Update on Our Hurricane Response

Applications for Hurricanes Helene and Milton are now closed.

Cases are processed in the order in which they were received. We are distributing weekly updates regarding processing time; please watch for emails from our team!

If you applied for assistance unrelated to these disasters, we are working as quickly as possible to process your case. Please reach out to your case manager directly or casemanagement@southernsmoke.org for any updates. Thank you for your patience during this time of unprecedented volume.

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support, and thanks to generous donors, to date we have granted $680,800 to 487 F+B workers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton with 2,500 more being processed.

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Every dollar donated supports those in the food and beverage industry. You know them. They may have seared your steak or crafted your favorite cocktail. Maybe they passed you extra sauce through the drive-thru window—or grew the food themselves. No matter who they are or where they live in the U.S., their lives are improved by your generosity. On behalf of them all, thank you.

With your support, we can continue to pay for essentials like groceries, clothing, and rent, as well as cover the cost of life-saving medications, natural disaster damages, lost wages, and more for F+B workers nationwide who need it most. Your support also allows us to continue to evolve and expand our mental health program to F+B workers—with the goal of providing services in all fifty states!

Thanks to generous donors like you, we have granted more than $12 million to F+B workers in crisis since 2017. In addition, we launched our mental health program, Behind You, in August 2020 and have funded more 5,500 no-cost counseling sessions for F+B workers in several states through university clinic grants.

We are both founded and fueled by leadership who deeply understand the unique stressors and dynamics of the F+B industry, and we encourage you to join us in serving those who are always there to serve us.

Levels of Giving

$50

average cost of one tank of gas for an F+B worker to get to and from work

$100

average cost of one counseling session for one F+B worker through the Behind You mental health program

$250

helps an F+B worker pay for one month of vital medication without insurance

$500

helps a single parent working in F+B pay for childcare

$837

Average national disaster relief grant for a F+B worker

$1,000

average amount to support one F+B worker’s no-cost counseling through the Behind You mental health program

$2,500

average out-of-pocket cost for an ER visit

$5,000

helps permanently relocate an F+B worker fleeing domestic violence

$10,000

supports out-of-pocket costs related to loss of life, including funeral and/or burial services for an F+B worker

$30,000

average weekly amount of emergency relief funding distributed to F+B workers nationwide

$60,000

average amount to fund one year of the Behind You mental health program at one university

 

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Double Your Impact

Did you know that you can double your donation through our matching donation program?

Many employers provide matching gift programs to match charitable contributions made by their employees. Gifts from employees’ spouses and retirees may also qualify for a match. Search to find out if your employer has a matching gift program.

Here’s how the gift matching process unfolds:

  1. Donate

    Make your personal donation and save your tax receipt. Many matching programs will allow for up to one year after you’ve made your donation to request a corporate match.

  2. Search

    Using the Double the Donation search bar below, find out if your company offers a matching gift program and review the guidelines. No results? Contact your HR department directly to ask if they offer a matching gift program.

  3. Match

    Click on your company’s intranet link provided in the search results. Log in and submit your request electronically.

 

Questions?

Southern Smoke Foundation
1302 Waugh Drive #970
Houston, TX 77019
Email: info@southernsmoke.org

 

Our Commitment to Our Donors

We will not sell, share, or trade our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations. This policy applies to all information received by Southern Smoke Foundation, both online and offline, on any Platform (“Platform”, includes the Southern Smoke Foundation website and mobile applications), as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications. To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation.

 

Donation Information

For every dollar donated, 85 cents goes directly to programs that provide emergency relief to F+B workers nationwide when there’s a widespread or personal crisis. As an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in the state of Texas, Southern Smoke Foundation provides services nationwide throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. All donations to us are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Southern Smoke Foundation’s TAX ID number is 81-2423050.