Stormy Weather Response Force
Northwest Indiana Flood Relief
Assisting Paying It Forward and Lake Ridge Fire Protection District with door-to-door food and supply deliveries in Gary, Portage, and Lake Station, alongside East Chicago community relief.
Door-to-door relief
After August 2026 storms disrupted Northwest Indiana, SWRF said it was assisting Paying It Forward and Lake Ridge Fire Protection District with food and supply deliveries to residents who could not travel. Its August 26 update named Gary, Portage, and Lake Station as communities served through that coordination.
East Chicago and Bags of Hope
Other public updates described work alongside local partners in East Chicago and the Bags of Hope effort. Paying It Forward also acknowledged the partner support and donated goods. These were collaborative activities; the posts do not assign every donation or delivery exclusively to SWRF.
Needs shared publicly
Requests included food, water, cleaning supplies, and pet food. The available posts do not provide a final count of households reached. The Gary wishlist is linked so donors can inspect current items rather than relying on an older request as a live inventory.
Source: SWRF and Paying It Forward public posts, August–September 2026.