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Category: Supporter Highlights
February 24, 2015
Toothpaste, again
Last Friday we nearly ran out of toothpaste. I say "nearly" because just as a staff member was leaving to purchase some, the doorbell rang, and outside was a 9...
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Category: CCSC Stories
February 18, 2015
Hunger in Houston
Last week I sat through the interview of a single mother to a young, elementary school-aged girl. The mother works, was laid off, and had been rehired. All in six weeks. ...
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Category: CCSC Stories
January 28, 2015
Did you brush your teeth this morning?
It's the first thing I do in the morning, and I don't think about it. Most of us don't. Yet, CCSC just ran out of toothbrushes at one of the food pantries, a...
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Category: About CCSC
January 23, 2015
Are your hands open?
We've finalized our numbers for 2014, and now know precisely how many people we helped and how we helped them. On Tuesday night, we shared these results at our Annual Meeting.  The...
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Category: CCSC Stories
January 9, 2015
It really is the people who matter
CCSC's JobNet Manager sent out her program's newly-completed 2014 statistics this morning. She began her email with a statement about the quality of work done, noting the many individual lives this program...
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Category: CCSC Stories
December 18, 2014
Seven years and two months ago...
In October of 2007, CCSC helped a family undergoing a one-time crisis by paying part of their apartment rent and giving them food along with a bar of soap. We never saw...
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Category: CCSC Stories
December 9, 2014
We help all kinds of people
CCSC helped a man recently who was beaten and robbed twice in his neighborhood. The second incident caused him to be hospitalized for a lengthy period of time, so when he came to...
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Category: Supporter Highlights
November 25, 2014
"Black Friday" and more
There are names for our holiday shopping days: "Black Friday", "Small Business Saturday" and "Cyber Monday". And now there's a movement called "Giving Tuesday" to encourage and celebrate charitable giving. I think of this...
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Category: Supporter Highlights
November 11, 2014
Today is a special day
This morning we dedicated one of our buildings in memory of our founder, Reverend J. Dean Robinson. Dean had big ideas and a generous heart, so a large sign with...
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Category: Supporter Highlights
October 31, 2014
Boo!
Below is a picture of Myra, a long-time CCSC volunteer who spends at least one day/week working at the Sunshine Resale Shop. Myra is open about her age – she...
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Category: CCSC Stories
October 29, 2014
Can you imagine an empty kitchen?
When my children arrive home from school, they are hungry and tired. So typically they'll eat a snack and relax a bit before doing their homework. That little break and the...
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Category: CCSC Stories
October 8, 2014
We help people improve their lives
Our program staff compile monthly statistics and send them to me and other staff who use the data. The data tells us who we served and how we served them, along with relevant demographic information....
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