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COVID-19 Update 3/20

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

 

 

Day of Caring Announcement

Interfaith celebrates 45 year anniversary with community-wide food drive

THE WOODLANDS, TX (Thursday, August 30, 2018) โ€” How amazing is it that a man had a vision to create an organization, in his brand new community, whose sole purpose was to build community? That is exactly what The Woodlands Founder, George P. Mitchell, created in The Woodlands Religious Communities, Inc., known as Interfaith of The Woodlands, in 1973.

On October 5, 2018, Interfaith of The Woodlands will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a Day of Caring: A Community-Wide Food Drive in the parking lot of Interfaith of The Woodlands.

The goal? To do what Interfaith of The Woodlands does best: bring together neighbors representing the spiritual, corporate, school, civic, families and individuals of our community in the name of service, to help our neighbors in need and celebrate the past, present and future of our beloved Interfaith.

โ€œOur history as the โ€˜hometown nonprofitโ€™ has been full of caring about our neighbors through service. This celebration is about the past, but itโ€™s about our future too. We thought the best way to celebrate these 45 years was to go back to our mission: care. Naturally, a food drive is what came to mind. Everyone can give a can of food,โ€ says Missy Herndon, Interfaithโ€™s President and CEO, on developing the celebration observance plans.

Interfaith will host a community-wide food drive with a goal of raising 45,000 pounds of food in honor of its anniversary.

โ€œWe want this to be a big birthday party, one where our neighbors do what theyโ€™ve always done, which is gather to help each other. Our mission is based on caring and building a more loving community through service, and we continue to do just that as we honor the past 45 years,โ€ Herndon says.

The upcoming celebration will feature local businesses, community leaders, volunteers and staff, all working together to collect food for Interfaithโ€™s food pantry. Interfaith is inviting anyone to participate, as the food panty serves over 18,000 individuals on average annually.

Items can be delivered at Interfaith Central, at 4242 Interfaith Way, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. โ€œWeโ€™re hoping to see a caravan of people, just like during Harvey, as neighbors lined up our street to donate and give back,โ€ Herndon says. Any interested parties may go to woodlandsinterfaith.org/dayofcaring for information on how to participate or just show up on October 5.

Interfaith of The Woodlands is a nonprofit social service agency providing programs and services to meet the needs of The Woodlands and the surrounding area. Interfaith provides basic needs assistance and special programs to families experiencing a financial crisis, and supportive service through care and wellness programs to senior adults 62 and over, in addition to many community programs dedicated to improving the lives of individuals in need. For more information on Interfaithโ€™s programs and services or to become a volunteer, please visit woodlandsinterfaith.org or call 281-367-1230.

 

2018 Interfaith Staff

2018 Interfaith Staff

 

Missy Herndon and Rev Don Gebert

(l-r) Missy Herndon, President and CEO of Interfaith of The Woodlands, standing with Rev. Don Gebert, Interfaithโ€™s First Executive Director.

 

Rob Johnson serving Thanksgiving Meal

Rob Johnson (left), Board Director of Interfaith of The Woodlands, serves a complete Thanksgiving meal to senior adults at the South County Community Center.