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A page from FEMA's Voluntary Agency Liaison Snapshot headed “Partners in Action — Multi-State,” with the GIK Marketplace, Primo Brands, Home Depot, Salvation Army EDS, and Americorps marks above 2 photographs, 1 of a group of volunteers holding donated items and 1 of pallets of bottled water being loaded and staged in a warehouse.

FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison

VAL Snapshot
October 2026

FEMA's monthly Voluntary Agency Liaison Snapshot captures work being done by featured corporations and nonprofits. The VAL Snapshot is intended to provide FEMA’s non-governmental partners with situational awareness of current events to assist in determining if, where, and how they may deploy resources. This snapshot featured GIK’s work alongside Primo Brands, Home Depot, Americorps, and the Salvation Army across the country.

Appearance in this report does not represent an endorsement by FEMA. FEMA does not endorse any nongovernmental entities, organizations, or services, consistent with 5 C.F.R. § 2635.101(b)(8).

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The top of the first GIK Quarterly Newsletter, headed “Moving at the Speed of Need,” with photographs of shrink-wrapped pallets of Ozarka and Pure Life bottled water and a GEM USA Southwest volunteer moving a pallet of water in a warehouse.

GIK Quarterly

GIK Quarterly Vol. 1 No. 1

GIK's Quarterly Newsletter is written to celebrate our partners across the industry, people doing good, hard work to support people affected by disaster. The first issue features Primo Brands, GEM, and Alexia Nobles from ALAN.

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A page from FEMA's Voluntary Agency Liaison Snapshot headed “Partners in Action — Texas,” with the GIK Marketplace, GEM, ALAN, Ozarka and UPS marks above photographs of pallets of bottled water being loaded and staged in a warehouse.

FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison

VAL Snapshot
September 2026

FEMA's monthly Voluntary Agency Liaison Snapshot captures work being done by featured corporations and nonprofits. The VAL Snapshot is intended to provide FEMA’s non-governmental partners with situational awareness of current events to assist in determining if, where, and how they may deploy resources. This snapshot featured GIK’s work in August 2026 alongside Primo Brands, GEM, and ALAN in Kerrville, Texas.

Appearance in this report does not represent an endorsement by FEMA. FEMA does not endorse any nongovernmental entities, organizations, or services, consistent with 5 C.F.R. § 2635.101(b)(8).

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