giving back

Harrah’s presents a check to the American Red Cross

Today, Harrah’s Gulf Coast proudly presented a $40,000 check to the American Red Cross. The contributions to help further the organization’s mission in Texas were raised by ticket sales to the Little Big Town concert hosted at the Great Lawn.…

Biloxi church sends water supply to Houston

South Mississippians know all too well that hurricanes and tropical storms are far from being over once they push through an area. This is just one reason why members of one Biloxi church have set out on a mission to…

Operation BBQ Relief

The Shed Barbecue and Blues Joint in Ocean Springs is part of Operation BBQ Relief and sending semi-trucks full of items to Hurricane Harvey victims. The Shed has been a part of Operation BBQ Relief since 2011, lending a helping…

Harvey donation drive at the Scarlet Pearl Casino

South Mississippians did not hesitate to reach out to Texas when Hurricane Harvey hit. Many businesses, small or large, felt the need to step in and do what they can to assist those in need and the Scarlet Pearl Casino…

D’Iberville Fire Department accepting donations

The D’Iberville Fire Department opened its station as a location to donations for Harvey victims. Hundreds of items filled the semi-truck from Gollott and Sons with cleaning supplies, non-perishable food items, water, and hygiene items. The Shed BBQ in Jackson…

Gulfport helps out Texas community

Gulfport officials made it to Rockport, Texas on Tuesday and today they met with the sheriff’s Office for a relief effort meeting. The Rockport Police Department toured the city with Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes, showing the destruction of Hurricane Harvey.…

Video from local team helping Harvey victims

A small team of medical professionals from the Biloxi VA have finally made it to Houston and are helping Hurricane Harvey victims. Flooded highways slowed the team down, but didn’t stop the group from making it to the Houston VA…

Large support from community at Harvey shrimp boil

All the proceeds from a shrimp boil in Gulfport are going straight to families devastated by Hurricane Harvey. There were long lines of support at St. Joseph Hospice this morning. The shrimp boil was a chance to stack up donations…

D’Iberville is collecting donations for Harvey victims

Another Coast crew is heading out to Texas to drop off supplies to Harvey flood victims. The City of D’Iberville is currently collecting several items for Texas residents in need of food items, cleaning supplies, and other necessities. City officials…

Benefit shrimp boil for Harvey victims

Donations for Hurricane Harvey victims keep pouring in from all over the Coast. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson joins us from Gulfport to show us where you can stack up support for Houston while piling up your plate.

Pascagoula adopts Texas city in need

The City of Pascagoula is calling on the community to lend a hand to Hurricane Harvey victims after adopting a city in Texas in need of help. Donations are starting to pile up for League City, Texas where around 83,000…

Salvation Army deploys to Texas

Rescue efforts are still underway as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continue to batter Houston and East Texas with torrential flooding. While the Lone Star State is still in rescue mode, relief efforts are also continuing to roll in. News…

Operation Relief for Texas

City leaders are not the only one’s getting involved with helping those in need in Texas. Operation Relief is a group of South Mississippi residents who collect supplies and monetary donations for disaster relief. The group traveled to Louisiana last…

Long Beach taking donations for Dickinson, Texas

The City of Long Beach adopts the City of Dickinson in an effort to spread some relief to the small town in Texas. The city is suffering from historic flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Residents can donate baby items, cleaning supplies,…

Gulfport donation drive nearing an end

Gulfport officials kicked off a supply drive earlier this week and Coast residents wasted no time donating toward our neighbors in need. Trucks full of supplies are showing up to various locations in Gulfport to help aid Hurricane Harvey victims.…

St. Martin High adopts a school in Texas

The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has people wanting to do anything they can to help and St. Martin High School is doing their part by adopting a school in Texas. The Yellowjackets are sponsoring two drives and adopting Rockport Fulton…

Salvation Army lends a hand

As flood waters continue to rise, it’s extremely dangerous and impossible in some parts to send relief into Louisiana and Texas. The Salvation Army in South Mississippi is doing what they can to help and Major Gary Sturdivant says money…

Save lives at the annual Katrina Blood Drive

Each year on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we look back on the devastation the storm brought to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but the American Red Cross is looking forward. The blood drive at the Edgewater Mall was held today…

Ingalls donates to Harvey relief

Huntington Ingalls Industries is donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross to help assist with the recovery from Hurricane Harvey. In a statement President and CEO Mike Petters said, “We have 650 employees in Texas and we want to help…

Coast resident helping Houston

As rain continues to fall over southeastern Texas, many in South Mississippi know all too well what people in the Lone Star state are going through and have teamed up to help bring relief to the hurricane ravaged state. Rusty…

Local football players donate time at Feed my Sheep

The Harrison Central Red Rebels grabbed serving spoons instead of footballs this afternoon. Five members of the football team volunteered at Feed my Sheep in Gulfport. This was all to help kick-off the inaugural Port City Bowl that happens this…

Beau Rivage packs bags for kids in need

Seventy-four students in South Mississippi who might have otherwise gone without will now have food to last them throughout this school year thanks to the Beau Rivage and Feeding the Gulf Coast. Today, Beau Rivage employees took extra time out…