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<p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/08/jay_bruce_flooding_in_houston.html">Jay Bruce </a>feels that way about Beaumont, Texas and that's why he and his wife, Hannah, have joined with Cleveland Indians Charities to help the flood victims in his hometown and the surrounding areas who have been battered and displaced by <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harvey-gathers-strength-and-threatens-to-make-landfall-again/ar-AAqUTsc?li=BBnb7Kz">Tropical Storm Harvey.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/08/cleveland_indians_jay_bruce_te.html#incart_river_index">Bruce will match donations</a>&nbsp;to CIC up to $100,000. All donations made to CIC until Sept. 10 will be used to benefit flood victims in southeast Texas.</p>
<p>"It's my hometown," said Bruce. "It's where I was born and raised and it's affecting so many more people than I could've ever imagined that I know personally. Houston's obviously got devastated and it's a terrible scene there as well. They're getting a lot of relief efforts and a lot of people to that area. That's great, and it needs to happen, for sure.</p>
<p>"But with Beaumont, and that area of southeast Texas, it may not be getting quite the attention that Houston's getting. And as someone from there, with the platform to raise awareness and do my part, since I can't be there helping, I felt like this was a no-brainer for me."</p>
<p>Bruce and his wife live in Beaumont during the offseason as do their families. He said they're building a home there.</p>
<p>"Everyone in my family is safe right now," said Bruce. "There's been no flooding in our houses yet, but the rain just won't let up, man. We have so many people that we know personally that have lost everything.</p>
<p>"It's going to be a long road, but I'm confident and very hopeful that the community of southeast Texas and the community of Beaumont overall will band together and do a great job of rebuilding this whole deal."</p>
<p>When the Indians opened this series against the Yankees on Monday, <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/08/the_cleveland_indians_had_no_c.html#incart_2box">Bruce </a>said he felt "helpless'' because he wasn't at home helping his friends and neighbors.</p>
<p>"I know hundreds of people personally that would do exactly what I'm doing, if they had the opportunity," said Bruce. "The real heroes, and the people that are worthy of praise, are in boats right now saving people. I talked to someone on the way here that was videoing someone saving someone out of a tree that had been there for hours.</p>
<p>"Those are the people that really need to be celebrated, need to be talked about. I'm doing what I can from a distance and hopefully I can help with the rebuilding efforts. But, it's going to take a long time. I just hope to do what I can in order to expedite that process. It's already going to be long."</p>
<p>Bruce thanked the Indians for joining him so quickly to help his home state.</p>
<p>"They were so willing to take this and run with it and without them, this wouldn't be reaching the scope of people that it's reached so far," said Bruce. "Hopefully, this is just the beginning. We have until Sept. 10 to raise money and they have been so diligent and really, frankly, fast.</p>
<p>"I talked to them about it Tuesday and by 5 o'clock, it was up and running and people were able to donate. We appreciate them so much. The people of Beaumont and southeast Texas overall, obviously, will be very, very appreciative of what the Cleveland Indians and everyone else has done."</p>
<p>Bruce was asked what kind of city&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mapquest.com/us/tx/beaumont-282039042">Beaumont</a> is.</p>
<p>"I think Beaumont proper is about 125,000 to 130,000," he said. "It's a fairly large city in terms of population, but it feels like a small town. It's middle class. It's blue collar. Hard-working people that I feel like kind of made me who I am.</p>
<p>"It's people who care about each other and are full of southern hospitality. That's obviously showing with everybody, the rescue efforts going on down there. Most of all, it's home. It's home. That's why it's so important to me."</p>
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