AFA Disaster Relief Fund | Texas Floods

AFA International

The Disaster Relief Fund provides a means for AFA members to assist other members and retirees who have suffered significant damage and/or relocation as a result of a disaster. Since its beginning in the fall of 2001, the AFA Disaster Relief Fund has provided support in the aftermath of many large-scale disasters including the September 11th terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural and/or man-made disasters.

Give to the AFA Disaster Relief Fund 

If you would like to mail a donation to the disaster relief fund, please send your check to:
AFA-CWA Disaster Relief Fund
Attn: Dante Harris
501 Third Street NW
Washington DC  20001

If you have any questions, please contact Linda Foster (lfoster@afacwa.org) with the AFA EAP Department.

100% of the funds contribution will go directly to impacted Flight Attendants in the form of cash assistance.

Members whose lives and households have been affected by the floods in Texas have options for assistance. The AFA Disaster Relief Fund is actively monitoring messages for applications. Any AFA member in good standing who is involuntarily displaced from their primary residence for seven or more days because of a natural disaster is eligible for a one-time per calendar year gift of $500. 

If a member wishes to apply for AFA Disaster Relief Funds, they can visit www.afacwa.org/drf and download the Disaster Relief Fund Application. Submission instructions are included on the site. 

Additionally, members can apply for FEMA financial relief at https://www.disasterassistance.gov/ or 800-621-3362. 

FEMA disaster assistance may help with a range of needs, including: 

Serious Needs Assistance. Money to help one pay for essential items such as food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication and other emergency supplies. 

Displacement Assistance. Money to help with housing needs. If one cannot return home due to the disaster, this money can be used to stay in a hotel, with family and friends, or in other accommodations while searching for a rental unit. 

Other eligible expenses. This includes expenses from things like rental assistance, basic home repairs and property losses.