Executive Director

Dear Friends of HomeAid Houston,

Take A Minute to imagine you are homeless…where would you go…how would you survive…what would you tell your children?

Supporters and friends of HomeAid Houston will be seeing the tagline “Take A Minute” more and more in 2010. HomeAid is rolling out its Take A Minute campaign, to create more awareness of what the face of homelessness really is in Houston.

Before I took the position of Executive Director at HomeAid, my vision of homelessness was an older male, on the street corner, begging for donations. While this is a component of homelessness, I have met many homeless and formerly homeless women and children who are not very different from my sons and me.

As we address the issues of homelessness in Houston, the board of HomeAid has become increasingly convicted to put a true face on this issue, to raise awareness of how homelessness is impacting people very much like all of us…and especially the children of our city.

We are extremely grateful to have two special partners in our campaign. The Houston Astros have been supporters of HomeAid for four years and they have stepped up in a big way to work with us on “Take A Minute.” Players Jeff Bagwell, Lance Berkman and Hunter Pence, along with manager Brad Mills, have recorded public service announcements for HomeAid which you will begin seeing on Fox Sports News.

In addition, we have gained a new partner in the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation, out of Cleveland, Ohio. After a half day site visit with HomeAid, at our Gracewood/Elmview site, the O’Neill Foundation has agreed to underwrite our “Take A Minute” campaign. This is a significant investment in HomeAid Houston and we are grateful for their collaboration.

Most of all, we are grateful for the many members of the Greater Houston Builders Association, and our community partners, for your ongoing support. Together, we can ask Houston to “Take A Minute” to end homelessness in Houston.