Recent Houston floods devastated many local neighborhoods, and left Greenspoint families in dire need of emergency assistance. The Centers for Children and Women care about the communities they serve and wanted to help. On May 4, The Center for Children and Women in Greenspoint held a Houston Storm Recovery Distribution Event for local flood victims. Items such as clothing, diapers, toiletries and cleaning supplies were distributed to more than 450 families.
“Many of our patients and our community still have a lot of needs after the recent floods, so our staff members decided something needed to be done to help our community, said Dr. Heidi Schwarzwald, chief medical officer pediatrics of Texas Children’s Health Plan. “We are pleased that we were able to help so many families through the thousands of supplies donated by our employees and by generous local companies.”
Houston Food Bank provided emergency kits that included canned goods and water. Attendees also could receive application assistance for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). All donations were provided by Texas Children’s Health Plan and Center employees, Nestle and Kroger.