2012 Star Of Hope Christmas Catalog

Making Christmas Wishes Come True!

If you love finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list, you’ll love Star of Hope’s 2012 Christmas Gift Catalog!

It’s full of “perfect gifts” for the hundreds of men, women and children who will call Star of Hope “home” this holiday season. The gifts are simple, but profound — gifts that bring immediate practical help to those in crisis, and lasting hope to people desperately seeking a fresh start.

When you’ve chosen the gifts you and your family would like to give, please share the catalog with your friends, neighbors, coworkers and church. You will give them the opportunity to make an eternal difference this Christmas, too . . . and be a blessing to even more of our homeless neighbors.

I’m deeply grateful for your kindness this holiday season — and so are all of the people whose lives will change forever because you care. May God bless you!

Hank Rush
President & CEO

Gifts that Honor and Help

Remember family or close friends, business acquaintances or next door neighbors with a gift that honors them while helping others. At your instruction, we’ll send an acknowledgement card through the mail (download mail-in form), notifying them of the tremendous good you've made possible in their name. Or, you can select a gift opportunity below, donate online and send them an eCard.

Gifts of Daily Bread: Food

Take away someone’s hunger — and their fear of hunger — and you start them on the path to a whole new life. Adults can focus on education and job skills. Children can concentrate in school. For just $1.82 a meal, you can help whole families make a fresh start.
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Gifts of Hope: Shelter & Care

A safe bed, a hot shower, a good meal, clean clothes . . . with more families living on the streets of Houston than ever, your gift of these daily blessings has never been more important. For $54.30 you can provide a man, woman or child in our emergency shelter or long-term programs a full day of comprehensive care. That includes meals, clothing, education and counseling — with dignity and love.
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Gifts for the Soul: Spiritual Care

To truly move forward, our guests and residents need to overcome the past. With your gift to provide Bibles, Bible studies, 12-step resources and spiritual retreats — you help them discover God’s healing love. Transformed inside and out, they’re able to embrace God’s good plan for their future and “have life to the full.”
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Gifts of a Future: Education

Education is the key to releasing whole families from the generational cycle of poverty. With your gift for educational supplies and tutoring, you help our residents earn GEDs and build job skills that allow them to provide for themselves and their families . . . and create a brighter future for generations to come.
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Gifts of Safety: Children’s Critical Care

As many as 341 boys and girls under 18 — even tiny babies — take refuge at Star of Hope with their families each day. For $42.80, you can meet a child’s critical physical and emotional needs for a full day — food, shelter, licensed daycare, counseling, immunizations and more . . . all in an atmosphere of safety and love.
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Gifts of Joy: Christmas Gifts

Children who’ve lost their toys fleeing from domestic violence . . . adults who haven’t seen their families for years . . . you can make this holiday special with a gift to provide individually chosen, beautifully wrapped Christmas presents. As they open your caring gifts, their hearts will be opened to the greatest gift of all . . . Jesus Christ!
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Every gift to Star of Hope represents a gift to our ministry of serving Houston’s poor and homeless. Gifts designated for a particular service are used as requested until that need is fully met. Any remaining money is put to use where it is needed most. All gifts are tax-deductible.