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Amistad Community Health Center To show and share the love of Jesus Christ to the Corpus Christi community by providing holistic, affordable
and quality health care services. We recognize that Jesus Christ is the true healer of individuals and their communities and
the source of our ability to serve.
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Aransas County Council on AgingAransas County Council on Aging provides meals-on-wheels for the home-bound elderly, community
meals, exercise programs and recreation at their Senior Center, and curb-to-curb transportation for the handicapped, elderly
and general public.
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The Ark is the only licensed facility within an 80-mile radius
contracted by the state to provide assessment services and emergency shelter to abused and neglected children and youth, ages
0 through 17. The 37-bed shelter offers a caring intervention to children removed from their homes by Child Protective Services
by placing them in a secure environment for up to 90 consecutive days while they are evaluated for placement in an appropriate
long-term site.
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Established in 1984, The Beeville Vineyard outreach assists low income people in Bee
County with free food, clothing, furniture and house hold items. Grants answer medical, shelter, career
corner, fans, heaters and utility needs, also free of charge.
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The mission of Mary McLeod Bethune Day Nursery, In.c is to provide a quality child development
program that collaborates with other community based agencies and public schools offering affordable and dependable childcare
for parents that are working, pursuing their education, enrolled in training programs and/or residing in shelters.
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A
non-profit, faith based, multi-purpose agency, serving the City of Corpus Christi and surrounding counties for the past 44
years, Catholic Charities responds with compassion to the needs of all, especially the poor and powerless. Following
a mission rooted in the Scriptures to provide services to people in need and address social the ills that undermine the dignity
of the person, Catholic Charities creates positive change opportunities regardless of economic status, color, race, or creed.
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Corpus Christi Hope House The House assists pregnant women including minors, single women who are not pregnant, their dependent children and newborn
babies when in need. We are a welcome refuge for women who have no other place to go because of domestic violence, homelessness,
addiction or being left completely abandoned and alone. We provide shelter and assistance to mothers and their children regardless
of race, age, ethnicity, religion or disability. Our shelter gives these women the opportunity to accept responsibility, to
care for their children, further their education, obtain employment, permanent housing and become productive, self-sufficient
members of our community with the support of our staff and volunteers.
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Metro Ministries'
mission is to help create a community free from hunger and homelessness by providing daily meals, shelter, a free health clinic,
homeless prevention assistance, employment assistance and support services that help those in need reach a better quality
of life. Its Loaves & Fishes free cafeteria is serving over 16,000 meals per month to over 3,000 men, women and children.
Rustic House shelter for disabled and aged men and Rainbow House shelter for homeless women and children provide emergency
shelter and transitional housing with the purpose of helping these individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency and independent
living.
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Charlie's
Place is the only residential drug and alcohol treatment center serving indigent adults south of San Antonio and west of
Houston, serving approximately 2200 clients per year as well as offering a program for the families of clients. A full
continuum of services is offered including: residential detoxification, intensive and supportive residential, intensive and
supportive specialized female residential, long term residential and outpatient services.
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The Food Bank opened its doors on September 1, 1982. It services 11 counties:
Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces and San Patricio and provides food to
over 140 non-profit agencies. Through its agencies, the Food Bank reaches over 19,000 people weekly. Every dollar donated
to the Food Bank translates to $16 worth of food.
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The Foster
Angels of South Texas Foundation's mission is to improve the lives of children in foster care by ensuring their basic
needs are met and to provide life-enriching experiences whenever possible. We provide foster children with opportunities to
develop social competence and self assurance by ensuring that their basic needs are met and providing them with the means
to participate in activities that emphasize social interactions.
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Foster Youth Life Investment Partners (FYLIP) YLIP is committed to leading, guiding and supporting foster youth aged-out of the
foster care system who reside in the Coastal Bend Area. It is the goal of the organization to empower
foster youth to become independent, self-sufficient, and productive members of the community, and who will set a positive
example by becoming role models who inspire others to follow in their path to success.
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Good
Samaritan Rescue Mission is the largest and oldest privately funded shelter for the homeless in this region of the state.
We were established in 1953 as a faith based non-denominational 501(C)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation dedicated to providing
food, shelter, clothing, employment, spiritual counseling, and supportive services to the homeless in the community.
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Mission of Mercy provides free healthcare and free prescription medications for the uninsured and
underinsured working poor and their families, seeking to restore dignity to all people by being an instrument of "healing
through Love." As MOM becomes the healthcare home to those who are falling through the cracks in the healthcare
system, it enables them to return to or seek jobs, decrease their usage of local emergency rooms, and improve their quality
of life.
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Mother Teresa Shelter, Inc.
A
nonprofit, faith-based organization providing shelter and supportive services to homeless persons during the day regardless
of color, race, or creed. Services provided are designed to help the community meet the needs and demands of the homeless.
The facility gives access to showers, laundry facilities, snacks, use of the telephone, and access to the internet.
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PDAP is an
anonymous group for drug/alcohol abusers under the age of eighteen years of age. It is not necessary for young person to be
an addict to participate. The primary requirement for membership is a desire to live a chemical-free life.
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Pee Wee's Pet
Adoption World rescues and rehabilitates abandoned pets in Corpus Christi and the surrounding Counties. They are a no kill
animal shelter with a population of about 500. Adoptions are made to good loving homes only, and animals are vaccinated,
spayed/neutered, and made healthy.
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The Salvation
Army's mission is to assist people with their most basic human needs. Various programs within the Shelter and throughout
the community provide food, clothing, shelter, child care, utility assistance, case management, counseling and most importantly
an opportunity to re-establish ones self within our community. The Salvation Army is proud to say that $0.87 of every dollar
donated goes directly for program support to help continue efforts in "Doing the Most Good".
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Timon's Ministries
is a day resource center serving low/no income families in the Flour Bluff area. An average of 80-100 hot lunches are
provided daily. Over 300 dependent children rely on Timon's to provide groceries and assistance to their parents.
The William Allen Dental Clinic, opened in 2009, provides free dental work to low income, drug free individuals from the entire
Coastal Bend.
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Rockport-Fulton Good Samaritans Our primary mission is to provide short term assistance to families and individuals having emergency
needs for food, shelter, utilities, medicine, clothing and transportation. Our target population is the
low income community, both resident and transient, of Aransas County. In addition we distribute all the
ingredients for a festive Christmas meal to Aransas County residents who could not afford it themselves, operate a program
to provide school supplies, backpacks, and appropriate clothing to children in our schools who are homeless.
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Wesley Community Center Wesley Community Center serves urban (Corpus Christi)
and rural (Robstown and area communities) Nueces County with programs that address the needs of homeless and low income children
and their families, seniors and disabled persons, working in collaboration with social services agencies, churches and other
community.
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The Women's Shelter
of South Texas is the only private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing services to victims of domestic violence and
sexual assault in a twelve-county region. Services include emergency shelter, counseling for adults and children, case management,
legal advocacy, youth services, and rape crisis services. All services are free of charge to victims and their children."
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Fight hunger . Support children . Rescue animals . Reduce homelessness Right Here in the Coastal Bend
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