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For your convenience we have put together a list of ways you can give financial donations to Star of Hope Mission.  A little over a week ago we added mobile giving or text-to-give to the lineup. On your mobile phone, simply text "SOHM" to 20222 and donate $10 to help the poor and homeless in our community.

What are some of the other ways to give?
• Give online at www.sohmission.org
• Donate with PayPal
• Set up a monthly recurring gift (Credit Card or EFT)
• Put  your check in the mail
• Call and give by credit card over the phone
• Download the appropriate form at Ways To Give and FAX it to us
• Double your gift through your employer's matching gift program
• Donate stocks, bonds, real estate or other investments
• Remember Star of Hope and Houston's homeless in your will or bequest. Go to our Gift Planning site for more information and to get started.

Please visit Charitable Donations Houston for a full list of Ways To Give... including addresses, phone numbers and forms. Thank you for caring and giving. Your gifts truly make a difference in the lives of those we serve together. 

Star of Hope Mission is a 501(c)(3) organization and all gifts are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
 

I got off the phone with a lady who called from St. Louis.  Her name is Tyra, and she proceeded to thank me for all we did for her a year ago.  She graduated from Star of Hope and is now living independently in her hometown, and guess what, she wants to start a homeless ministry there to help give back and serve others!

She asked how to get it started, and my thoughts immediately went to how I felt the first few days after joining Star of Hope in 2008.  I realized really quickly that this is God’s Place, and He ordains all that goes on here as we serve the least and the lost in our community.  So I encouraged her to go to Him immediately and turn her dream over to Him.

Then I thought, wow, what an undertaking!  Can she really accomplish this?  Does she have the faith to move that mountain?

Well, I’ve learned more than ever, over the past couple of years here at Star of Hope, that God can do ANYTHING He wants to, and he uses us who come to Him with surrendered, trusting hearts, to do HIS WORK. 
 
Is your faith big enough for your challenges?
 
Take a look at this #1 Hit song/video…I  hope it inspires you TODAY:



And please pray for our faith to be strong and vibrant as we serve here at Star of Hope, so that many in our community find new life, a new faith, and a great joy in living!
 

Learn more about Star of Hope at Charitable Organizations Houston

Every day I find that people in our community are eager to know more about Star of Hope, the services we provide and how to get involved.  One question I am often asked is, “Where do you get your volunteers?”  The answer is simple – from everywhere!  

l  Churches, Bible studies & various ministries

l  Local and out-of-town mission outreach groups

l  Businesses – Small businesses to global conglomerates

l  Professional organizations and societies

l  Universities – student associations and professional groups, sororities & fraternities, athletic programs, alumni organizations, etc.

l  Traditional high schools to boarding schools and home school organization – clubs, athletic programs, honor societies, etc. 

l  Civic, philanthropic and charitable organizations

l  Social clubs

l  Other non-profit partnerships and collaborations

l  Families

I can’t imagine a community more generous than the one in which we live.  Each year, thousands of Individuals and groups give their time, energy and resources to help those less fortunate through Star of Hope’s onsite and offsite volunteer opportunities. We are grateful for each volunteer and consider this a "God thing" - the way He continues to impress people's hearts to partner with our ministry, enabling us to do far beyond what we could have ever imagined for over 100 years! 

Want to know more?  Check out the ways you can make a difference in the lives of Houston’s homeless men, women and children at Volunteering Houston.

A great way to help the homeless is by donating needed items to an emergency shelter or long-term program. Also, consider organizing a collection drive with your friends, church, colleagues, school or organization.

Star of Hope Mission's urgent needs for this week include:

• Women’s Deodorant
• Shaving Cream
• Razors
• Blue Label Similac
• Flashlights & Batteries
• Pull Ups (2t, 3t, 4t).

Thank you for helping!

Coordinate a drive for needed items: Volunteering Houston. View our current needs list: Donating To Charitable Organizations
 

You gotta love the folks at Marriott International and Glazier Foods. Together, they delivered 5 tons of much-needed, non-perishable food to our Storehouse and unloaded every box, bag, and bundle by hand—well with a little help from a fork lift.

This was a definite hallelujah moment for our kitchen staff and all of Star of Hope, for that matter, because with nearly 1,000 hungry, homeless men, women, and children to feed, daily, the words “5 tons” weighs in at the top of the blessings scale.

This is the fourth year that Marriott has rallied their family of hotels around the city to help the homeless at Star of Hope, through their Spirit to Serve initiative, collecting thousands of pounds of food for the people in our shelters. But this year, Glazier Foods upped the ante by matching Marriott’s effort pound for pound, doubling the donation and making it an awesome feed-for-all. 

Thank you Marriott International and Glazier Foods. You are a friend indeed.

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Friendswood Community Church has blessed our organization with 15,000 dollars to refurbish our Computer Learning Center at the Men's Development Center.   Today applications and tools are on the Internet so we are moving away from our old fat client desktop computer model that loaded down the desktop with applications like typing tutorials and Microsoft Office applications model to a web tools based model that will take advantage of free Google Applications such as Google Docs and Microsoft Office Live. The men will be taught how to find and leverage resources on the Internet to build resumes and find jobs. During the course of their stay they keep journals and document their life history all of which will be saved secure online so when they leave they will know how to access their data from any computer.  I was pleased to find out that the men that work in our labs are serious and dedicated to skills building and are committed to learning about computers and the Internet. Many of these men have never had the opportunity to own or even touch a computer and we all know that even basic jobs will leave these guys behind if they don't have this opportunity.

We are so thankful for the donation and we are going to use the opportunity to bring an experience to our clients that will continue to change their lives for the better.

Learn more about Star of Hope and how you can help by visiting Charitable Organizations Houston.