Help the disabled trapped by Hurricane Harvey.

ChrisHaulmark August 30, 2017 in ASL 16 Subscribers Subscribe

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Chris Haulmarkâ€‹ encourages donating to the disabled trapped by Hurricane Harvey.

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[Video Description: Chris Haulmark is sitting in a booth wearing a blue/white striped long-sleeve button-up shirt.]

Hello everyone!

I am Chris Haulmark, here at El Mariachi restaurant, running for Kansasâ€™s Third Congressional District.

I, too, am extremely worried about Hurricane Harvey.

Whoa!

What a disaster!

Such extreme flooding all over, from Beaumont to Port Arthur!

There are so many photos and videos on Twitter showing the devastation.

Naturally, I'm very concerned about the disabled victims in this area.

*Deep emotional breath*

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies has a helpline available,

800-626-4959.

This is their voice number.

However, it can be a challenge for the Deaf to call that helpline during the disaster, since we rely on internet, electricity, and whether the cell signal for high-speed data is fast enough for videophone calls.

So our ability to voice call the helpline is limited by resource availability, so we the Deaf people tend to tell on other telecommunication platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and texting with fellow Deaf community members through the grapevine.

So I recommend calling the helpline when absolutely necessary.

Got it?

As a notice to Deaf & Hard of Hearing and disabled Americans out there, we really need to help and directly donate funding to the devastated Texas communities survive and recover.

Seth Gerlis of Deafopia is fundraising a GoFundMe effort.

I am including the link as part of the description of this video.

You can click on that link to make a contribution!

Even donating just $10 would help so much!

Deafopia is also working with Texas Association of the Deaf in the relief effort.

We all want to help out as much as we can, hence this vlogâ€™s appeal for Texas rescue donations.

Thank you for watching.

[Video fades into a black background with a logo of a cartoonish Chris Haulmark signing â€œBelieveâ€ with white text of â€œYes, We Can Believeâ€ below the logo. There is the text ofÂ www.HaulmarkForCongress.comÂ at the bottom]