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The Houston Texans were the first to announce their donations on Saturday, July 5, with more coming throughout the week. The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL Foundation joined the Texans on Sunday, July 6, with each contributing $500,000 in a $1.5 million total donation.
After the tragic flash floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July weekend, stories of heroic rescues and jaw-droppingly generous celebrity donations began to circulate on social media. Unfortunately, not all of it was true.
FC Dallas is partnering with two other Texas-based sports clubs and Major League Soccer to donate $500,000 to support those impacted by the Kerr County floods, they announced on Wednesday.
Virginia Wynne Naylor, 8, was at Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp with cabins along the river in a rural part of Kerr County, when the floods hit on July 4. Her family confirmed her death in a statement, referring to her as Wynne.
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FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth on MSNDallas weather: More flash flood warnings issued for North TexasSevere weather brought flash flooding to the Dallas-Fort Worth area Tuesday, prompting water rescues. Showers are expected to return again on Wednesday night.
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The Wilfs donated a significant amount of money to help aid in the rescue and recovery efforts to the victims of the flooding in Texas.
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The death toll in Central Texas climbed to over 100, with victims including Camp Mystic campers, sisters Blair and Brooke Harber who died holding hands, and camp director Dick Eastland.
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Arrowhead Pride on MSNClark Hunt’s FC Dallas, other MLS and NFL clubs pledge relief for Texas floodsThe death toll from the floods in central Texas now stands at 120. Almost a week after the flash flooding began on July 4, more than 170 others are still missing. Kansas City Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt holds the same titles with FC Dallas of the MLS.
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Kelem Butts, a former AT&T executive and resident of Uptown for 24 years, has been appointed as the new executive director of Uptown Dallas Inc. (UDI). He has served on the UDI board for over nine years and has been head of the public safety committee for the last five years.