HOUSTON – Flood waters are receding in the Kingwood area and the community is now working on cleaning up the damage left behind.
One place that is working to pick up is the Holocaust Garden of Hope. The garden opened a few months ago and the founder says they did expect to see flooding at some point since they are so close to Lake Houston.
Parts of the garden’s pathway remains underwater, but that hasn’t stopped people from starting to clean up.
Monday is also Holocaust Remembrance Day and the founder and family friends say they are surprised by the outreach of the Kingwood community looking to help.
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“There’s going to be eight exhibits,” said founder Rozalie Jerome as she showed KPRC 2′s Rilwan Balogun around. “Right here is supposed to be exhibit three and it’s going to go all the way down there which you can’t tell now.”
“This is my first time coming to the garden. People have been sending pictures, I didn’t want to look at them,” Jerome said. “This is an outdoor museum on the banks of Lake Houston. For people to have a peaceful experience, somehow, even when we talk about a dark time.”
Chris Sarvadi, from Megaton Brewery, came to help in the clean up.
“Our goal is to be the light in the darkness. This is kind of a dark time in the community. I’m here doing what I can to serve the community best,” he said. “We have a Facebook group from Harvey called Flooding Kingwood with Kindness, where it’s just, ‘what do you need? How can we help?’ And this community is amazing. I can’t think of a better community.”
Jerome said she hopes all the water is gone by Wednesday so they can begin working on the next phase of the garden.