HomeAid Houston and Boys and Girls Country along with Trinity Signature Homes, members of the Greater Houston Builders Association, friends, and local politicians gathered in Hockley on July 17 to celebrate the groundbreaking for a housing project for Boys and Girls Country. This important campus addition will provide a duplex to house Teaching Parents and employees who relieve them when they take their respite.
Quintes Stark, the Chief Operations Officer for Boys & Girls Country, said, “We are grateful to HomeAid Houston and Trinity Signature Homes, who are partnering with us to build a duplex on campus. The duplex will provide housing for critical staff so that we can better meet the needs of our children. Upon completion of the build, we will regain cottage space which is now being used as staff housing, allowing us to increase the number of children we serve. Boys and Girls Country provides a home and promise of a better future to children and young adults from families in crisis. We are very thankful for our continued partnership with HomeAid Houston.”
HomeAid Houston has partnered with Boys and Girls Country since 2016 when the first of three cottages were completed. For this fourth project Builder Captains Clay and Heather Hudson of Trinity Signature Homes stepped up to provide construction management. The Hudsons shared their reasons for generously donating their expertise as Builder Captains.
“Being involved with Boys and Girls Country is a blessing to Heather and me. Being able to help provide a home for children who may otherwise not have that is of utmost importance to us. At Boys and Girls Country, it is not just about having a place to live, but also the support, security and leadership that come along with being a part of a loving, functioning family. Not free from struggles but infused with the desire to work through them toward a positive and fruitful life. Children have always held a special place in our hearts, and we have served the community in various ways in the past. Heather as a teacher, and I as a coach. We are eager to see the continued positive impact Boys and Girls Country will have on the lives of the children of our community and watch these lives unfold in glorious ways.”
Boys and Girls Country provides a Christian home for children who come from families in crisis. The agency serves as a beacon of hope for families and their children in times of hardship, offering the children a reliable home and support. The Boys and Girls Country’s main campus is made up of a network of 11 cottages, housing up to eight children per cottage. The children live with married “Teaching Parents” and any children they may have, as well as two single “Teaching Parents” who raise the children as their own. The campus can accommodate 88 children, ages 5 to 18. More than 90% of the children who come to Boys and Girls Country are from families living in poverty.
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, HomeAid Houston’s core construction programs facilitate the construction or renovation of homeless shelters utilizing the pro bono construction resources of members of the Greater Houston Builder’s Association and its trades to save homeless service providers from 45%-100% of construction costs. Since 2003, HomeAid Houston has completed 78 projects which house over 5,000 homeless men, women, and children annually.
For more information about HomeAid Houston visit www.homeaidhouston.org or call 281-970-8970. For more information about Boys and Girls Country visit www.boysandgirlscountry.org .