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CSM Houston Receives Award
CSM Houston has been honored by two of our ministry site partners for their respective “Volunteer Group of the Year” awards.
Medical Bridges, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to procuring medical and surgical supplies and equipment for donation to qualified providers of charitable medical care in developing countries. Our CSM groups work with the very friendly staff of Medical Bridges to sort and re-package supplies that would otherwise be discarded here in the US. The supplies are then shipped to developing nations that are in desperate need for healthcare. The partnership between CSM & MB goes back several years now and it truly is a beautiful arrangement for each of us. Our groups get to participate in a global effort and catch a vision of their expanding impact around the world. MB relies heavily on volunteers to process the massive amount of supplies they receive and ship out each month. CSM is glad to provide groups of willing workers to support their beautiful work. We will be honored at their annual fundraising gala on November 4, 2005. Learn more about Medical Bridges at www.medicalbridges.org.
CSM’s Megan and Paul (center) receive their award from SEARCH staff members Nancy Rocha, Volunteer coordinator (far left), and Joni Robertson, Events Coordinator (far right).
SEARCH, an acronym for Service and Emergency Aid Resource Center for the Homeless, serves Houston by assisting homeless people with dignity and providing those who choose to change their lives, the resources necessary to become productive citizens. Founded in 1989, SEARCH has become the leading homeless service provider in our community, serving more than 2,300 men, women and children each month. CSM groups serve with SEARCH through a number of their outreach efforts.
We interact and play bingo with clients waiting for services in their resource center; we assist in the classrooms and help lead fieldtrips for the children of the homeless at SEARCH’s House of Tiny Treasures; we sort clothes and perform various tasks for their clothing distribution site; and we throw parties and play games with the residents of their on-site housing program. SEARCH also has a very friendly and helpful staff and our groups always feel welcomed and needed. We were honored (and surprised!) at their Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on October 14, 2005. You can learn more about SEARCH at www.searchproject.org.
