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  • April 29th, 2025
    11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    Join us as we celebrate our 2025 HandUp program graduates! 

    HandUp graduates have completed 9 months of budgeting, financial management, and parenting courses and have participated in ongoing peer support groups.
    Their dedication to ensuring their children receive an education uninterrupted by eviction is matched only by your commitment to ensuring that no family experiences homelessness and that every child has the opportunity for a brighter future!  This year we are also celebrating our graduate LevelUp program as graduates move onto an additional two years of services the program offers ongoing coaching, education, and community resources to support graduates' continued progress, aiming to create economic stabilization.

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Valedictorian

  • Chapelwood United Methodist Church logo

  • Erich and Janice Teske

Salutatorian

  • Granite Properties, Inc. logo

  • Mark and Pam Callahan

  • Wilchester Men's Club logo

Summa Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

  • Barry and Sue Abrams

  • Elizabeth Chipinski

  • Fifth Third Bank logo

  • James and Mallory Shaddix

  • John and Kari Work

  • Liz Geevarughese

  • Lucy and Alexander Branca

  • The Houston Constellation Group at Morgan Stanley

Cum Laude

  • Bob and Pam Leibrock

  • Chuck and Robin Stilwell

  • Frost Bank logo

  • Susan and Bob Bolling

  • Tammy and Scott Smith

Contribution

  • Belinda Price

  • Bob and Mary K. Burtner

  • Don and Joy Haley

  • Dot Vinyard

  • Franklin and Gail Olson

  • H-E-B logo

  • James Dunn

  • John and Christine Ogren

  • John and Maxine Heath

  • Q&S Technologies

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In Support of RaiseUp Families
RaiseUp Families stabilizes parents from vulnerable communities who face unexpected financial crises so their children can focus on their education, giving them the opportunity for a better life. These families live paycheck to paycheck and have fallen behind in rent due to an unexpected financial crisis. 
 
Our mission is to stabilize families in their homes before an eviction occurs, then provide them with skills and resources to become self-sufficient so their children can focus on their education, giving them the opportunity for a better life. Established in 1994 as Westside Homeless Prevention (and later known as Westside Homeless Partnership), RUF’s founders completed 2 years of research on how best to create life-long stability. 
YOUR GIFT MATTERS

$500

Offers 2 families with childcare for a month as they pursue their dreams

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE

$250

Purchases a mattress and bedframe for a child sleeping on the floor

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

$100

Provides Internet Services for 2 families for one month so they can participate in online peer support groups and career advancement workshops

3
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

$50

Offers counseling for an hour for a parent working to build new confidence and improve habits

2
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

$25

Helps offset the cost of credit card fees for clients working to get out of debt

MAKE A DIFFERENCE