Here’s how this Alabama company is helping Texas flood relief efforts

An Alabama company is pausing production at one of its plants in order to help with disaster relief efforts in Texas.

Milo’s Tea Company, which is headquartered in Bessemer, Alabama, recently announced it has paused production of tea and lemonade at its plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in order to bottle drinking water for those impacted by the flood disaster in Texas instead.

Tricia Wallwork, CEO of Milo’s Tea Company, Inc., shared that the company sent five truckloads – 124 pallets and more than 119,000 bottles – of Milo’s bottled water to the San Antonio Food Bank to support flood relief efforts.

“I am thankful that we can do a small, little something to help,” Wallwork wrote on LinkedIn. “Our Teams’ response was swift. It came together in just 24 hours. Every single function at Milo’s – from operations and supply chain to quality and logistics – rallied to make it happen. It’s the definition of our HAT values: Hungry. Agile. Together.”

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Wallwork also said the donation was made possible through partnerships with R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc., Feeding America and H-E-B.

Search operations are still underway in parts of Texas after the Guadalupe River in Kerr County caused massive flash flooding on July 4, killing at least 129 people, including several Alabama residents.

“Disaster response has long been one of the pillars of our Corporate Responsibility commitment at Milo’s,” said Wallwork. “From Hurricane Helene in North Carolina earlier this year to today’s flooding in Texas, we’ll continue showing up authentically where we’re needed – with heart, humility, and help.”

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