United Way of Hays And Caldwell Counties Commemorate the 1st Anniversary of 2015 All Saint’s Day Flood

On Oct. 30, 2015, a disaster swept Central Texas in a catastrophic flood within six months of the historical Memorial Day Floods.

Though Hays County saw no loss of life in the All Saints Day flood, six people were killed in Austin and San Antonio by flood waters. A year later, the Blanco River, San Marcos River and parts of the community are still recovering from the destruction.

United Way of Hays County announced on Oct. 31, 2015, that they had “re-activated (their) Flood Disaster Recovery Fund to help victims of the Memorial Day and Halloween Floods in Hays and Caldwell Counties.” In February of this year, United Way presented $420,000 to help assist Hays and Caldwell County residents with recovering from the historic floods.

On February 29, San Marcos was due to receive approximately $25 million in disaster relief funds from Congress. The funding was part of a $142 million disaster recovery effort awarded to Texas communities who experienced significant flooding in 2015.

In commemoration of the 1st anniversary of the All Saints Flood, United Way of Hays and Caldwell Counties has announced allocating over $102,000 to the Blanco River Regional Recovery Team. The funds will be used to aid hundreds of displaced residents of Hays and Caldwell counties in homecoming efforts.

A presentation will be held tomorrow, Nov. 2, at 10:00 a.m. at the home of a resident displaced by both the ‘All Saints Day’ and Memorial Day Floods.

Blanco River Regional Recovery Team and United Way of Hays said a large amount of the funds were raised through two major concerts, “BandTogetherTX” and “FloodAid”; corporate donations including those from Shiner Beer, Wells Fargo, Junk Gypsy and more; and over $145K raised through sale of Texas Strong t-shirts created by Lauren Stucky Flake of Buda.