Did you know that there are more homeless people right now than at any other time in America or that more than 1.3 million of them are children?

3 out of ever 10 homeless adults admit to a history in foster care and with 25,000 youth aging out of foster care each year, the next wave of homeless in America will surely comprise of orphans who were never adopted.

If you care about foster care, adoption, homelessness, children, families or the future of our country, you should participate!

Event Description:
More than 25 Pulitzer-prize winners along with some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a "face" on homelessness while asking you, the public, to put a "face" on activism by doing 1 thing to help them.

We believe that if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help 1 cause, great change would come.

The issues surrounding homeless are gigantic. The answers overwhelming. But what if every did 1 thing to help?

JOIN US in doing 1 thing on the day Americans spend more than 14 billion dollars telling each other how much they care, do 1thing to help someone less fortunate than yourselves.

Below is a list of things you can choose from. Choose 1 and do it!
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DO 1 THING
Needed Items at Covenant House Texas

For New Residents and Kids on Street:
Hygiene kits – Ziploc bag filled with each of the following items (travel size):
toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash, deodorant, shampoo, bar of soap.

Needs of All of Our Youth:
1. Metro bus cards (“Q Cards”) - any denomination, $5/10/20 suggested – can be purchased at any grocery store
2. Hygiene Items (full size) (i.e. soap, toothpaste, deodorant, mouthwash)
3. Beauty and Hair Care Items (i.e. products for all ethnic hair types, make-up, nail polish)
4. Clothing: adult coats, tennis shoes, socks, NEW undergarments in all sizes (small through plus), jeans & khakis, belts, rain ponchos, umbrellas
5. Bedding items: pillows, large towels, twin sheet sets, comforters

Educational and Job Development Items:
1. USB Flash Drives
2. Professional clothes - suits, ties, dress shirts, shoes, socks – female & male
Especially need large sizes: (female 16-22), (pants for male 46 – 54), (shirts for
male 2X, 3X, 4X)
3. Blank CD’s (rewritable)
4. New computers & printers for our learning center
5. Laptop for a youth going to college
6. Up-to-Date Career Videos

Moms & Baby Needs:
1. Diapers
2. Baby hygiene products (i.e. wipes, lotion, oil, shampoo, diaper ointment, teething
gel, baby wash, baby powder)
3. Thermometers, breast pumps, breast pads, monitor, children’s OTC medicines
4. Onesies & socks, clothes, crib sheets, booties
5. NEW baby toys (i.e. rattles, teething rings, blocks)
6. Car seat, highchair, walkers, Pack n’ Play, swing, gates, strollers, changing table

Post-Transition/Independence Needs:
1. small appliances (i.e. toaster oven, microwave oven, teapot, mini Foreman grills,
blender, coffee maker)
2. cooking needs (i.e. basic cookbooks, pots, pans, bakeware, utensils, a place setting
for four, heavy duty ceramic dished, kitchen towels and washcloths
3. bedding needs: pillows, sheets, comforters, blow-up mattresses

Needed Items for the Crisis Center Operation: cleaning supplies, laundry
detergent/fabric softener, irons and ironing boards

Vehicle (Van) Needs: gas cards, car washes, oil changes

Gift Cards from Local Stores: grocery, drug stores, department, convenient restaurants
and home improvement stores

More than 30 Pulitzer-prize winners along with some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a "face" on homelessness while asking you, the public, to put a "face" on activism by doing 1 thing to help them.

We believe that if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help 1 cause, great change would come.

The issues surrounding homeless are gigantic. The answers overwhelming. But what if every did 1 thing to help?

JOIN US in doing 1 thing on the day Americans spend more than 14 billioin dollars telling each other how much they care, do 1thing to help someone less fortunate than yourselves.

Below are a list of things you can choose from. Choose 1 and do it!

Carolyn Garrard
Public Relations Specialist
Covenant House Texas
1111 Lovett Blvd.
Houston, TX 77006
Phone: 713-523-2231 ext.240
E-mail: cgarrard@covenanthouse.org
Web: www.covenanthousetx.org