CCSC - Christian Community Service Center

Thanks to everyone who joined us Houston Wine Merchant to help stock CCSC’s Azalea Gala Wine Pull! Guests enjoyed lite bites while shopping for bottles of wine to donate to CCSC and add to their own collections. Couldn’t attend? There’s still time to donate and get 10% off personal purchases! Check out our online registry at https://bit.ly/CCSCWines.

Focusing on Underserved Youth
CCSC volunteers administer vision screenings to over 2,400 students. Check it out at https://conta.cc/3YhkUhn

Revved on Recycling!
It's America Recycles Day and CCSC is celebrating the 6,000+ plastic bottles our staff, volunteers and clients have saved from landfills by using our bottle-filling stations. Kudos also to our volunteers and staff for using glass instead of plastic cups and recycling cardboard and paper. You rock!

Work hard, play hard!
Our wonderful Council of Church Representatives works all year to bring CCSC news to our member churches, so we wanted to end their year with some fun! Thank you, everyone, for all you do to promote CCSC within your churches, and for playing CCSC Trivia with us. We had a blast!

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church's annual two-week food drive benefiting CCSC’s Emergency Services food pantries begins today and runs through Sunday, Nov. 24.

On weekdays (Nov. 11-15 and Nov. 18-22), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., nonperishable food donations may be dropped off at the church office, 6800 Buffalo Speedway, off the parking lot on the Holcombe/Bellaire side of the church.

On the two Sundays (Nov. 17 and Nov. 24), from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., donations may be placed on the tables or in the bins lined up next to the church off the parking lot on the Holcombe/Bellaire side of the church. Donations are not accepted on Saturdays.

Thank you to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and School and all the volunteers and donors who make this wonderful annual event possible.

Drop off nonperishable food at these upcoming Food Donation Drives!

At St. Luke's UMC - Houston your donation counts as a vote for your favorite college football team in their College Football Showdown!

-SAT., 11/9, St. Luke's UMC - Houston's 2nd Saturday Drive-Thru Food Drive, 9 a.m.-Noon, 3471 Westheimer. Support your favorite college team and CCSC's food pantries.
-TUES. 11/12, St. Luke's Presbyterian Churchan Church,10 a.m.-2 p.m., 8915 Timberside Dr. Drop donations in the Red Cart.
--SUN. 11/17 & SUN. 11/24, 7 a.m-5 p.m., St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 6800 Buffalo Speedway, drop donations on tables or in bins lined up next to the church off the parking lot on the Holcombe/Bellaire side of the church.

This Strake Jesuit College Preparatory crew spent time in service at both CCSC Emergency Services locations yesterday. Thank you, gentlemen!

Give back as a family on MLK weekend! Join us for Family Service Day at CCSC on Saturday, January 18. Family groups will pack hygiene kits for CCSC clients. Price to participate is one bag of nonperishable food for our food pantries. Activities are geared to children in kindergarten through 8th grade. Sign up today for your one-hour shift! https://bit.ly/familyservice25 CCSC-Family Service Day

Help us Stock the Cellar for CCSC's Azalea Gala Wine Pull!
Drop by Houston Wine Merchant on Thursday, Nov. 21 anytime between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sip, mingle and shop for bottles to donate or take home. Those who donate to CCSS will receive a 10% discount on personal purchases. This is a great opportunity to shop for holiday gifts! RSVP to Sara Pybus at [email protected] or purchase online at bit.ly/CCSCWines.

Thank you for an Abundant October!

Last month, CCSC supporters donated food, clothing, hygiene items, beans and rice, and can openers to help those in need through CCSC's Emergency Services program.

Thank you to all our individual donors and volunteers, and a special shout-out to these October groups: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, St. Theresa Catholic Church, Charity Guild Shop, Saint Thomas' Episcopal Church, St. Luke's UMC - Houston, St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Faith Lutheran Church, Bethany Christian Church, St Michael the Archangel Catholic ChurchPilgrim Houstonrch, St. Anne Catholic Community, Holy Ghost Catholic Church, , St. Philip’s United Methodist Church, St. John's School, River Oaks Baptist Church, and St. Mark's Houston,

Today, on All Saints' Day, we honor our CCSC volunteers who passed away this year. It was our privilege to serve alongside these caring, hardworking and faithful individuals who made such a difference in our community: James "Jim" Avera, Barbara Balius, Nancy Barziza, Charles "Charlie" Hall, Anne Holloman, Alice Loveless, Paul Meyer, Dr. James "Jim" Smith, John Robert "Bob" Strawn, Velma Guy Tolbert and Cathleen Trechter.

A Happy & Safe Halloween to All!

We had all sorts of Halloween helpers at Emergency Services-Central this week--ghosts in the warehouse, a black cat and ladybug in the food pantry, a Jurassic Park duo and others all brought some extra fun to volunteering this week. Our staff and volunteers are the BEST!

October is Service Month at Mustang Cat and yesterday a team of employees came out to help us with a service project, repackaging rice and beans from 50-pound bags into two-pound bags, the size CCSC distributes through its food pantries. This hardworking crew repackaged 1,350 pounds of rice and beans! Thank you to the team and to Mustang Cat for its longtime support of our Emergency Services programs.

CCSC's JobNet program offers basic to advanced computer classes. Call 713-626-8320 or visit ccschouston.org for more information. Thanks to our volunteer instructors, Bill Kersten, pictured, Steve Weddle, Pam West and Frances Alberti, and our computer lab assistants Bob McMahan and Jan Johnson!

Bilingual Spanish-Speaking Volunteers Needed!

Do you have a few hours one day each week to help your neighbors in need? CCSC's Emergency Services programs would love to have you join a once-a-week volunteer team. Please email Beth at [email protected] to learn more about our variety of volunteer positions.

Hire a Martha's Way Grad to Clean for the Holidays!

Treat yourself to a sparkling house cleaned by a CCSC Martha's Way-trained housekeeper. Contact Manager Ana Tappan at [email protected] to be put in touch with a graduate who will have your house glowing in no time.

For more information on CCSC's Martha's Way program or to fill out an online interest form for a housekeeper, visit our website at https://bit.ly/ccschire