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BEAR / BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS

BEAR / BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS

About

What Is It?

A nonprofit “dedicated to restoring dignity and hope to abused and neglected children involved in Harris County Child Protective Services. BEAR provides basic necessities to the children in care, and support to the caseworkers of CPS.”

Help Needed:

Help provide and/or organize donations of basic supplies, holiday gifts, or school supplies, or help with celebrations for youth who are graduating from CPS care. 

Details

Minimum Age to Volunteer

12

Time Commitment

Varies

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes

Training Needed

None

Help Needed

BEARING GIFTS

This program provides holiday gifts to children under the care of CPS who otherwise would have no holiday cheer at all. Donors are able to sponsor a child, make a donation, and/or volunteer at the BEARing Gifts warehouse in the Heights. Volunteers sort, select, and wrap gift donations.

 

BEAR GRADUATION CELEBRATION

Once the youth in CPS care age out of the system most of them have little to no support and have to face adulthood alone. BEAR helps youth get started on their journey as they transition into adulthood. This program needs volunteers during early summer each year to help with the celebration or to help provide necessities for graduating students.

BEAR BACK TO SCHOOL

BEAR provides more than 5,000 children with new uniforms, school supplies and a backpack to help them start school. Volunteers are needed each summer to help with school supply and uniform inventory and packing backpacks.

BEAR NECESSITIES

This program operates eight BEAR rooms throughout Harris County that provide emergency supplies for children who are in CPS care. These children often have nothing but the clothes they were wearing when the case worker arrived.  BEAR seeks donations of critical items such as formula, diapers, new clothing, and hygiene supplies.  More information is on the BEAR website.

Contact Details

Contact

Alexis Evans

Email: alexis.evans@harriscountytx.gov

Phone: (713) 274-9850

Website

http://bearesourcehouston.org/

Location

BEAR / BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS

2223 West Loop South
Houston, Texas 77027

Location Details

2223 West Loop South
Houston, Texas 77027

Please note that the BEAR Warehouse is located at 3572 East T.C. Jester, Houston, 77018, not at BEAR’s West Loop offices.

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Additional Information

BEAR Be a Resource for CPS Kids Video (4 minutes 47 seconds) (2013)

Examples of past Scout projects

Eagle: Matthew N. (Troop 55) collected school supplies and installed shelving and a hanging rack. (2014)

Eagle: Jacob P. (Troop 55) collected and sorted children’s clothing. (2013)

Redesigned two BEAR rooms.

Gallery

BEAR warehouse volunteers
BEAR warehouse volunteers
2017
2017
BEAR Graduation
BEAR Graduation
A BEAR supply room
A BEAR supply room
Strake Jesuit students with toys they collected for BEARing Gifts
Strake Jesuit students with toys they collected for BEARing Gifts
A BEAR supply room
A BEAR supply room
School uniforms in warehouse
School uniforms in warehouse
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v
BEARing Gifts warehouse
BEARing Gifts warehouse
bear-delivering-diapers1
bear-delivering-diapers1
Diaper donations
Diaper donations
BEAR Graduation
BEAR Graduation
Sorting school uniforms
Sorting school uniforms
Episcopal High School students at BEARing Gifts warehouse
Episcopal High School students at BEARing Gifts warehouse
BEARing gifts warehouse
BEARing gifts warehouse
Strake Jesuit & St. Mark's Episcopal back-to-school volunteers, 2017
Strake Jesuit & St. Mark's Episcopal back-to-school volunteers, 2017
BEAR warehouse volunteers
2017
BEAR Graduation
A BEAR supply room
Strake Jesuit students with toys they collected for BEARing Gifts
A BEAR supply room
School uniforms in warehouse
v
BEARing Gifts warehouse
bear-delivering-diapers1
Diaper donations
BEAR Graduation
Sorting school uniforms
Episcopal High School students at BEARing Gifts warehouse
BEARing gifts warehouse
Strake Jesuit & St. Mark's Episcopal back-to-school volunteers, 2017

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Casey M. says

    July 14, 2017 at 9:50 pm

    during the holidays it’s so fun to help wrap and sort through all of the gifts. the kids lovee all of the rooms filled with toys!!

    Reply
  2. Austen says

    July 28, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    I volunteered here with my school and really enjoyed the time I spent here. It is so fun to look at the sheet you were given and go hunt through the tables and tables of toys to get the kids the toys they asked for.

    Reply

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