The National\u00a0Football League\u00a0continues to\u00a0step up to provide\u00a0support following\u00a0the devastating\u00a0Texas flooding\u00a0that claimed\u00a0the lives of\u00a0more than 100 people. Now, three NFL\u00a0teams have joined\u00a0a growing list\u00a0of clubs providing\u00a0donations for\u00a0relief and recovery\u00a0efforts.<\/p>\n
The Minnesota Vikings and the Wilf family announced<\/a> that they are donating $500,000 to the Texas Hill Country flooding relief and recovery. Minnesota\u2019s donation matches those made by the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, and the NFL.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Related: NFL, Texans, Cowboys donate $1.5 million to Texas flood relief<\/a><\/p>\n The Atlanta Falcons also donated<\/a> $500,000 through the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, with the club seeking to provide financial support for both the region\u2019s long-term recovery and ongoing relief efforts.<\/p>\n Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt also contributed to relief efforts, donating $500,000 this week. The Hunt family was directly impacted by the tragedy, with one of their relatives among the campers at Camp Mystic who lost their lives.<\/p>\n \u201cOur family is devastated by the tragedy in Central Texas. Our hearts go out to those grieving \u2014 in particular, to the parents who lost children, those who lost family members, and the far-too-many who have lost friends, neighbors, and loved ones. This has shaken our community to its core. Today, along with our MLS partners, my brother, [Dan], and I are humbled to support those directly assisting the victims of this unimaginable tragedy. In the wake of such sadness, we are awed by the hearts of our fellow Texans, and we are grateful for the true community leaders \u2014 in boats, helicopters or trucks filled with food \u2014 who are showing up for their neighbors in need.\u201d<\/p>\n Statement from Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark hunt (via KCTV5.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n In addition to support from NFL franchises, NBA teams have also stepped up with donations. The San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and the NBA Players Association combined for a $2 million donation to Texas flooding relief efforts.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0NFL power rankings 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Both the\u00a0Salvation Army<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0American Red Cross<\/a>\u00a0are taking donations to their disaster relief funds to help the impacted communities.<\/p>\n Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National\u00a0Football League\u00a0continues to\u00a0step up to provide\u00a0support following\u00a0the devastating\u00a0Texas flooding\u00a0that claimed\u00a0the lives of\u00a0more than 100 people. Now, three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[254,16628,257,15475,7,221,13729,253,2368,110,259,122,6,40510,30459,222,51,40024],"class_list":{"0":"post-198935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-atlanta-falcons","9":"tag-clark-hunt","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-houston-rockets","15":"tag-houston-texans","16":"tag-houstontexans","17":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","18":"tag-minnesota-vikings","19":"tag-national-football-league","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-relief-efforts","22":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","23":"tag-texans","24":"tag-texas","25":"tag-texas-hill-country"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114834990266512407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}