Friday was the first day of blessing over 1,000 families at Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM), and the blessings will continue on Saturday, December 17, 2022.
Dozens of volunteers turned out to help distribute gifts and food to the families who registered for NAM’s Holiday Food and Toy Project, along with State Representative, Sam Harless, who came to offer support for NAM’s efforts.
“This is a huge undertaking, and we’re grateful for all of the volunteers who make it possible – it couldn’t happen without them,” said Brian Carr, NAM’s Chief Advancement Officer.
Throughout the past few months, NAM has been collecting donations of new, unwrapped toys in the range of approximately $25 per gift for ages 0-12, and enough to distribute three gifts per child.
Generous toy donations came from individuals in the community and local businesses, including ExxonMobil, Hewlett Packard, the Conservatory at Champion Forest, Spring ISD, ABC Home & Commercial Services. And of course, NAM couldn’t have met its goal of spreading holiday cheer without the help of many loyal congregations filling approximately 1,500 toy bags, amounting to 4,500 toys.
This is the second of two distributions in NAM’s annual Holiday Blessings campaign – the first took place in November, providing registered families with the ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner.
These are pre-registered events, and all recipients are clients of NAM. Registration opened in September for eligible applicants and closed after only a few hours once NAM reached its capacity for the number of families it could serve.
Northwest Assistance Ministries is a non-profit, community-based social service agency that strives to meet basic human needs through Neighbors Helping Neighbors. NAM provides assistance in areas such as food, shelter, health, education and domestic violence awareness and intervention. During its last fiscal year, NAM touched the lives of more than 122,000 people through its many programs and services. NAM is located at 15555 Kuykendahl Rd, Houston, TX 77090. To learn more, visit www.namonline.org.