Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is stepping up to help flood victims in his home state of Texas.Holmes, a Chiefs Hall of Fame inductee, organized a major relief effort after devastating floods hit Kerrville, Texas, last week. With support from the Chiefs Ambassadors and volunteers in Kansas City and Overland Park, Holmes helped fill two semi-trailers with critical supplies for families and first responders.”Initially when you look at the devastation, I couldn’t even imagine how to really get involved,” Holmes said. “When you’re just thinking about all the lives that were taken.”Holmes’ foundation quickly mobilized to gather food, water, blankets, bleach, slippers, and more. Among the recipients: a local volunteer fire department that lost all of its gear in the flooding.”They lost all of the uniforms, they lost their supplies. So you think of firefighters going in and helping you, they couldn’t even respond,” Holmes said.In less than eight days, the group collected and delivered what Holmes called “incredible supplies” to Kerrville, where the damage remains widespread.”It takes a seed. Once that’s planted, we can gather together and bring so many resources together and make an impact on these lives,” Holmes said. “It’s just a matter of getting the supplies now to those that are victims.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes is stepping up to help flood victims in his home state of Texas.
Holmes, a Chiefs Hall of Fame inductee, organized a major relief effort after devastating floods hit Kerrville, Texas, last week.
With support from the Chiefs Ambassadors and volunteers in Kansas City and Overland Park, Holmes helped fill two semi-trailers with critical supplies for families and first responders.
“Initially when you look at the devastation, I couldn’t even imagine how to really get involved,” Holmes said. “When you’re just thinking about all the lives that were taken.”
Holmes’ foundation quickly mobilized to gather food, water, blankets, bleach, slippers, and more.
Among the recipients: a local volunteer fire department that lost all of its gear in the flooding.
“They lost all of the uniforms, they lost their supplies. So you think of firefighters going in and helping you, they couldn’t even respond,” Holmes said.
In less than eight days, the group collected and delivered what Holmes called “incredible supplies” to Kerrville, where the damage remains widespread.
“It takes a seed. Once that’s planted, we can gather together and bring so many resources together and make an impact on these lives,” Holmes said. “It’s just a matter of getting the supplies now to those that are victims.”