Millions of residents in Texas experienced historic snowfall and single digit temperatures, causing the state’s power grid to fail. The Texas community is facing an unimaginable situation of no power or running water for days. Bright Funds has established the Texas Winter Disaster Response and Recovery Fund, composed of pre-vetted nonprofits providing disaster response in Texas. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can help provide short-term and long-term response and recovery to multiple organization initiatives. Our Fund approach is informed by expert and local recommendations, based on up to date information from disaster philanthropy and nongovernmental organization networks. The Fund's strategy is similarly dynamic and responsive: as information on local communities' needs becomes available, we will update the organizations in this Fund, directing donations towards specific organizations doing work in the areas most affected. We have initially selected organizations that are on the ground assisting with immediate relief needs.

Millions of residents in Texas experienced historic snowfall and single digit temperatures, causing the state’s power grid to fail. The Texas community is facing an unimaginable situation of no power or running water for days. Bright Funds has established the Texas Winter Disaster Response and Recovery Fund, composed of pre-vetted nonprofits providing disaster response in Texas. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can help provide short-term and long-term response and recovery to multiple organization initiatives. Our Fund approach is informed by expert and local recommendations, based on up to date information from disaster philanthropy and nongovernmental organization networks. The Fund's strategy is similarly dynamic and responsive: as information on local communities' needs becomes available, we will update the organizations in this Fund, directing donations towards specific organizations doing work in the areas most affected. We have initially selected organizations that are on the ground assisting with immediate relief needs.

The people of the State of Texas have been through a rough time as of late. COVID-19 has infected over 2.66M people and impacted the lives of many more. In addition Winter Storm Uri left many without power and reliable sources of food or water. The storm also caused an estimated 200B+ in property damage than many of us personally experienced. Service has long been a part of the VMware culture under the Community pillar of Epic2. Over 1,500 VMware + 20,000 Dell Technologies employees, thousands of our partners, and customers call Texas home. Our Texas community needs our help and support. When we lift up our neighbors ALL of us rise. We're launching campaign #StandUp4Texas with the goal of completing as many service learning hours as possible and donating as much money as we can to charities aimed at helping the people of Texas get back on their feet. We invite you to join us in the #StandUp4Texas effort!