Family Promise of Clear Lake

Helping Others Reach for the Star: By Patty Andrew Family Promise of Clear CreekPictures by: GH Andrew

Family Promise of Clear Creek held their annual Reach for the Star Gala in November at Lakewood Yacht Club, raising $90,000. A local community-based program to assist family homelessness, Family Promise of Clear Creek partners with schools, businesses, faith communities, and other local organizations to "empower families to become stable and achieve lasting independence." All of the families who have successfully completed this program here in the Galveston Bay Area are still living independently. Board Member Steve Sargent from this year's Congregation Shining Star, Southeast Church of Christ, has been volunteering with Family Promise for over six years. He admires the hundreds of volunteers who assist families as they learn to become independent in this community. Steve has been involved in addressing the need for transportation for work and school as public options are not available. They find vehicles for these families to use while in the program and give them low cost options to purchase it after they graduate. Thank you to Gayle Nelson, Director, the Board, and all of the volunteers of Family Promise for their great work benefiting families in our area as they strive to reach their goal: "Every child deserves a home."