The COVID pandemic made 2020 a year like no other, which has brought more change than we could have imagined. This year, one of our goals as a development team was to create true partnerships with all our donors, from monetary donations to in-kind goods received. At the onset of COVID, we counted on groups and organizations like NACC Disaster Services. The NACC team, led by Pastor Jose Ortega, answered our call for help, and provided food, essentials, and warehousing for donations received. In addition to NACC, countless groups donated to our request for hygiene, basic essentials, and PPE items including The Village Connect, Open Gate Mission, BOMBAS, B-Strong, University of Houston, The Ismaili Muslim Community Collaboration, the Houston Food Bank, and many more community individuals and businesses/organizations. 

As a hint of the region's future ahead, we were delighted to hear from so many youth community members reaching out to our organization and asking how they can best help. Many of these groups, including Klein Forest High School’s National Honor Society, have been instrumental in setting up in-kind and monetary donations in their community. 

Additionally, monetary gifts and donations to the Coalition and our Community COVID Housing program continue to help make significant impacts on homeless solutions in our community. Thanks to generous donors, we are one step closer to a community where homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring. 

These are challenging times, with much work to do, and we cannot do it without community support. From our Staff, Board of Directors, and those whose lives you have touched, we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has provided gifts, contributions, investments, and support to the Coalition for the Homeless. We look forward to continuing to work together in 2021.

Thank you for helping to shape the future of the Houston Region! To learn more about giving to the Coalition, click here or contact Vice President of Development Sara Martinez at smartinez@homelesshouston.org.