Overview

• Gov. Greg Abbott presented $25,000 checks to flood-affected families in Ingram on August 10.
• The grants are funded by over $7 million raised at the “Strait to the Heart” concert hosted by George Strait and Tom Cusick on July 27.
• Vaqueros del Mar Texas Flood Relief Fund served as the conduit for concert donations, enabling direct cash distribution with minimal bureaucracy.
• Representative Wes Virdell and Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd joined Abbott at the presentation ceremony.
• The July 4 floods claimed 137 lives and destroyed campgrounds across the Texas Hill Country, prompting rapid fundraising and coordinated relief efforts.