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Katy Cares Introduces New Two-Hour Parenting Workshop

Parenting Workshop to Learn in a Group Setting Katy Cares, Inc. introduced a new workshop series named the “My Child’s Development” Workshop. This two-hour workshop is designed to provide parents with an opportunity to learn more about parenting, together with other parents, where everyone will have an opportunity to ask questions, participate and share their experiences. The first session will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church across from Hutsell Elementary School on Saturday. November 12, 2022 from 10:00 am to Noon. The address is 5373 Franz Road, Katy, Texas 77493. Register Here "My Child's Development" Workshop This two-hour workshop will: Help you to think differently about the most important development milestones in your child’s/children’s life. Help you to [...]

2022-11-11T16:25:01-06:00November 7, 2022|Categories: Events, News|Tags: , , |
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How the Arts Can Transform Children with Learning Disabilities

What do Hally Berry, Julia Roberts, Michael Phelps, Angelina Jolie, Mike Tyson, and Leonardo di Caprio have in common? They were all raised by a single parent. What do Steven Spielberg, Keira Knightley and the singer Jewel have in common? They’re all celebrities with learning disabilities whose lives were changed by the arts. Sadly, at a time when learning disability diagnoses are on the rise, art programs are being cut from our public schools. That’s why it has never been more important that we take an active role involving our children in the arts. Today, Katy Cares shares some great ideas for adding creative arts into your child’s life. Visual Arts Visual arts, like drawing and painting, not only reinforce [...]

2022-10-18T09:14:27-05:00September 13, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |
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SeeTimSell Property Group Pledges Monthly Donation to Katy Cares

Tim and Lori Sojka have pledged to donate $100 to Katy Cares for every property they close for the duration of 2022. Dawid Pieterse, President of Katy Cares, visited the SeeTimSell Property Group in June 2022 to pick up the monthly check. Sustaining monthly pledges are the life blood of the Katy Cares mission, to equip single-parent families with social, spiritual, and educational skills toenable them to become emotionally resilient, economically independent, and meaningfully engaged with society. Community involvement is key to sustaining the Katy Cares mission. About the SeeTimSell Property Group SeeTimSells has been a top Realtor team at Keller Williams Premier Realty since 2013. "Big Tim" Sojka is a widely-published real estate author. This Realtor team understands that [...]

2022-07-04T11:38:16-05:00June 29, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: |
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Dental Care for Single Parent Families

Dr. Amber Garcia has been working with non-profits routinely to extract painful teeth. She will gladly offer this service to members of single parent families, who are in pain and in Katy Cares Programs. Removing teeth will be offered at no cost. She is also willing to offer a discount for any restorative treatment, but the amount would depend on what treatment is needed. About Dr. Amber Garcia She is a Texas native who grew up in San Antonio but has happily called Katy home since 2013. Dr. Amber has been practicing family and cosmetic dentistry in the greater Houston area for over a decade and is excited to provide exceptional dental care for you and your Katy family. Dr. [...]

2022-07-04T11:27:42-05:00May 20, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |
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Katy Cares Volunteers Come Together to Move Refrigerator/Freezer and Heavy Furniture

Katy Cares depends on the generosity of faithful donors and willing volunteers. This past Friday and Saturday, James Ivey and Wayne Miller of the Anchored Sunday School Class, Second Baptist 1463 Campus, sacrificed their Friday afternoon and evening to begin moving a refrigerator/freezer in to the home of a single mother registered in our Ready Sat Go! Program. They continued moving on Saturday, with the help of Torrey Mosvold and Bryan Williams’s trailer. They went the extra mile to ensure the fridge/freezer was properly installed at the home of the single mother and helped move furniture up to the second floor of Katy Cares offices. Torrey has been involved with Katy Cares the past four years as a donor [...]

2022-05-08T17:25:35-05:00May 5, 2022|Categories: Events|Tags: |
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A Programmatic Response: How Katy Cares Meets the Needs of Single-Parent Families

It’s not just one problem that keeps single-parent families stuck. Often there is a confluence of issues that together prevent a single Mom or Dad from overcoming the financial burden of caring for a family today in our suburban community. Typically, in addition to lacking financial and material resources, they also struggle with spiritual and emotional issues, and also perhaps the psychological resolve to manage their current situation. It is estimated that there are more than 5,000 single mothers and another 8,000 women in a dysfunctional relationship or marriage, in the Greater Katy, Fulshear, and Richmond area alone! Short-term food and housing resources solve part of the problem. The whole problem requires a comprehensive programmatic response. This is where [...]

2022-07-05T11:14:05-05:00November 5, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: |
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Who Is Helped by Katy Cares? Our Community’s Most Vulnerable Families

Every day at Katy Cares we are confronted by real life situations like this: A young mother who has experienced a lifetime of pain at just 25 years old. She has three children to care for, ages 5, 3, and 18 months, and no place to call home. She escaped a dysfunctional marriage with an abusive husband, who wants nothing do with her and their children. She will get very little support from him and must rely on the generosity of non-profits, her family, and friends to take care of her family. It doesn't take long to discover the scars of traumatic abuse and abandonment. Her existence is fragile, and her only concern is how to care for her [...]

2021-12-05T20:18:22-06:00November 5, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: |
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Introducing Grow Through Life Program

Katy Cares introduces Grow Through Life, a four-phase program that offers teens 11 through 15 skills-based personal development with a comprehensive prevention approach. Enrollment is free for families who qualify. Grow Through Life (GTL) Skills Upgrade for Teens is an extension of our Ready, Set, Go! Parenting Program, a therapeutic, mentoring and coaching Program coupled with related support services for single-led families, single mothers and their children, affected by situational homelessness and trauma. The breakup of the formal family structure due to a traumatic and life altering event, such as the passing away of a husband, domestic violence, abuse, separation and/or divorce, financial challenges due to a loss of employment, income and/or child support, and/or a natural disaster, can change [...]

2021-07-21T12:22:46-05:00June 30, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , |
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Announcing Non-Residential Trauma Informed Therapy Program: Ready, Set, Go!

The Board of Directors of Katy Cares, Inc. announced the launch of its new, non-residential Trauma Informed Therapy Program named Ready, Set, Go! It is an eight-module parenting program for single-parent families that face financial, emotional, and social hardship as a result of unexpected, traumatic and life-changing events. Ready, Set, Go! offers each family practical skills to build and sustain healthy relationships. Participants are guided by a facilitator and have access to an individual therapist in the program. The Ready, Set, Go! Program is free to attend and registration is open in-person or online. “The Board of Katy Cares, Inc. is optimistic about this new non-residential program for single-parent families, in the greater Katy area, who are struggling to sustain [...]

2021-04-07T01:17:26-05:00March 5, 2021|Categories: News|
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Gift Wrapping and Donation Drive Sponsored by Celebrity Title

The business community spontaneously rallied around Katy Cares this season and organized Gift Wrapping and Donation events benefitting single mothers and children. Lisa Kim, Title Consultant at Celebrity Title, located at the Greenhouse exit, I-10 Freeway in Katy, organized the first event on December 17. Celebrity Title invited their clients and associates to a gift wrapping and donation event held on at their office. Lisa and her team provided gift wrapping paper, bows, ribbons, decorations, cards and tape and invited their clients to come and wrap the gifts for their loved ones on-site, and at the same time, donate gifts to Katy Cares. Program Director, Carousel Pieterse, Sand Kristin Dean, Social Services Director, assisted with the wrapping of the gifts. [...]

2021-01-12T22:58:33-06:00January 11, 2021|Categories: Events|Tags: |
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