{"id":42241,"date":"2025-07-06T02:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42241\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T02:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:14:35","slug":"shakira-pledges-to-donate-portion-of-concert-proceeds-to-hill-country-floods-disaster-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/42241\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira pledges to donate portion of concert proceeds to Hill Country floods disaster relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Hours before taking the stage at the Alamodome, Shakira announced she would donate a portion of proceeds from her July 5 concert to support families <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/05\/kerr-county-officials-to-give-update-on-guadalupe-river-flooding-that-killed-at-least-25-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/05\/kerr-county-officials-to-give-update-on-guadalupe-river-flooding-that-killed-at-least-25-people\/\">affected by the Hill Country floods.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Colombian singer-songwriter said the money would go to the Catholic Charities of San Antonio, who she said is providing disaster relief to families impacted by the floods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI just landed in San Antonio, devastated to hear the news of the floods, the deaths, and the girls still missing,\u201d Shakira said in a social media post, which was written in Spanish. \u201cI can only think of their families and their immense pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At least 43 people have died due to flooding along the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country on the Fourth of July, Kerr County officials said in a news conference Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Multiple people are presumed missing, including 27 campers from Camp Mystic who are still unaccounted for as of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In the post, Shakira invited her fans to join her in <a href=\"https:\/\/ccaosa.org\/flood-crisis-response\/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadtam1-yM7605OvNNERFs3apg7_rOklYQI1-QEUhNLoJd26bY4OaOf1tt_oVw_aem_ZAou3GUBuFGw3_igbKmdsQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ccaosa.org\/flood-crisis-response\/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadtam1-yM7605OvNNERFs3apg7_rOklYQI1-QEUhNLoJd26bY4OaOf1tt_oVw_aem_ZAou3GUBuFGw3_igbKmdsQ\">donating to the organization<\/a> through its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>&gt;&gt; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/05\/how-to-help-those-affected-by-texas-hill-country-floods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>How to help those affected by Texas Hill Country floods<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Shakira\u2019s San Antonio concert, originally scheduled for Nov. 16, 2024, at the Frost Bank Center, was postponed due to high demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She was supposed to perform last month at the Alamodome but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/18\/shakiras-concert-at-the-alamodome-rescheduled-for-july-spokesperson-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/18\/shakiras-concert-at-the-alamodome-rescheduled-for-july-spokesperson-says\/\">postponed the performance again due to structural issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Related coverage on KSAT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; 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