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Fairway Home Mortgage announced this week that it’s donating $1 million to the ongoing relief efforts following catastrophic flooding in Texas.
Fairway has a large presence in Texas, where at least 170 people are known to be missing in the epicenter of Kerr County as a result of the flooding, according to CBS News. Nearly a week since the flooding began, the death toll topped 120.
“The loss of life and the devastation caused by the floods in Texas this past weekend are difficult to fathom. Our hearts break for the families who are grieving such sudden and unexpected loss,” Marc Wood, Fairway’s regional senior vice president, said in a statement.
“Now is the time to live out our commitment to love and serve our communities and we are committed to doing everything we can to support and help rebuild in the wake of this tragedy.”
Fairway is challenging other mortgage companies who do business in Texas to match its efforts. The Fairway corporate donation will go through Wood Group Gives, one of Fairway’s nonprofit partners in the area.
“Our hearts and prayers are with the families impacted by the Texas floods this past weekend,” added Matt Wood, a regional senior vice president for Fairway. “It is a helpless feeling to watch family members being separated, communities getting ravaged, and then have to search and find out who is alive at the end of it. We grieve with all of those who were impacted, and we pray for God to comfort and be near to them right now.”
“It is truly humbling to be part of a company that makes this kind of contribution,” said Brad Dragoo, Fairway’s senior vice president and area manager. “We always pay lip service to how we are here to help and to serve, but it is times like this when Fairway really steps up and shows its true colors. We hope other companies react in the same way — it’s the least we can do.”
