Sentences with phrase «of hurricane relief»

With Hurricane Jose threatening, the prime minister issued a mandatory evacuation order for Barbuda on Friday 8th September, the very day the first of three Amerijet cargo planes, with over 120, 000 pounds of hurricane relief for the island arrived on Antigua.

Ceva donated supplies to Suncoast Animal League as part of their hurricane relief efforts.

After spending the August recess traveling the country to promote his long - sought goal of rewriting the tax code, Mr. Ryan returned to the Capitol last week and promptly rejected a plan by Democratic congressional leaders to tie a three - month increase in the nation's statutory borrowing limit to a package of hurricane relief.

«Because of hurricane relief, there wasn't a whole lot of options,» Meadows said on MSNBC.

Not exact matches

A cartoon version of Mark Zuckerberg visited Puerto Rico through virtual reality on Monday to talk about Facebook's hurricane relief efforts.

As Southeast Texas continues to deal with disastrous flooding and the fallout of a Category 4 hurricane, people from around the world are looking to donate money for the relief efforts.

With President Trump and the mayor of San Juan in a war of words this weekend over the relief efforts in hurricane - battered Puerto Rico and a stream of harrowing images coming out of the island and its neighbors in the Caribbean, it's easy to feel gloomy about the response to the disaster.

Many Americans» first encounter with Kanye West was in September 2005, when he appeared on NBC's «A Concert for Hurricane Relief,» to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The organization was criticized for its relief efforts and handling of funds in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, prompting a Houston city councilman to call donating to the organization a «waste of money.»

Note: It is not clear whether all these organizations will spend 100 % of donations received on hurricane relief and associated expenses.

If you have additional recommendations of local relief funds or organizations for hurricane - affected areas, please email me at [email protected].

James Rivera, Office of Disaster Relief at the Small Business Administration, discusses the impact of Hurricane Irma on small businesses in Florida.

Note: Right now, it is not clear whether all these organizations will spend 100 % of donations received on Hurricane Harvey relief and associated expenses.

5) United Way of Puerto Rico Pictures from our past work and distribution trips includes: All donations to this fund will exclusively support the victims of the catastrophic Hurricane María and Irma in Puerto Rico and provide relief and aid the communities affected by this disaster.

Through relief flights, the transportation of emergency supplies, airline employee volunteer efforts and fundraising programs facilitated through airline mileage programs, U.S. cargo and passenger carriers transported more than 4.5 million pounds of life - saving food, water and supplies, accommodated more than 6,500 evacuees, relocated hundreds of stranded pets and relaxed travel policies to more than 80 airports in the path of the hurricanes.

Airbnb offers free listings for Hurricane Sandy in partnership with the city of New York — the official launch of the Disaster Relief tool

In episode 13, we look at the effects of Hurricane Harvey on aviation and see how airlines are helping with relief efforts.

It is a sigh of relief for Patrick Zientara as he takes down the many sheets of plywood he installed to help protect his friends home from damage during Hurricane Irma.

Congressional Republicans — including nearly all of the Texas delegation — spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy insisting that any new funding for hurricane relief had to be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federaHurricane Sandy insisting that any new funding for hurricane relief had to be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federahurricane relief had to be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

But then, Larson said, there's the third and longest stage of disaster relief — the one in which federal and local government rebuild the infrastructure crippled by the hurricane, and try to get life as close to normal as possible.

Direct Relief announced on Monday a commitment of up to $ 5 million in cash grants to assist health facilities in Puerto Rico as they continue to address ongoing health needs following Hurricane Maria.

In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.

Throughout the month of September, all donations to Tony Robbins» 100 Million Meals Challenge will directly benefit those affected by the recent destruction of Hurricane Harvey and Irma through Feeding America's disaster relief efforts.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the subsequent humanitarian crisis, SBP and AmeriCorps members have been deployed to Puerto Rico, to provide logistics, warehouse management and humanitarian relief.

«We are committed to making a meaningful difference,» JetBlue's Hurricane Maria relief website reads, «working side by side with our crewmembers and customers, to help repair the island of Puerto Rico and beyond.»

Currently, Feeding America and its network of food banks are actively providing relief to devastated communities throughout Texas and are preparing to support those that could be affected by Hurricane Irma in the Southeast.

However, at this point in time it is not certain that all these organizations will spend 100 % of donations received on Hurricane Harvey relief.

Until March 30, 2018, you can donate to the Hurricane Relief Fund for $ 150,000 for a single applicant, or a family of four including spouse and qualifying dependents, plus $ 25,000 for each additional dependent.

St. Louis - based comic book publisher Lion Forge is joining the relief efforts to assist those still in need in Puerto Rico after the destruction of Hurricane Maria.

2017.09.11 RBC commits US$ 300,000 in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts Today, RBC announced a funding commitment of US$ 300,000 to support organizations providing relief and humanitarian efforts for those affected by the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Irma in many Caribbean countries and the state of Florida in the U.S....

Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that changed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected in Katrina relief — including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.

Back in September, Nuyorican MC Princess Nokia announced an independent disaster relief fund aimed at supporting Puerto Rico's recovery from the devastating aftermath of Hurricane María.

Earlier in the day, Texas Republican Senator Weber said Congress will most likely vote on the «first phase» of emergency relief money for Hurricane Harvey in mid-September, which however did not incorporate Trump's revised plan and / or schedule.

As expected, hurricane - ravaged Texas experienced the bulk of the increase as relief efforts were underway.

The two - year budget accord signed by President Trump earlier this month contains provisions from a House of Representatives disaster relief bill (H.R. 4460, the Disaster Recovery Reform Act) designed for states hit hard by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017.

Also, the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, in conjunction with BGC Partners and Cantor Fitzgerald, announced its Hurricane Sandy Family Support Program to provide $ 10 million to thousands of families affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Our most recent give back was to financially support the relief efforts of the American Red Cross in the wake of the numerous hurricanes and wildfires in the USA.

Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding in Houston, Congress passed an initial $ 15 billion relief bill — a pot of money the Federal Emergency Management Agency can use to help any disaster zones.

When assigning hurricane relief funds to communities across the country, the oversight board's austerity policies may also privilege wealthier at the expense of the most vulnerable, argues Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, also at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, who published an op - ed in the Huffington Post.

US military and emergency relief teams ramped up their aid efforts for Puerto Rico amid growing criticism of the response to the hurricanes which ripped through the Caribbean island.

President Donald Trump on Sunday strenuously defended US efforts to bring relief to storm - battered Puerto Rico, even as one island official said Trump was trying to gloss over «things that are not going well,» two weeks after devastating Hurricane Maria left much of the island without electricity, fresh water or sufficient food.

Right after Hurricane Irma, I flew down to St. Thomas as part of the advance team for All Hands Volunteers to help set up their disaster response relief effort.

«We are thrilled to receive this donation from Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. and to work in partnership with All Hands Volunteers with their hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean islands and the Florida Keys,» said Petra Nemcova, Founder of Happy Hearts Fund.

The Hanukkah for Hurricane Relief project demonstrates some of Jewish people's core values, Bodner noted.

Bodner, CEO of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC) in Palo Alto, last week traveled to Houston with seven other Bay Area Jewish volunteers to participate in the Hanukkah for Hurricane Relief project.

«We are heartbroken to see the devastation that Hurricanes Irma and Maria have inflicted on the Florida Keys and several Caribbean islands, where our ships have been visiting since the beginning of our 50 years in business,» said Frank Del Rio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. «The Caribbean is part of our family, and we are grateful to work with All Hands Volunteers and Happy Hearts Fund to create the Hope Starts Here hurricane relief program and do our part in giving back to these destinations.

Peter LaBoda of Racine spent two weeks in Aransas Pass in January helping residents there with hurricane relief efforts.

Campaigns included an initiative started by college students called «Students with Puerto Rico» and the «Mirta & Angelo hurricane relief» — a campaign created for a woman's great - grandparents, 80 and 84, who are living «in the shell of a home» they have left south of San Juan.

LaBoda spent two weeks in January volunteering with the organization's hurricane relief program in Aransas Pass, a community still recovering from the effects of Hurricanhurricane relief program in Aransas Pass, a community still recovering from the effects of HurricaneHurricane Harvey.

The Hurricane Harvey Response Team has established a base of operations in Houston to oversee its relief and recovery programs.