CFHH Seeks Assistance with Holiday Giving

Cy-Fair Helping Hands Seeks Assistance with Holiday Giving

By Patricia Hudson

Cy-Fair Helping Hands Blesses Cards of Hope

Record Number at Thanksgiving Did you know that there are hundreds of 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. 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“With the increase in numbers of families coming to our drive- needs are even greater this holiday season. thru 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 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. 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 Christmas Stockingsin 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. 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 Download the be safer for it. Instead, with Santa’s help, we plan to hand out Christmas Magazine for FREE! stockings to client children that come through a drive-through visit with the CYPRESS MAGAZINES jolly old elf. Our goal is 500 stockings filled with candy and small toys. For

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