Month: May 2026

Today, we gathered to celebrate a new beginning for Danny and Valerie Mares as they stepped into their new home after the devastation of the July 4 flood. Joining the welcome home blessing were Tara LaMontia with HPS, case manager Margaret White (Community Foundation/HPS), and representatives from TSAHC. Valerie shared how their story began around […]

On a spring evening marked by gratitude and celebration, two neighboring families returned home side by side. The homes of the Martinez family and their daughter Maria Kitchens’ family sit next to one another, and their shared Welcome Home gathering reflected not only the closeness of their houses, but the closeness of their lives. What […]

On a hopeful spring day in Rio Robles, friends, neighbors, and partners gathered to celebrate a true “Welcome Home” for Annette and Gary Dickson at their restored home on Chaparral Drive. Before the celebration began, there was time to tour the beautifully repaired house and hear the couple reflect on both the frightening morning of July 4 and […]

On the morning of July 4, 2025, Kevin Kearney woke in the dark to a sound no one wants to hear—the force of floodwater crashing against his home in the Hunt-Ingram area. When he opened the front door around 3:15 a.m., water was already at the threshold of his elevated modular home. Within moments, the […]

Michelle McGuire’s new home sits high on a hill, with a beautiful view and the kind of peace that once must have felt impossible. In the early morning hours of July 4, in Hunt, Texas, Michelle woke around 3:15 a.m. to the sound of water. At first, she thought she was dreaming. But when she got […]