Logo for Arcadia Recovery Collaboration with a group of seven people holding hands, a winding road inside a house-shaped outline, and the text 'Helping Neighbors Return Home Again'.

After the devastating July 4th floods destroyed over 400 homes in the Hill Country community, families are confronting the overwhelming challenge of rebuilding—some with empty houses ready for furnishing, others starting from the ground up after their homes were swept away entirely.

Arcadia Recovery Collaboration helps flood survivors turn those rebuilt and restored spaces back into fully furnished homes - complete with beds, kitchen essentials, and everything needed to rebuild daily life.

Recovery of this scale will take all of us—from design professionals to neighbors near and far.

We’re here to walk alongside our neighbors through the long months of recovery, helping them return home again.

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  • A house with significant damage, broken windows, and a collapsed roof surrounded by trees and overgrown grass under a blue sky with clouds.
  • Two children drawing at a table with colorful markers. A long paper with rainbow-colored letters spelling 'AMAZING' is on the table, and the children are coloring or writing on it.
  • Two young girls are assembling a gold-colored table lamp inside a living room, smiling and interacting with each other. One girl is adjusting the lampshade while the other holds it.
  • People unloading groceries and household items from a car in a parking lot, with shopping carts filled with large bags of supplies and rolls of paper towels.
  • Two men are hanging a large abstract painting on a white wall in a dining room. One man on the left is wearing an orange shirt and beige shorts, and the other man on the right is wearing a light green shirt, tan shorts, and a cap. There is a dining table with a fruit basket, water bottle, and other items in the foreground.
  • A dining area with a wooden table, six light-colored chairs, a blue vase with green leafy branches, white curtains, a framed picture on the wall, and natural light coming through the windows.
  • A bed with stuffed animals and a pink quilt. There are four stuffed animals: a blue dog, a unicorn, a green frog, and a brown dog wearing a bow tie. Behind them is a decorative pillow shaped like a flower. Above the bed, a framed poster with illustrations of pink bows and words like 'Magnificent,' 'Blessed,' 'Beautiful,' 'Strong,' 'Love,' and a Bible verse. To the right of the bed, there is a pink flower-shaped neon light on the wall.

HOW IT WORKS

A simple 4 step process to help you in your process of returning home again

A step-by-step infographic illustrating the process of a home renovation project. Step 1 shows a hand writing in a notebook labeled 'Needs Assessment.' Step 2 displays a floor plan design. Step 3 depicts two people bringing boxes into a house. Step 4 shows a group of people at a table with food, with the labels 'Welcome Home' and 'Gift Basket'.

1.SUBMIT A "HOME HELP" FORM

This simple form let’s us know that you would like Arcadia Recovery Collaboration’s help in furnishing your home once reconstruction is completed. We realize that there are many unknowns. Submit your form and then we can work with you on the timeline and scale based on your needs.

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3. INSTALL DAY

Install Day brings together your family, Project Manager, and volunteer team to transform your house room by room. Working together, we’ll move in your new furnishings and arrange each space to be comfortable, functional, and ready for daily life.

2. DEVELOP YOUR PROJECT PLAN

Your volunteer Project Manager will meet with you to assess your space and match you with furnishings that fit your home and lifestyle. Our Project Managers include architects, interior designers, and community members with a keen design sensibility and project management experience — all committed to helping transform your house back into a functional, welcoming home.

4. WELCOME HOME BASKET

Your Welcome Home Basket is a care package welcoming your family into your space. It’s a gift of love put together by volunteers to marks this step of your recovery journey, as you officially move into a place that feels like home again.

A woman walking past a yard sign that says "Hill Country Strong" in front of a stone house with trees and a porch.

This truly is a grassroots, collaborative effort that needs us all sharing our skills, connections, time and resources. Here are some direct ways that you can partner in the effort to help support Hill Country families return home.

WAYS TO HELP

THANK YOU!

Construction workers working inside a house during renovation, with tools, scaffolding, and unfinished walls.

DONATE FINANCIALLY

Your financial contributions help provide essential items that go directly into a family’s home. ARC is an initiative of Impact Guild, a 501c3 nonprofit and all donations are tax-deductible.

A man loading a truck with household items, including a mattress, a chair, a pile of boxes, and a rug, in a driveway outside a house with stone and gray siding.
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DONATE IN-KIND FURNISHINGS

(PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ONLY)

Donate quality household items—from beds and sofas to lamps and appliances—that will help transform empty houses back into comfortable, functional homes.

Due to capacity, we are only accepting donations from organizations such as furniture manufacturers and industry professionals at this time. No in-kind furniture donations will be accepted from individuals at this time.

NEEDED ITEMS
Two people installing a mirror above a bed in a bedroom, with a window frame leaning against the wall nearby, and the bed covered with a green blanket and a tray of bedding.

Join our hands-on volunteer teams to help move furniture on Install Day or prepare Welcome Home Baskets that mark each family’s journey home. Review the form for a full list of opportunities.

VOLUNTEER

Volunteer
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VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER

Your design eye. Your project management skills. Your vendor relationships. Whether you're a design professional, a skilled organizer with an eye for space and function, or someone who simply knows how to bring a room together — volunteer as a Project Manager to work directly with families, assess their needs, and curate furnishings that create beautiful, functional homes.

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“This house welcomed the weary flood victims back home… and it was the soft landing I had hoped for. It felt like the old home but fresh and new. A place to make new memories for generations to come. Thank you.”

- Keri Wilt

Two people standing on a damaged bridge over a river, with an American flag planted in debris, and a rural landscape in the background.

We are neighbors who live along the Guadalupe or were formed along its banks. We have been residents in Kerrville for over 40 years  and in the design/build industry for longer than that. Our neighborhood, Arcadia Loop, is the inspiration for the name because the strength of neighbors helping neighbors is the core of this initiative. We are a family coming together to use our skills to help and to collaborate with friends new and old. Read a letter from Howell & Debbie Ridout, Arcadia Recovery Collaboration’s program co-leaders for a more full story.

WHO WE ARE

letter from Howell & Debbie Ridout
Four people sitting around a wooden outdoor table under a large tree, having a conversation, with drinks and phones on the table.

ARC is an initiative under the Impact Guild, a community development 501c3 nonprofit. With a mission to connect resources with neighborhood needs, ARC is an opportunity to bridge Kerr County to other central Texas communities such as San Antonio, Austin and beyond support our neighbors through flood recovery. Additionally, Impact Guild’s Climate Ready Neighborhoods program focuses on supporting neighborhoods when natural disasters hit and in building resilience through the recovery process.

Get in touch

Want to reach out directly to learn more or ask questions? Email Debbie Ridout, ARC Program Manager: arc@theimpactguild.com