Interfaith of The Woodlands4242 Interfaith WayThe Woodlands, Texas281-367-1230woodlandsinterfaith.org

Interfaith Child Development Center5630 Rush Haven DriveThe Woodlands, Texas281-292-3617interfaithkids.org

Interfaith Hand Me Up Shop25018 Spring Ridge DriveThe Woodlands, Texas281-367-4942

Interfaith Community Clinic101 Pine Manor DriveOak Ridge North, Texas281-364-7889interfaithcommunityclinic.org

INSIDEThe Woodlands Celebration of Excellence Gala

Le Tour de Woodlands

Serving Our Seniors

How YOU are Making a Difference

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4242 Interfaith WayThe Woodlands, TX 77381281-367-1230

NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TOUCHED SINCE JANUARY 2015

330,000

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The Woodlands Celebration of Excellence Gala Honoring the 2015 Hometown Heroes The Woodlands Celebration of Excellence Gala recognizes outstanding community volun-teers who, through their passion and dedication, are role models for others. The 2015 Hometown Hero honorees will be inducted into the Hometown Heroes Hall of Fame during the Gala, which will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2015. The “Fire & Ice” themed event, presented by Anadarko, will be held at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Conven-tion Center beginning at 6:00 pm. There will also be a luncheon honoring the Hometown Heroes on Friday, October 2nd at The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center. For more information or to become a sponsor, please contact Aimee Newsom at 832-615-8221, email anewsom@woodlandsinterfaith.org or visit www.woodlandsinterfaith.org.

Workforce Solutions Can Help YOU Find a Job Today Offering job placement, career counseling and financial aid services for training, Workforce Solutions operates local career offices to help residents find employment or advance their careers. Please make an appointment or stop by a local career office to meet with a member of our team today! Call 1-888-469-JOBS (5627) or visit the website at www.wrksolutions.com for additional information. You may also make an appointment or stop by the Resource Room located at 4242 Interfaith Way. The Resource Room is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. For resume assistance, please call 281-367-1230, ext. 8250 for an appointment.

BECOME A SUSTAINER - The Gift that Keeps on Giving Interfaith is blessed to have the generous donations of so many local individuals, congregations, civic groups and busi-nesses. Interfaith is grateful for your ongoing support, and relies on each of these gifts to sustain our organization and to make our programs possible. Please consider a recurring gift! Interfaith makes it simple to make a long-term impact in just one easy step: Click the Donate tab on woodlandsinterfaith.org and choose recurring gift and indicate your monthly gift amount. Sustaining Gift x Simple Set Up = Significant Support for Interfaith! By multiplying your gift in one easy step, you create a main-tenance-free, long lasting partnership with Interfaith! Thank you for your support!

A Client’s Story Teresa* came to Interfaith as a walk in. She had moved to our community to escape a bad situation. She had two jobs in The Woodlands, but no place to live. She had been staying in shelters around the area, in her car and an occasional motel room. She was in the process of looking for an apartment, had some money for a down payment, but that was slowly dimin-ishing because of the cost of a motel. Interfaith provided her with food, a gas card, clothing vouchers and low cost apart-ment referrals. Teresa was very appreciative of all the help Interfaith provided. She and her children are now back together as a family, and thankful to be safe and employed, with food and a home.

* The name was changed for privacy purposes

Interfaith Announces New Leadership Interfaith of The Woodlands is pleased to announce that Lisa Baeckel has been promoted to Development Manager and Shannon Mills has been promoted to Communications & Publi-cations Manager. Each brings more than 30 years of combined non-profit experience. “Lisa and Shannon are both assets to Interfaith, and I know they will effectively lead both depart-ments at Interfaith. They will be excellent in their new roles,” shared Dr. Ann Snyder, President and CEO of Interfaith of The Woodlands.

More than 2,000 Area Students are Ready to go Back to School Thanks to YOUR Generosity! Interfaith is proud to provide local students in need with school supplies and essentials. Each stu-dent participating in the Kits4Kidz program receives school and grade specific school supplies, a new backpack and a voucher to Interfaith’s Hand Me Up Shop where they can select an outfit to wear on the first day of school. This year marks the 31st year that Interfaith has been providing school supplies to area students, and the impact is far reaching. Students from 34 local schools receive school supplies from Interfaith’s Kits4Kidz Program, impacting approximately 6% of elementary students and 4% of students overall in the Conroe Independent School District. Interfaith will also distribute backpacks and miscellaneous supplies to other qualified children and youth in the area. Kacie C. a mom of three who has used the Kits4Kidz program for the past two years shared, “We are scraping by, and I had to choose between getting my children school supplies or making sure they had food to eat. Without this program, my children would go back to school with not even so much as a pencil. I am so grateful to Interfaith.”

Interfaith Child Development Center Prepares for Another Outstanding School Year The 2015-2016 school year will begin on August 24th for the Full Day Program and August 31st for the Mother’s Day Out, Partial Day, and School Day Programs. ICDC is excited to begin a new school year and we look forward to watching the children grow, discover, and develop a love of learning. Celebrating ICDC’s 39th Birthday in September will bring many fun activities. October brings a visit with firefighters, individual and class pictures, a pumpkin patch, and a parade of costumes. This fall will be filled with wonderful opportunities for children to learn and grow! Any questions regarding the programs that are offered at Interfaith Child Development Center, please call 281-292-3617. Tours of the school are conducted on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 – 11:30, and on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 – 2:30. Visit www.interfaithkids.org or stop by and see for yourself what makes ICDC so very special!

Taylor Halsey, a student at The Woodlands College Park High School, started Babysitting 4 Backpacks in 2014. School has been important to her and she loves to babysit, so she decided to combine the two and donate funds and supplies to Interfaith of The Woodlands’ Kits4Kidz program. Taylor said, “I couldn’t imagine going to school without school supplies and a backpack and hope my efforts will impact the students in our community.” She plans to continue the program and has started adding friends as well. Even her brother, Brooks, decided to pet sit and donate his money to Babysitting 4 Backpacks.

Several of Interfaith’s All Star volunteers gathered this summer to support the Serving Our Neighbor, S.O.N. program, by doing yard work. “I enjoy volunteering because it gives me the opportunity to serve and impact others in our community,” said Paul Verrett, a 16 year old Junior at Esprit International School.

“I don’t know what The Wood-lands would do without Inter-faith. All of you are beautiful people that make it happen! I love all of you!” Ms. Warren

Students Making a Difference

INTERFAITH OF THE WOODLANDS CIRCLE NEWSLETTERFALL/WINTER 2015

“Bu i l d i n g a Mo r e lo v i n g a n d Ca r i n g Co M M u n i t y ”

SCHOOL AND GRADE SPECIFIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTED TO AREA STUDENTS SINCE 2005

15,453

September 26 Senior Community GamesOctober 3 The Woodlands Celebration of Excellence GalaOctober 10 Serving Our Seniors

October 17 Le Tour de WoodlandsNovember 7 Fall Caregivers ConferenceDecember 1 Giving Tuesday

WE LOVE OUR DONORS! Our donors are the life blood of our organization.

Please visit www.woodlandsinterfaith.org to see a complete list of our 2015 donors and we thank you for helping us change lives every day!

To donate online, visit www.woodlandsinterfaith.org!