Photos: Houston Businessman Turns His Furniture Stores Into Storm Shelters to 400 victims of Hurricane Harvey
Jim McIngvale |
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Houston furniture store is offering to help the thousands of displaced
Texas residents that have nowhere to stay following the catastrophic
flooding and dangerous conditions created by Hurricane Harvey.
Gallery
Furniture, a Houston-based chain store, opened two of its locations —
one north of downtown, and the other west of the city in Richmond, TX —
to residents seeking shelter as the historic tropical storm forced them out of their homes. In a post on Facebook on Sunday, the company announced it would have food, beds and restrooms available for anyone in need — including kenneled pets.
The furniture store is also using its largest moving truck to help
rescue people displaced by the floods, according to another Facebook
post from the company.
Gallery Furniture owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale has long been known for his charitable actions, according to the Houston Chronicle. "We hope to give them some comfort in this incredibly difficult time," MacIngvale said in a statement to the Chronicle.
McIngvale did not immediately respond to an interview request for TIME.
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number of other venues have also opened as shelters in the area,
including Houston's George Brown Convention Center, which has 1.8
million square feet of space. And aside from local businesses, Americans
from all over the country have been donating to various charities that
are on the ground. You can find a list of the charities and how to
donate here.
See photos below....
Source: Times
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