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Category: About CCSC
November 8, 2023
CCSC's Flex Room Expands Help for Clients in Crisis
CCSC's Flex Room Expands Help for Clients in Crisis Imagine you are a cancer survivor whose medical bills are causing financial stress. You need immediate help with food, but you...
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Category: About CCSC
August 9, 2023
Career Coaching Gives Job Seekers Skills and Confidence
Career Coaching Gives Job Seekers Skills and Confidence Things happen. Your company downsizes, your seasonal job ends, or your family is growing but your salary is not. Whatever the circumstances,...
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Category: About CCSC
July 8, 2020
Construction Update
Construction Update - July 2020     Construction Update - June 2020   Construction Update - May 2020 Construction Update - April 2020 Construction Update - March 2020 Construction Update -...
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Category: Supporter Highlights
June 26, 2020
Thank you for these notes
  It’s tough right now. People are coming to CCSC for food and help in finding a job, and their lives are upended. There is much suffering and human need. ...
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Category: Supporter Highlights
May 15, 2020
Shop for a Cause - Note Cards by Alex Schwenke
Artist Alex Schwenke Designs Note Cards to Benefit Local Nonprofits These days we are all cultivating ways to stay in touch with friends and family while staying safe, artist Alex...
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Category: About CCSC
May 7, 2020
Mother Teresa was right
One of my favorite quotes is from Mother Teresa, and it is: We can do no great things, only small things with great love.   We at CCSC are living...
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Category: CCSC Stories
December 31, 2018
5 Ways to Stay Positive While Job Searching
Does job searching have you down? You have spent many hours reviewing different job descriptions. You’ve tweakedyour resume for each job you’re applying and written many cover letters that youliterally...
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Category: CCSC Stories
November 5, 2018
Some things bloom in their own time
Last spring, I planted two vines from seed in my garden, and both were supposed to begin blooming within 10-12 weeks. While the foliage was gorgeous, we went through the...
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Category: Supporter Highlights
June 22, 2018
This volunteer makes happiness and warmth
We have a sewing friend who makes blankets for CCSC's clients. She's 96 years old, and her daughters are important to the project: they purchase the materials for their mother,...
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Category: CCSC Stories
May 11, 2018
Coincidence or divine providence?
I ran into a long-time CCSC friend, who reminded me of a story from the 1990s that made a strong impression on him. A client had come to Emergency Services-Central...
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Category: CCSC Stories
May 4, 2018
This was a happy Friday
On this particular Friday, a gentleman came in needing some personal hygiene items and clothing to stretch his budget for the month. Nothing else. When the volunteer pulled up his...
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Category: CCSC Stories
April 5, 2018
He found a job
He's one of the many people who have been helping Houston recover these last six months. He's worked construction by rehabbing homes damaged by the storm. The work is slowing...
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