The #GreatFlood2016 has affected tens of thousands of people across South Louisiana. It is an unprecedented event that broke all river flood records to date. Residents of all socioeconomic levels were affected and many did not have flood insurance because their property was not considered to be in a “flood zone”. Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing expects to spend the next couple of years helping residents who were affected by the March 2016 flood that affected more than 500 homes in Tangipahoa Parish alone, as well as the thousands of people in Tangipahoa and Livingston Parishes who were affected by the #GreatFlood2016 which happened in August. It will take lots of resources and volunteers to repair so many houses who do not have insurance. We will need tools and construction supplies donated to us or we will have to purchase those items. You can help by volunteering to do repairs, by donating supplies, or by donating money so we can buy supplies. Please know that your monetary donation will be used specifically to help families who were flooded and your donation is tax deductible. Thank you!

Useful Links:

• Louisiana's mammoth flooding: By the numbers

• An interview with Tamara Danel, Executive Director, about the #GreatFlood2016