As we venture into a brand new year, we want to send a huge, heartfelt thank you to all of you who helped make 2018 our best year yet! Whether you volunteered with us, made a Hope Pack (or heaps of Hope Packs), held a drive to collect most-needed items,...
Save the date! We are thrilled to announce our second annual Fostering Love Gala, which will be held Feb. 21 at Brazos Hall! More details to...
We love filling Hope Pack requests from CASA of Travis County! Here’s what Rachel Jackson, a child advocacy specialist, had to say after she recently took Carrying Hope‘s Hope Packs to a group of siblings in need of basic necessities and clothing: “Carrying Hope is one of my favorite nonprofits in Austin,...
What an AMAZING day at our first-ever Houston Hope Pack Drive! We had a wonderful time meeting new faces and collecting supplies for children entering foster care in Houston! Thanks for your generosity, Houstonians! We were absolutely thrilled to drop off the 60 Hope Packs we collected to BEAR, which will...
We love providing our Hope Packs to Partnerships for Children Rainbow Room on a bi-weekly basis! Here’s what Marcus Cantu, community partners coordinator, has to say: “We started a partnership with Carrying Hope to distribute Hope Packs through our Rainbow Room and cannot say enough about how grateful we are...
Carrying Hope has recently started working with Bastrop CPS to get Hope Packs into the hands of more foster children who truly need them. “Hope Packs have benefitted the Bastrop area greatly,” says Kendall Yañez, kinship development worker with Bastrop CPS. “We tend to not have a lot of resources,...
We have an office! Carrying Hope is beyond thrilled to have a space to sort items and make Hope Packs for children entering foster care, and we are so incredibly grateful for all of you who made it possible! Come see us during our office hours on Wednesdays from 9:30...
At BookPeople‘s recent speaking and signing, Newbery-Medal winning author Matt de la Peña and New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long encouraged attendees to donate a copy of their heartfelt new book, LOVE, to Carrying Hope! We are so grateful—many of the Hope Packs we just delivered contained signed copies of their beautiful book which...
Looking for a meaningful way to spend your day? Volunteer with Carrying Hope on Sunday, Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Circle C Community Center (7817 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX 78739) and help us transform all of the incredible donations we received over the holidays into Hope Packs...
This December, as festive lights adorn houses and iced cookies crowd tabletops, Carrying Hope would like to take a minute to thank you for your support of children who will spend this holiday season without a family to call their own. Whether you put together a Hope Pack, donated money or...
