The lingering impact of this year’s brutal hurricane season—especially on people who were already vulnerable—shouldn’t be overlooked this holiday season.

Victoria Quigley recruited volunteers to rip out poisonous mold festering in flood-damaged homes. Sara Brown convinced landlords to open their apartments to people who had nowhere to go. Renee Cavazos partnered with a furniture company to make sure survivors had beds to sleep in and cabinets stocked with food.

I met these heroic women (and others) last month in Houston with GlobalGiving, a crowdfunding network that supports locally driven disaster recovery projects. This holiday season, I can’t stop thinking about what they told me: people still need help in Houston.

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