Wow! We are so incredibly grateful to first-grade teacher Mrs. Kilpatrick, who, for the THIRD YEAR in a row has asked her class at Kiker Elementary to bring materials to make Hope Packs instead of presents for her birthday! What an awesome way to model selflessness and a giving spirit...
Carrying Hope is thrilled to announce that we have distributed more than 1,500 Hope Packs so far this year! We are more than half way toward reaching our goal of distributing 2,900 Hope Packs in 2019, which would provide one to every child entering foster care in Central Texas this year....
“Due to the increased intake of emergency placements recently, who have all been coming into foster care without anything other than the clothing on their backs, we are so grateful to receive these Hope Packs,” says Tiffany Verette, development director for FamilyLink Kids at Legacy Ranch who stopped by last...
Carrying Hope is thrilled to be partnering with Schlitterbahn Waterpark New Braunfels for Foster Family Splash Day on April 27! Schlitterbahn Waterparks across Texas are generously giving 1,200 free tickets to foster families to enjoy a full day of waterpark fun and togetherness at the Schlitterbahn in their area on...
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,...
