On March 21, 2022, an EF-2 Tornado hit Guadalupe County. Over 50 homes were damaged. Several homes were completely destroyed. Many have no insurance. Residents have a long road to recovery ahead; every donation helps!

Donations for Tornado Relief for Guadalupe County can be made here.

The home in this picture belongs to a Guadalupe County man, 70, who escaped injury after a tornado ripped off the roof and walls of his home. Here is a video story by KSAT 12 about this home.

BR3T partnered with Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas to administer the City of San Marcos Covid Housing Relief program. Together we administered over $740,000 in Covid relief funds to assist 219 households with up to 3 months of rent, mortgage, and/or utility assistance. Applications were open June 1, 2021 – October 4, 2021. These funds were a combination of CDBG-CV funds and other funds allocated to the program by the San Marcos City Council.

Including the $300,000 December 2020 Hays County Covid Relief program, BR3T has helped administer over $1 Million in Covid-19 Housing Relief funds with applications accepted over 5 months.

A quote from a resident who had already been displaced from her home that we helped get a new rental:

"Thank you again for all your help your the only one that actually returned my phone call and treated me like a humans should treat each other and didn't talk down to me 3wks I've been trying to reach out to all the resources that were available and you were the only one that took the time to call and help me THANK YOU !!!"

Winter Storm Uri, the severe weather event of February 2021, consisted of multi day freezing temperatures, snow, power outages, blackouts, and water service disruptions. Homes were damaged by the snow, freezing temperature, pipes bursting, and water damage.

BR3T has raised over $80,000 to repair homes in our four counties damaged by the Winter Storm. We are grateful for the grants we have received from Texas Congregational Disaster Readiness, Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders administering Red Cross funds, ADRN (Austin Disaster Relief Network), and SBP (St. Bernards Project).

A quote from a resident we helped:

Before BR3T came into my life after the freeze I was feeling so very defeated, helpless scared, I had no idea what I was going to do, everything was falling apart around me once again...all I knew to do was pray..then I received a call from [BR3T] and I had hope again...she stood by my side throughout all the ups and downs and told me dont give up. For that I am forever grateful… I finally have some peace of mind knowing that I am going to be ok...I am safe... ...no more mold...I can finally breathe literally and figuratively. Thank you for giving me my life back. Forever Grateful

In 2020, BR3T worked with Hays County to design a COVID-19 Relief program using $300,000 federal CARES Acts funds. BR3T designed, built, and administered the Hays County Covid Relief program. The program had an expedited timeframe of 4 weeks; applications were open 11/25/20-12/22/20. Up to three months of rent, mortgage, and/or utility assistance was proved to 130 households that had financial hardships due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thank you to an Allstate volunteer for empowering people and our community. Wendell Smith gave his time and helped us to receive a $500 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grant. The Allstate Foundation supports the causes that Allstate agency owners, financial specialists and employees care about most by providing Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grants to nonprofits where they volunteer their time to help communities thrive.

Thank you to Union Pacific for awarding BR3T a $6,000 COVID-19 Relief Grant in the Safety cause area. BR3T is using this grant to respond to the Covid pandemic and for our Disaster Preparedness Education. We are helping the residents in our communities to respond to the current disaster as well as to be prepared for the next disaster.

BR3T has received a Covid-19 Recovery Fund grant from St. David's Foundation. BR3T is grateful to receive these funds to assist with our Covid-19 response.