Cy-Fair Helping Hands Seeks Assistance with Holiday Giving By Patricia Hudson
Cy-Fair Helping Hands Blesses Record Number at Thanksgiving
Cards of Hope
Thanks to a generous Cy-Fair community, and with the help of their dedicated volunteers, Cy-Fair Helping Hands provided a record number of Thanksgiving Blessings Boxes this year to families that are struggling to put food on their tables. Each box contained the contents for a complete Thanksgiving meal, together with a $20 - $25 gift card for each family to purchase a turkey, ham, or anything that was traditionally a part of their Thanksgiving meal. “With the increase in numbers of families coming to our drivethru food distribution, we knew that the need would be much greater this year. We set a goal of providing a holiday meal for 620 families, an ambitious increase of 44% from 2019. Our community recognized the need and held Thanksgiving food drives in their communities, schools and businesses. They came to CFHH, dropped off food, and helped us to sort and assemble the boxes. As a result, we were able to provide 667 Thanksgiving Blessings Boxes to our client families, as well as to others in need in our Cy-Fair community. Just knowing that we were able to put a Thanksgiving meal on the table for 3,105 individuals was indeed a blessing for which we were truly grateful,” reports CyFair Helping Hands Executive Director of Community Outreach, Patricia Hudson.
Did you know that there are hundreds of homeless students in CFISD? The holiday season is a bleak time for those living from day to day, not knowing where they will sleep, or if they will even have a meal to eat. With the help of our community partners, our Homeless Teen Initiatives’ Cards of Hope program added joy to the lives of 550 CFISD students at Christmas last year when each received a $50 gift card to use as they wished. These needs are even greater this holiday season. To donate, please email Jean Dreyer, Executive Director of Homeless Initiatives: jean@cyfairhelpinghands.org. Monetary donations may be made by going to our cyfairhelpinghands.org, to our gift catalog, or may be mailed to: 7710 Cherry Park Drive, #T-385, Houston, TX 77095.
Christmas Stockings
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22 December 2020 | January 2021
For more information about our Homeless Initiatives and our Community Outreach Programs, please visit our website and our Facebook page, Cy-Fair Helping Hands.
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Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our Client Christmas party this year. While it is disappointing, we know that it is the safest thing to do, and will ensure that volunteers and clients will be safer for it. Instead, with Santa’s help, we plan to hand out Christmas stockings to client children that come through a drive-through visit with the jolly old elf. Our goal is 500 stockings filled with candy and small toys. For more information contact Pat Hudson at phudson@cyfairhelpinghands.org.
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