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COVID-19 Update 3/20

March 23, 2020
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COVID-19 Update
3/20/2020

We are in unprecedented times, so forgive us as our activities continue to evolve as we work assessing and meeting community needs while still keeping our staff and clients as healthy as possible.
The safety of our community and team of servant leaders is our top priority, and I want to make sure you are updated and informed on the latest updates as well as steps we are taking internally to ensure risk and exposure is as minimal as possible. We are actively following guidelines set forth by the CDC and County Officials to ensure the health safety of all persons who work, serve and are served in our offices.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ด๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜†.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต๐—ฎ๐—บ-๐Ÿฐ๐—ฝ๐—บ, ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† โ€“ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

The following is a summary of who and how we are currently meeting community needs:

  • ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ (๐š๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ ๐ž):
    – Interfaithโ€™s Senior Grocery Delivery will continue on a weekly basis with the ability to add new Seniors to the program, per their request. Seniors can call 832-615-8224 to be added.
    – Seniors can continue to receive information and referral resources by calling 281-367-1230.
    – Seniors needing financial assistance are able to call Family Services at 281-367-1230.
  • ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
    – Food assistance will be distributed to individuals and families in need by drive-through in parking lot.
    – Crisis Assistance (including rent/mortgage, utilities assistance, and gas vouchers) will be provided to families experiencing job/wage loss.
  • ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ž ๐”๐ฉ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ
    – The Hand Me Up Shop is closed to customers and donations at this time.
  • ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
    – ICDC is closed through April 10, following CISDโ€™s COVID-19 response lead. All students are receiving at home learning lessons and activities for the coming weeks.
  • ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
    – Workforce Solutions Offices are closed to the public but continue to do their great work of helping neighbors find employment by phone. Our Conroe office is available to assist you by calling 936-441-0037.
  • ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ
    – Our Clinic hours are 8am-2pm, Monday-Thursday. All patients are being triaged over the phone. For medical or dental assistance, please call 281-364-7889.
  • ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ:
    – All volunteer activities have been suspended to reduce the risk of exposure and encourage our community to stay home to help flatten the curve! We miss you! But look forward to seeing you at Interfaith when we are back to business as usual!

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐.
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐‡๐„๐‹๐?

  • ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Our biggest need in the coming weeks is Funding to be used for the following:

– To purchase bulk, specific and essential foods, toiletries and paper goods for food assistance for families and Seniors.

– Provide financial assistance (i.e. rent, mortgage, utilities, gas vouchers, and prescription assistance) to families and Seniors.

  • ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://interfaith-of-the-woodlands.snwbll.com/covid-19-comโ€ฆ
  • ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: We are actively accepting food donations of: cereal, canned meat, dry pasta, vegetables and fruit, snacks for kids, peanut butter, jelly, meal starters, soups, crackers, toiletries, paper goods including toilet paper and cleaning supplies.
  • ๐„๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: Make a card for a Senior! We are accepting cards for Seniors to help bring sunshine to their day! All cards donated will be delivered to our Senior neighbors during grocery delivery. You can drive through and drop off at our office at 4242 Interfaith Way, The Woodlands, 77381.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ :

  • ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐›:
    ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ-๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ• ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ: ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ž@๐ฐ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ
  • ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ & ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ
  • ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐: ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
  • ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ
  • ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ—

I would like to thank each of you, our County Judge Mark Keough, County Commissioner James Noack, Precinct 3 Constable Ryan Gable, The Woodlands Township Chairman Gordy Bunch and Board of Directors, Interfaithโ€™s Board of Directors, Advisors and member congregations for your leadership and support of our mission during this time. May you and yours continue to stay healthy and safe! We look forward to seeing your smiling faces at Interfaith of The Woodlands activities, service opportunities and events once this passes.

Kindest regards,
Missy
๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง
๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐„๐Ž
๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ
๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž

 

 

Help Us Serve Home bound Seniors and Families in Crisis.

March 16, 2020
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Dear Neighbor,
We are in unprecedented times, so forgive us as messaging and activities are continuing to evolve as we work hard to assess and meet community needs while still working very hard to keep our staff, clients and customers as healthy as possible.
Our goal is to continue to serve our neighbors in need to the best of our ability.
Interfaith is continuing:
  • Senior Grocery Delivery, moving it from monthly to weekly
  • Crisis assistance services (i.e. rent, mortgage, utilities, gas vouchers, and prescription assistance) for Seniors and Families
  • Food Pantry Assistance for families includes three Food Bags filled with groceries for 5 meals, plus snacks, toilet paper and baby goods if needed.ย Bags are distributed by driving through our parking lot.

Our biggest need in the coming weeks is funding to purchase specific and essential foods, toiletries and paper goods in bulk from local grocery stores and The Food Bank.ย This funding ensures we are able to meet the communityโ€™s current food needs, as well as providing financial assistance to families and Seniors who are experiencing wage loss or additional crisis as related to business and school closures.

Donations to these efforts can be made here.

In the days and weeks ahead, we anticipate an increased need as our community responds to the Pandemic.ย Just as we have for nearly 47 years, Interfaith plans to walk alongside our neighbors in need. We are able to do that with your partnership and support.
Thank you for caring, stay safe, and healthy.
Missy Herndon
President and CEO

Coronavirus COVID-19 Update

March 13, 2020
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As of March 12, 2020, Judge Mark Keough issued a Declaration for Public Health Emergency for Montgomery County as well as an order affecting the Occupancy of Premises throughout Montgomery County for the next 30 days.

The health and safety of our staff, volunteers, clients and overall community is our top priority, and I want to make sure you are informed on the latest updates as well as steps we are taking internally here at Interfaith to ensure minimal risk and exposure as possible while continuing our mission to serve our neighbors in need and build community. We are actively following guidelines set forth by the CDC to ensure the health safety of all persons who work, serve and are served in our offices.

In an abundance of caution, and to minimize traffic in our very public offices, we are implementing the following, for the next 30 days, with an assessment planned on April 1:

  • All Volunteer groups are cancelled at all Interfaith locations
  • All volunteer activities will be suspended except at the Hand Me Up Shop which will be restricted to volunteers who are our โ€œregularโ€ volunteers (volunteers who regularly volunteer in the shop, who are under the age of 60 who have not traveled to a flagged area and arenโ€™t an at-risk individual);
  • All individuals entering all offices will be asked to wash/sanitize their hands;
  • Any visitor or staff member will be asked to leave the premises if he/she is visibly ill or showing symptoms of illness
  • Giving Goes Glam has been rescheduled to October 16.
  • Serving our Seniors has been cancelled for March 28.

We will continue to serve Seniors by teleconference and serve families in need through our crisis assistance and through the Interfaith Food Pantry, including serving families currently affected by school closures and senior grocery delivery.

We are continuing to monitor the ongoing communications regarding the coronavirus from the CDC, as well as state and local health and public authorities. All Interfaith buildings have been and continue to be cleaned/sanitized as recommended by the CDC.

Please rest assured, we will continue to serve our community to the best of our ability utilizing staff until this crisis passes for which we hope to see you back at Interfaith serving your community!

Thank you and stay safe,

Missy Herndon
President & CEO