How to help: Ways to provide assistance after wildfires impact West Texas

Brandi D. Addison, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Updated ·2 min read
Several organizations and agencies are offering and seeking support amid the Panhandle wildfires.
Several organizations and agencies are offering and seeking support amid the Panhandle wildfires.

High winds and dry conditions have produced several wildfires over the last two days in the Panhandle.

As of Wednesday, five fires have scorched more than a million acres. The largest among them, Smokehouse Creek in Stinnett, has burned more than 850,000 acres, equivalent to about 1,300 square miles, making it the second-largest wildfire in state history.

A number of organizations and community members have stepped up to offer aid residents of the Panhandle, including Amarillo National Bank, which pledged $1 million on Wednesday along with other donations. Here's how to help.

Amarillo National Bank gives $1 million, collects donations for wildfire relief

  • A group on Facebook called Panhandle Wildfire Recovery & Resources is offering help to residents amid the ongoing wildfires. Members are offering support for livestock shelter, monetary donations and more.

  • HF&C Feeds have set up a disaster relief fund and will take donations and stores or via phone at 806.866.9801. The store is also partnering with Cook's Garage and William Clark Green's High Cotton Relief Fund to help those in need.

  • The Education Credit Union Foundation is collecting donations for the wildfire relief effort that will benefit the Stinnett Fire Department, Borger Fire Department, Fritch Volunteer Fire Department and the Hutchinson County United Way. To donate, visit the ECU Foundation website: www.ecu-foundation.org/give-now/ and select “2024 Wildfire Relief Efforts” from the “My Donation is for” drop-down menu.

  • Toot’n Totum launched Change for the Better – Panhandle Strong, offering guests to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar toward the Panhandle Disaster Relief Fund. Toot'n Totum will match the first $25,000 raised.

  • Breweries in West Texas are donating $1 on purchases of select pours through Saturday. These include the Brewery LBK, Frost Brewhouse, Good Line Beer Co., Two Docs Brewing Co. in Lubbock; Tall City Brewing Co. in Midland; and Old Tascosa Brewing Company and Pondaseta Brewing Co. in Amarillo.

Additional monetary donations, according to the City of Borger and Hutchinson County's Office of Emergency Management are through:

  • Pantex FCU

  • Amarillo National Bank/Borger Bank

  • Red Cross

  • Amarillo Area Foundation

  • Fritch Volunteer Fire Department

  • Stinnett Volunteer Fire Department

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: How to help: Ways to assist after wildfires impact West Texas