Dondi Voigt Persyn

Steward of Stories,

Beauty and Belonging

Dondi Voigt Persyn founder of FOUND on the Guadalupe River, a grassroots Texas flood recovery and preservation effort.
Recent highlights for Dondi Voigt Persyn: National Leadership Summit speaker, Two Ps in a Pod podcast announcement, Found on the Guadalupe book pre-order launch, and more than $93,000 raised and deployed in 30 days for Texas flood relief.
Dondi Voigt Persyn, Texas humanitarian, writer and founder of FOUND on the Guadalupe River, whose work has been featured by The New York Times, Texas Monthly, PBS, People and Vanity Fair.
"White Dresses in the Wind" by artist Dondi Voigt Persyn, Stolen Summers Art Exhibit, National Mall, in front of the U.S. Capitol building
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FOUND

on the Guadalupe River

Part poetry collection, part photographic journal, Found on the Guadalupe River emerged from a year spent stewarding stories along the Guadalupe River in the aftermath of the July 4, 2025 flood. The work grew out of Found on the Guadalupe River, a volunteer effort dedicated to recovering, preserving, and reuniting flood-displaced belongings with the people who lost them.

Written in parking lots, warehouses, laundromats, and quiet moments between long days, these poems explore grief, hope, resilience, memory, and the unexpected beauty that remains after everything changes.

More than a record of a season, Found is an invitation to pay attention—to what is fragile, what endures, and what it means to be human.

Found on the Guadalupe by Dondi Voigt Persyn is an intimate journal of poetry and photography documenting love, loss, remembrance and recovery in the aftermath of the devastating Guadalupe River flood.
Found on the Guadalupe by Dondi Voigt Persyn is an intimate journal of poetry and photography documenting love, loss, remembrance and recovery in the aftermath of the devastating Guadalupe River flood.
Dondi Voigt Persyn is the creator of TOST Magazine, an independent Texas publication celebrating thoughtful living, beauty, food, place and the stories that connect us.
Dondi Voigt Persyn is the creator of TOST Magazine, an independent Texas publication celebrating thoughtful living, beauty, food, place and the stories that connect us.

TOST

think of such things

TOST is an ad-free publication inspired by Philippians 4:8 and dedicated to the pursuit of what is true, noble, beautiful, and good.

Through essays, photography, conversations, and stories, TOST explores the people, ideas, and experiences that help us live with greater intention, curiosity, connection, and wonder.

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Dondi Voigt Persyn is an everyday Texas grandmother turned viral humanitarian, writer and founder of FOUND on the Guadalupe River, whose grassroots disaster recovery work has received continuous national media attention for more than 12 months.
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