Houston
Homeless
Christmas
Day 2015
Rolling Thunder Texas Chapter 2
would like to thank all The Power Hour Team
Members for EVERYTHING
they did to help make this possible....!!!
What an amazing morning!!! So
many appreciative people....more so than last
year. We could tell a few were not homeless but
really needed the assistance or they would not
have been there on Christmas morning. We started
at 9 AM and was done by 10:30AM....it all went
so quick!!!! The weather was humid but not
raining as predicted. One obstacle was the food.
NO FOOD WAS BEING ALLOWED TO BE HANDED OUT this
year. Thank goodness we were notified earlier
and didn't bring much. Several Police Officers
were on hand watching every move. We talked to
them and they said the city just would not allow
it this year. What food items we brought was
given to the facility right where we were parked
"Loaves and Fishes"....a place that feeds the
homeless. The owners say they feed approximately
300 folks per meal :(
We only saw a few pets this year. We gave out
pet food and will donate the rest to a needy
home based animal rescue shelter.
Again, we want to thank you ALL so much for
helping to make this possible!!!!
Getting Started.....Packaging 64 quart size
zip locks full of toiletries:
Needed all the help I could get so my little
grandson William volunteered: :)
Below are a few photos from
Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2015 2009 Congress Ave.,
Houston Texas.
The temperature was in the 60's early that
morning but later warmed up to around 79
degrees!!
Notice the Patrol car who stayed present the
whole time monitoring that we did not hand out
ANY food items nor water of any kind.
This was early and folks had just started coming
to check us out...some were hesitant
at first because they couldn't believe someone
would do this to help them out.
Notice again the Patrol car.... :(
The orange building in the picture is called
"Loaves and Fishes"....a place that feeds the
homeless daily, veterans
and non-veterans.
Gary is in the bright yellowish shirt trying to
help find sizes...!!
Gary above handing out trash bags to those who
needed them...we were told many use these as
rain coats!!!
A big
"THANK YOU" to everyone that helped to
make this a great success!
U.S. Vets
2015 Christmas Party Photos:
It was a beautiful day so we set up our give
away bags and raffle tickets outside!!!
Bags full of useful items were given out to all
the residents!!!
Girl Scouts came to help out!!!
There was a volunteer DJ where all were enjoying
some Christmas music
while dining on a hot meal of Turkey with all
the fixings.
Thank you to all who help make this
possible...!!!
Previous Years Photos &
Links:
Click Below for the U.S. Vets 2014 Christmas
Party Photos:
http://thepowerhour.com/news4/us_vets_christmas_2014.htm
Click Link Below for the Dec.
2013 Christmas Homeless Photos:
http://thepowerhour.com/news4/houston_homeless_2013.htm
Click Link Below for the U.S.
Vets 2012 Christmas Party Photos:
http://thepowerhour.com/news4/us_vets_christmas_2012.htm
Click Link Below for the Dec.
2012 Christmas Homeless Photos:
http://thepowerhour.com/news4/houston_homeless_2012.htm
Click Link Below for the Dec.
2011 Christmas Homeless Photos:
http://thepowerhour.com/news4/houston_homeless.htm
** To view more links to the new
Kitchen at the U.S. Vets facility,
click here.
U.S. Vets Christmas
Celebration - December 2013
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| Above: Preparing vegetable
trays for the party...in their own
kitchen! |
The Party was just starting and many
were enjoying Christmas Music |
Above: Photo of the new kitchen
at the U.S. Vets facility |
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Above: The food line for the
party...turkey, ham, roast beef and all
the trimmings...all prepared in the NEW
kitchen at the U.S. Vets facility.
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U.S. Vets Facility - Houston, Texas
(4640 Main St. - Houston, TX) |
