The Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (Texas VOAD) is…

a unified organization that fosters, facilitates, and maximizes the ability of our members to serve the communities and the people of Texas with more effective service and more efficient utilization of resources through the Guiding Principles:

 Cooperation | Communication | Coordination | Collaboration.

Executive Committee Update

Is there a “silver lining” when disaster strikes? You bet. And you really don’t need to look very far. The wildfires in Bastrop, Spicewood, and other areas of Texas in recent months have kept many VOAD partners busy yet focused on mission-critical response tactics. We see the evidence of common compassion manifest in the preparation, planning, and prudent execution of all collaborative actions necessary in ultimately seeing to the needs of those who have lost so much. 

Amid the calls for help from those who have thus suffered, we hear so many heartwarming stories of their emotional expressions of gratitude to the volunteers, their offerings of relief and refreshment to those who labor behind the scenes as well as in the field, and once they get their own “feet on the ground,” they directly reciprocate by laboring in turn and side-by-side to help their neighbors.

In this season of Thanksgiving, may we take pause to capture and remember those “silver lining” moments. May we keep a watchful eye ahead to continue being “at the ready” for the next need, sure to come. And may we find the strength that comes from continuing to ask, “What more can we do?”

On behalf of the Texas VOAD Executive Committee, Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Blessings and best regards,

Koji

Chairman, Communications Committee

Past Executive Updates

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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to witness the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic events.