Community Healing: How North Texans Can Support Flood Relief Efforts

The news of the tragedy at Camp Mystic hits home for many at Cook Children's. As an organization, we host camps year-round. Our campers and counselors from Camp Sanguinity, dedicated to serving both children with cancer and their siblings, returned to Fort Worth safely on Friday and were not involved in any flooding.

We understand the coming days, weeks, and even months will be incredibly challenging. Cook Children's wants you to know you are not alone, and we understand it is important to find ways to cope with this tragedy.

Kristen Pyrc, M.D., Medical Director, of Psychiatry Outpatient Services and the Partial Hospitalization Program for Cook Children’s, emphasized the benefit of pouring into our community and finding ways to help others during this time. Dr. Pyrc says simple acts, like organizing a lemonade stand to benefit the affected families or tying green ribbons on trees to remember the victims, can make a real difference.

 We want to share with you all a list of ways you can help:

• Fort Worth Fire and Police Departments
• Kerr County Relief Fund through Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country 
• American Red Cross | Help Those Affected by Disasters
• Salvation Army Kerrville 
• Texans on Mission 
• TEXSAR 
• Texas Flood Response - Mercy Chefs

Below is a list of mental health resources:

• Central Texas Floods: Cook Children's Provides Mental Health Resources
• My Health My Resources of Tarrant County – We change lives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Responder Health
• Parent Pass App – A free resource designed for parents and caregivers across Tarrant County. It is your all-in-one place to learn about emotional and mental health support, child care, school options, events for kids and more.

*This list continues to be updated.

Please continue to spread kindness during this tragedy and know that you are not alone in this period of sadness.