About TGCR VOAD

The Texas Gulf Coast Regional (TGCR) VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. VOADs support and facilitate the delivery of disaster services by their members. They do not themselves deliver response and recovery services. Member organizations support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and governments.

TGCR VOAD bases its mission on these four values:

• Cooperation. By this we mean that we need each other, that no member organization has all the answers for the challenges we face. We treat members as partners.
• Communication. Here we mean the regular sharing of information about our member organizations—their capacities, accomplishments, and commitments. We try to maintain good channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns.
• Coordination. We commit ourselves to work together and not competitively toward our goal of effective service to disaster victims. We seek to match services to need. Through planning and preparation, we equip our organizations to behave in a coordinated fashion in time of disaster.
• Collaboration. We dedicate ourselves to work together to achieve specific goals and to undertake specific projects at disaster sites. We form partnerships during the disaster response.

Organizations wishing to coordinate their efforts with TGCR VOAD members are encouraged to register on this site and add their organization to the list of VOAD members.