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Caring Friend donors provided $125 student scholarships for 12 children to attend school for one year in a rural area outside of Pignon, Haiti. Each scholarship provided books, tuition, and supplies. New donors have provided 100 St. Collette students with a beans and rice lunch (25 cents/meal) five days a week for five months of […]

Caring Friend donors provided a washer and dryer for Spirit Key, Inc in December. Spirit Key is a residential ‘re-entry’ center for homeless veterans and ex-offenders who want to live in a faith based, drug free environment as they find a job and reenter the work force. The washer and dryer will run virtually 24/7 […]

Purposeful giving is cheerful giving when it is your way to bless an at risk child, to support a family without food or to memorialize a loved one or honor a friend or neighbor with a designated gift. More… At risk children Victims of fire or domestic violence Refugee children in USA An ex-offender or […]

As an adjunct partner with Urban Outreach, Inc.’s apartment ministry program, Caring Friends is privileged to support the READERS ARE LEADERS initiative in their excellent after school apartment ministries. Many children have few if any books in their homes and reading at grade level is difficult. When the language at home is different than the […]

A new 2 week seminar to train medical equipment technicians will happen in November 25-Dec 6th 2013. Doctors in Haiti identified a crisis to Caring Friends and Houston Rotarians: there are virtually no trained medical equipment repair technicians in Haiti. Broken equipment is pushed against hospital walls, useless because no one is able to repair […]

Children who cannot read are at risk children and we want a child to succeed. Teachers in 5 elementary schools select a Best Reader & Most Improved Reader in each of their classrooms. With Caring Friends and the schools providing leadership, the winning students each get a new book they choose from a list. Caring […]