Megan Thee Stallion is giving back to the senior citizens in her hometown of Houston following the city being hit by Hurricane Beryl.
On Thursday (July 18), Meg’s Pete and Thomas Foundation announced its partnership with Bread of Life Inc. to create an Emergency Power Program, which provides generators to senior citizens in times of power outages caused by natural disasters.
“It’s been painful to watch the elderly population in Houston suffer without electricity during these devastating storms,” the Grammy-winner stated in a press release. “That’s why we wanted to partner with Bread of Life to take a strategic approach to this problem and secure generators to help protect our senior citizens. We need to do our part to provide our elders with the best resources possible to withstand future emergencies.”
In an aerial view, residential neighborhoods without power are shown beyond lit highways on July 12, 2024 in Houston, Texas.
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Hurricane Beryl disrupted the Caribbean and Gulf Coast of the United States earlier this month, reportedly killing at least 52 people and causing more than $6 billion in damages. The hurricane left 2.7 million people in the Houston area without power for hours, and with the scorching Houston heat, there were six heat-related deaths.
“We want to expand our support of the most vulnerable people in the city, and Hurricane Beryl, the derecho and other storms have highlighted that our seniors are in dire need of assistance,” Bread of Life founder Rudy Rasmus stated. “Through our partnership with Megan Thee Stallion and her Pete and Thomas Foundation, we hope to provide generators to senior personal care homes this hurricane season.”
They added, “Our goal is to provide generators to our most vulnerable seniors ahead of storms or other events that knock out power so there is no interruption in service.”
A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwater on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 08, 2024 in Houston, Texas.
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Bread of Life is a Houston-based nonprofit organization that provides resources and support to Houston’s most vulnerable citizens.
Meg’s Pete and Thomas Foundation — named after her deceased parents — was founded in 2022 as a way “to uplift and assist women, children, senior citizens and other underserved communities.”
For more information on ways to get involved with both organizations and for recent updates, visit the Pete and Thomas Foundation’s official website and Bread of Life here.
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