Beyonce’ and her mother, Tina Knowles, as well as her daughter, Blue Ivy, and group member, Michelle Williams, visited her fellow Houstonians who were affected by Hurricane Harvey on Friday (9-8-17). They made their visit to Houston’s St. John’s church (Beyonce’s church home) and attended a praise and worship service there to help uplift the hurricane victims.

As Bey’ and her mother took to the stage to speak to the crowd, Beyonce’s voice began to tremble as she said these words to help those in need:

“I just wanna say that I’m home. This church is my home. I was maybe 9 or 10 years old the first time I sat there where my daughter is sitting. I sang my first solo here and I just wanna thank you for lifting my family up, for praying for me, and for being such an incredible example of what light and love is. This today is a celebration of survival. Ya’ll are my family. Houston is my home. I thank God that you’re safe, your children are safe. I think that really matters is your health and your children and your family. I just wanna say I love you. And I’m so thankful to God that I’ve been blessed so that I can bless other people and I ask of God to continue to do that for other people. And I ask you guys to continue to do that for people.”

WATCH BEYONCE’ & MOM SPEAK TO HARVEY SURVIVORS

Mama Tina then gave a few brief words of upliftment as well. You can watch the video below of their words of encouragement below…

https://twitter.com/Bey_Legion/status/906257460436115456

You can also see a longer clip of the service here (Beyonce’ and crew enter around the 5 minute mark)…

https://www.facebook.com/cmzeno/videos/10212593500046938/

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We are so proud of Beyonce’ and what she has done for her city. As we previously reported, Bey’ has donated a significant amount of money to Harvey victims through her church and through her foundation. Her father, Matthew Knowles, has also been working diligently to do all that he can to help the victims of hurricane Harvey. He was in Houston during the hurricane and he’s especially helped the students who were stranded at Texas Southern University (TSU), where he has been a college professor for the past nine years. Beyonce’ also donated a large sum of money to TSU as well.

The Knowles family seem to have wonderful hearts and that is needed more than ever for their fellow Houstonians and those affected in the surrounding areas at this time. Our continued prayers and positive energy go out to Hurricane Harvey victims.

How We Can All Help

If you would like to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey, there are various ways you can do so:
1. Visit a nonprofit watchdog website, such as Charity Navigator, to help guide you toward a nonprofit that will actually give your money directly to the people.

2. You can also find a person, or family, affected by the storm via social media and directly donate to them.

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Mike Epps is pissed off with the many celebrities who have taken to social media and/or television to reveal how much money they’re donating to Hurricane Harvey victims as if it’s a badge of honor. In particular, he says he’s seeing celebs who never donate -or at least do not reveal it publicly- suddenly blasting it to the world in the midst of the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Harvey as if they’re looking for ‘likes’ on social media.

Mike Epps Calls Out Other Celebs On Instagram

Epps has always been known as one of the few celebs who always goes back to inner city neighborhoods and helps the residents there in any way he can. Here’s what he just posted online about the difference between his ongoing efforts and what he’s seeing now though:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYd7tOEBIsu/

On yesterday (Wednesday, August 30th) he also called out his fellow celebs:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYa_ibfhlM1/

Who Is Epps Talking About?

We’re not sure who Epps is specifically referring to. But as many of you know, Kevin Hart received mixed reactions when he recently issued a $25K Hurricane Harvey donation challenge for other celebs to donate $25K, just as he was doing. Hart called out The Rock, Steve Harvey, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jay Z, Beyonce’, Justin Timberlake, Jerry Seinfeld, and others in his social media challenge.

Hart’s challenge was like a double edged sword in the eyes of some though- many thought it was great that he forced the hands of celebrities to step up and help. Others thought it was wrong for him to do so. However, after Hart’s challenge, several celebs took him up on his offer, including Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, T.I., The Rock, and Jamie Foxx, who all announced that they were donating $25K or more. Check out their responses below…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvgEx4IEjjM

As far as Mike Epps, he didn’t name any names when he referred to celebs who ‘tell the world about their hurricane donations like they’re God.’ So we’ll just have to leave that part up to our imagination and our deductive reasoning in this case. At any rate, we definitely applaud Mike for keepin’ it 100 and not being afraid to speak his mind.

Also, big ups to all celebs and everyone else who is helping residents of Houston, TX and surrounding areas in any way possible- no matter how large, or small.

Here is a list of donation centers to benefit the victims of Hurricane Harvey:

Via CharityOrganizer: If you’re looking for a local charity to support in the wake of Hurricane Harvey please consider Houston SPCA, Houston Humane Society, Houston Food Bank, Food Bank of Corpus Christi, or San Antonio Humane Society. These highly-rated organizations are located in the most-affected areas and are providing support to individuals and animals.

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