Have a drink, fill Harvey relief truck at Watershed

Watershed is taking a moment to redirect their efforts away from vodka, gin, bourbon, and food this weekend to provide aid for those ransacked by Hurricane Harvey.

And they need your help.

Their plan is to drive their box truck all the way down to Huston on Tuesday, September 5, to deliver desperately needed supplies to the flood victims. But they are only able to fill half of the truck. That’s where you come in.

Please bring non-perishable donations to Watershed Kitchen & Bar at 1145 Chesapeake Avenue STE D from 7am-8pm today and from noon-8pm on Saturday.

If we can fill more than the whole truck, we’ll rent a second truck, and if we fill that, well we got ourselves a convoy,” said Chris Manis of Watershed. “We welcome individuals and fellow businesses in our community to drop off whatever you can manage.

To coordinate large deliveries, please contact dave@watersheddistillery.com

Here is a list of items those affected need most:

Non-perishable food items
Cases of water
Sledge hammers
Shovels
Large black garbage bags
Flashlights with batteries
Diapers, disposable baby wipes and hand wipes
Infant, child and adult clothing
All bathroom and groom supplies
Toilet paper, paper towels, trash bags, Clorox wipes
Hand sanitizer and body cleansing wipes
Razorblades, knives, work gloves, cleaning supplies, brooms, shovels
Human and dog vests
Waders
Gas gift cards
Sealed dry storage containers
First aid kits (Neosporin, bandages, gauze, medical tape, hydrogen peroxide, buffered aspirin)
Strong flashlights with extra batteries
Duct tape, scotch tape, and zip ties
Collars and leashes
Muzzles
Plastic sleeves for papers
Puppy pads and/or newspapers
Crates
Pool noodles
Puppy and kitten milk
Capstar
Pedialyte

Watershed Kitchen & Bar will keep its regular hours of 4-11:49pm today and tomorrow so all are welcome to come in for a cocktail after donating.

If you can’t bring in donations, here’s a list of organizations to donate to per NPR

The Greater Houston Community Foundation: Connects donors with a network of nonprofits

GlobalGiving: Donations will be used first for immediate needs of food, water, and shelter and then transition to long-term recovery efforts

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy: “Investing well rather than investing quickly, addressing the greatest needs and gaps in funding that may be yet to emerge”

GoFundMe: Gathers the campaigns on its platform related to Harvey

The Salvation Army: Provides food and water to first responders

Send Relief and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief: On-the-ground relief work

Samaritan’s Purse: Harvey disaster relief for the coming months

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