United Way of Coastal Georgia

28/01/2025

We've appreciated the opportunity to serve Coastal Georgia for over 60 years.

United Way of Coastal Georgia announced Thursday it plans to dissolve this year and issue its final round of grants with $350,000 going to 14 nonprofit agencies serving Glynn, Camden

10/10/2024

Thursday morning update on what we can expect from Milton today.

(845am Thursday) As of Thursday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Jacksonville has issued updates regarding Hurricane Milton, with expected impacts to Glynn County. Here are the key points:
Current Status: Milton has moved offshore east of the Florida peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean.
Expected Local Impacts to Glynn County:
• The Tropical Storm Warning for Glynn County remains in place.
• Coastal area of Glynn County – including Saint Simons Island – is under a Flood Watch. This is expected to reach peak concern at high tide Thursday between 2pm and 3pm with potential for a flood surge of three to five feet. Flood potential is greatest in areas prone to flooding (e.g., those affected by hurricanes Matthew, Irma, and Nicole). Flooding/Tidal surge could also impact the Torras causeway.
• As Milton weakens, its wind field is expanding which may contribute to the tidal surge threat.
Citizens who see storm damage may report it to County or City Public Works by calling 912-554-7111. Citizens can also see damage reports and report storm damage by downloading the “See Click Fix” app on the Glynn County home page at www.GlynnCounty.org.

09/10/2024

Wednesday morning update on Hurricane Milton.
Now is a great time to coordinate with local loved ones about checking in on each other, especially our vulnerable friends and neighbors.

As of Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Jacksonville has issued updates regarding Hurricane Milton, with expected impacts to Glynn County beginning Thursday morning. Here are the key points:
Current Status:
• Hurricane Category: Milton restrengthened to a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds, but is now a Category 4 at 155mph.
• Watch Issuance: A Flood Watch is in effect for portions of Coastal Georgia, including Glynn County.
Expected Local Impacts to Glynn County:
• Wind: Glynn County could experience strong tropical storm-force winds (39-57mph). Prepare for the earliest arrival of tropical storm-force winds now expected between 7am and 1pm Thursday.
• As of 8am, The NWS has coastal Glynn County under a Tropical Storm Warning with inland areas under a Tropical Storm Watch.
• Rainfall & Flooding: Heavy rainfall may lead to localized flooding.
• Storm Surge: Coastal areas should brace for potential storm surge of 3-5 feet above ground level (AGL), especially in areas prone to flooding (e.g., those affected by hurricanes Matthew, Irma, and Nicole).
• Marine Conditions: Dangerous conditions will affect coastal waters starting late Wednesday night.

08/10/2024

Updated resources can be found on our website- please take a screenshot so in the event you lose internet, you still have access to the information. Stay safe!

DONATE TO CRISIS RESPONSE As United Way of Coastal Georgia and our community partners prepare for and respond to severe weather, we have collected resources that may help you and your loved ones find and access services in Coastal counties. You may also call United Way at 912-265-1850 for informatio...

08/10/2024

Tuesday morning update on Hurricane Milton

06/10/2024

Update on Hurricane Milton

05/10/2024

(Saturday 10am)
The Glynn County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce that following the damage caused in Glynn County by Hurricane Helene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has now made individuals in Glynn County eligible for federal assistance.
How FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program Works:
FEMA’s Individual Assistance program offers Federal funding for individuals impacted by natural disasters, including for those who incur housing costs, food costs, and for other vital supplies. This may include:
• Rental Assistance: Money you can use to rent housing if you are displaced from your home because of the disaster.
• Lodging Expense Reimbursement: Money to reimburse you for emergency lodging expenses, such as hotel or motel, if you are displaced from your home because of the disaster.
• Home Repair or Replacement: Money to help you repair or replace your home damaged by the disaster. The money can also help with pre-existing damage to parts of your home where the disaster caused further damage.
• Accessibility Needs: Money to help survivors with a disability with specific repairs to make sure their home is accessible, such as exterior ramp, grab bars, and paved path to the home entrance
• Immediate Needs: Money to help you pay for immediate needs such as water, food, first aid, prescriptions, infant formula, breastfeeding equipment, diapers, personal hygiene items and fuels for transportation.
• Displacement: Money to help with immediate housing needs if you cannot return to your home because of the disaster. The money can be used to stay in a hotel, with family and friends or other options while you look for a rental unit.
• Personal Property: Money to help you repair or replace appliances, room furnishings, and a personal or family computer damaged by the disaster. This can also include money for books, uniforms, tools, additional computers and other items required for school or work, including self-employment.
• Medical/Dental: Money to help you pay for expenses because the disaster caused an injury or illness. This money can also be used to help replace medical/dental equipment, breastfeeding equipment, or prescribed medicine damaged or lost because of the disaster.
• Childcare: Money to help you pay for increased or unplanned for childcare expenses caused by the disaster.
• Transportation: Money to help you repair or replace a vehicle damaged by the disaster when you don’t have another vehicle you can use.
• Moving and Storage Expenses: Money to help you move and store personal property from your home to prevent additional damage, usually while you are making repairs to your home or moving to a new place due to the disaster.
How to Apply:
1. Check Eligibility: Visit disasterassistance.gov and click “let’s get started” on the homepage to check if you are eligible.
2. Gather Personal Information: You'll need to have as much of the following info ready as you can: Home, mailing, and email addresses; phone number; Social Security number (SSN); banking and insurance info.
3. Fill Out the Application: Enter as much detail as you can. You can go back to your account later to enter anything you don’t have handy now.
4. Review & Submit: Check what you've entered, make changes if you need to, and send your application to FEMA. Remember to save and keep your Application ID. You’ll need it anytime you talk with FEMA.
What Happens After You Apply:
1. FEMA Reviews Your Application: If FEMA can't qualify you based on your application alone, they may request more info or to inspect your home.
2. Check Your Email: FEMA will email you when you have messages on your account.
3. Check Your Status: You can sign in to your account at any time to check the status of your application.
4. Get Payment: If you qualify, FEMA will send a payment using the method you choose, either through direct deposit or a check by mail.
Please note: Individual Assistance is not a substitute for insurance and cannot compensate for all losses caused by a disaster. The assistance is intended to meet your basic needs and supplement disaster recovery efforts. Families, individuals, or businesses with insurance should still file claims with their insurance company as soon as possible.
For more questions or assistance, please visit DisasterAssistance.gov or call the FEMA Hotline at 1-800-621-3362. You may also download the FEMA app here to submit your application.
The deadline for applying is December 2, 2024.
The Glynn County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (EMA) continues to work with FEMA and GEMA on recovery efforts.

01/10/2024

Update on power, road closures, debris, and more from Glynn County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. Many thanks to all of the people and businesses going above and beyond to help neighbors in need during this time- every act of kindness makes a difference.

(( 1130am Tuesday ))
Electricity: Update from utilities on work to restore power:

Georgia Power:
• Brunswick Area / Glynn County – less than 4400 customers still without power.

Okefenoke Rural Electric: less than 200 customers remaining without power.

Community Announcements:

 Glynn County Recreation & Parks activities will resume October 2nd. We will send information to our program participants to confirm plans. Blythe Island Regional Park campground is open.
 City of Brunswick Recreation activities expected to resume Wednesday.
 Brunswick’s City Tax Sale is cancelled on Tuesday.
 Tuesday’s National Night Out is cancelled
 DNR’s CoastFest is cancelled for Saturday and will be rescheduled

Cooling and Charging stations:
 Ballard Gymnasium at 30 Nimitz Drive will cease operations at noon Tuesday.
 City of Brunswick cooling and recharging station at Howard Coffin Park, 1402 Sonny Miller Way is open to the public until 6pm Tuesday and will be open until noon Wednesday if needed

United Way: United Way of Coastal Georgia is offering assistance for people seeking services related to hurricane recovery. Call 912-265-1850; press 1 and you will be able to leave a message, they will direct you to the appropriate resource.

Public Safety (GCPD, BPD, GCSO): some roadways may be closed due to utility work or hazards, please limit travel, and adhere to driving rules when lights are not working (4-way stop rule); staffing intersections to help with traffic control; continuing to patrol neighborhoods and roadways.

As of Tuesday, these intersections are still closed:

 Old Jesup Rd between Drew Circle and Lille Way is blocked
 Old Jesup Rd @ Scranton Rd
 Georgia Power will be replacing power lines across Frederica Rd at approximately 1:30p.m. today. This work will result in a temporary closure of Frederica Rd for both north and south bound traffic. This work will be in the 3100 block of Frederica, approximately 720ft north of the Frederica / Sea Island Road intersection.

Public Works: Debris removal for unincorporated Glynn County will begin Monday, October 7; for the City of Brunswick the same date is tentatively scheduled to begin debris removal. Only storm related debris will be collected.

County Residents are advised to gather organic-only debris – i.e. tree limbs – and place it roadside for pickup. Public Works will make two passes through the county once collection begins.

City Residents: The city expects this to be a three to four week process with two passes through the city. Pickup will include organic debris (i.e. tree limbs, leaves, etc) and storm related construction & demolition (C&D). Items cannot be co-mingled. Please keep yard debris and other items separate.

It is important that only storm related debris is eligible for removal; the debris should not be bagged and it should not be mixed with other garbage or yard waste: if you are cleaning up your yard, please separate debris into piles, no bags, only organic materials, do not block right of ways, put at curb.

Glynn County Customer Service number: 912-554-7111
City of Brunswick Customer Service number: 912-267-3703

01/10/2024

01/10/2024

Road closure on Frederica this afternoon to allow Georgia Power to restore power lines.

‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️Georgia Power will be replacing power lines across Frederica Rd at approximately 1:30p.m. today. This work will result in a temporary closure of Frederica Rd for both north and south bound traffic. This work will be in the 3100 block of Frederica, approximately 720ft north of the Frederica / Sea Island Road intersection.

Georgia Power needs to pull two cables, on at a time. Each cable pull will require the closure of both lanes for approximately 10 minutes each. Georgia Power will pull one cable at a time, allowing traffic to flow unimpeded between pulls.

This restoration is necessary to return power to neighborhoods to the east of this location. Georgia Power is sensitive to the impact this will have to traffic and will work to ensure minimal disruption. Glynn County Public Work staff will be present during the work.

Georgia Power understands the need to allow emergency responders access through the site if necessary to respond to calls.

30/09/2024

Georgia Power Update:
Estimated time for 95% of service to Brunswick area: by tonight (Monday, September 30) at 10 pm.

Charging and Cooling Stations:
Ballard Gymnasium, 30 Nimitz Drive, from 10am to 6pm
Howard Coffin Park, 1402 Sonny Miller Way, from 10am to 4pm

Please click the post to read the full update, and stay safe.

( Monday 1145 ) Electricity: Update from power utilities on work to restore electricity:

• Brunswick Area / Glynn County – 10,325 customers with utility out.
• Georgia Power’s estimated time for 95% restoration of service to Brunswick Area – Monday, September 30 at 10 PM.

Community Announcements:

 Glynn County Recreation & Parks is postponing all youth football and soccer matches until Glynn County Schools resume.
 Brunswick’s City Tax Sale is cancelled on Tuesday.
 Tuesday’s National Night Out is cancelled
 DNR’s CoastFest for this coming weekend is cancelled

Cooling and Charging stations:
 Ballard Gymnasium at 30 Nimitz Drive in the days ahead from 10am - 6pm to serve as a cooling facility and provide phone charging services.
 City of Brunswick is also opening a cooling and recharging station to the public at Howard Coffin Park, 1402 Sonny Miller Way. It will be open 10am - 4pm.

United Way: United Way of Coastal Georgia is offering assistance for people seeking services related to hurricane recovery. Call 912-265-1850; press 1 and you will be able to leave a message, they will direct you to the appropriate resource.

We are currently working with GEMA and FEMA on available supplies and individual assistance as needed.

Public Safety (GCPD, BPD, GCSO): some roadways may be closed due to utility work or hazards, please limit travel, and adhere to driving rules when lights are not working (4-way stop rule); staffing intersections to help with traffic control; continuing to patrol neighborhoods and roadways.

As of Monday morning, the traffic lights are out or there are blockages at the following intersections:

HWY 17 @ Spur 25
Old Jesup Rd @ Walker Rd: Roadway blocked by Public Works
Old Jesup Rd @ Scranton Rd: Roadway blocked by Public Works
Demere & Quamley Wells Drive

Public Works: continuing to clear trees and roads, working with power company on entangled lines in some trees; placing barricades on roads with hazard; signals repaired, if not on it is without power; clearing of public spaces ongoing; debris pick-up plan and mitigation ongoing – will share information with public once formalized, if you are cleaning up your yard, please separate debris into piles, no bags, only organic materials, do not block right of ways, put at curb.

Glynn County Customer Service number: 912-554-7111

We will continue to update as information as it is shared with us.

******Check on your neighbors- look out for your neighbors making sure they have access to food, water, or other communications. Some neighbors may be without power or communication resources, share information with them.

10/09/2024