Bentley Street, Houston
• Houston Refinery, 751 95th Street, Houston
• Shady Village Manufactured Home, 2304 Wichita Street, Pasadena
• Wichita Mobile Home Park, 2201 Wichita Street, Pasadena 
• Jack Hartle Building, 318 San Jacinto Street, Liberty 
• Independence Hall Apartments, 6 Burress St, Houston 
• Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 4812 Bennington Street, Houston
• County Shelters in Conroe
• Salvation Army Northwest Corps, 12507 Windfern Road, Houston
• 20730 Idle Glenn Roadway, New Caney (Neighborhood)
• 3641 Texas Hwy 150, New Waverly
• Patton Village City Hall, 16940 Main Street, Splendora
• 12922 Becklin Lane, Houston
• Kennedy Elementary School, 10200 Huntington Place Drive, Houston
• Coldspring VFD, 20 Hill Ave, Coldspring
• Brazoria County - Roaming in Freeport and Lake Jackson  
• Matagorda County - Palacios PD 405 Commerce St, Palacios
• Brazoria County - Holiday Lakes Government Office, 195 N Texas Ave, Holiday Lakes and West Columbia City Hall 512 E Brazos Ave, West Columbia
• Brazoria Fire Department, 202 N Brooks St, Brazoria

Link to map of serving locations: Beryl - SAL Houston Area Serving Locations (batchgeo.com)

The Salvation Army has served 25,254 meals, 24,151 drinks, 6,003 snacks, 192 cases of MREs and made 3,358 Emotional and Spiritual Care contacts since service began on Tuesday, July 9 in affected communities across Houston and SE Texas.

For the latest information please go to www.disaster.salvationarmy.org and watch for regular updates on our social media pages at www.facebook.com/salvationarmytexas/ and www.twitter.com/salarmytx. To make a donation go to www.helpsalvationarmy.org.