Carnival Outreach

October 8th, 2009,  the Fellowship at Cinco Ranch hosted a dinner for the carnival workers from the Rice Harvest Festival.  Last year when the carnival was in in town for the Rice Harvest Festival, one lady was touched and thought “unseen and forgotten”.  Her heart ached for a year wondering how she could help touch [...]

Katy Servefest 2009 YMCA Camp Cinco Update

My name is Alyssa Miller and I am the Summer Intern for Compassion Katy. This has been my first Katy ServeFest experience, and WOW! I cannot even begin to tell you how amazed I am at how wonderful our volunteers were this past weekend at YMCA’s Camp Cinco. Over the course of Saturday and Sunday, [...]

Katy Servefest 2009 Krause Center Update

God is so good!  We completed ALL of the projects that we had on our list for the Krause Center!  26 people from 3 area churches worked together on July 25, 2009 to make a huge impact on the Krause Center and their kids.  Volunteers were painting, power washing, organizing the library and wiring and installing speakers [...]

Volunteers in Bloom: Giving and Growing Literacy Council of Fort Bend County Honors Tutors

The tutors of the Literacy Council of Fort Bend are the lifeblood of the Council; therefore, they were honored for their dedication to helping another person learn to become functionally literate through basic literacy, ESL or GED instruction.  These tutors were honored at the 2009 Tutor Appreciation Brunch held Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Pecan [...]

2009 Spring Workday Success!

Compassion Katy’s Spring Workday on March 28th was a huge success!
We had 68 volunteers representing 4 churches, 3 high schools and two organizations giving 600 work hours and blessing the Katy YMCA’s Camp Cinco on Mason Rd.  We successfully completed all of the projects on our list in one day!  A big thank you goes out [...]

Red Cross Thanks CompassionKaty.org for Participation in Share the Warmth Coat Drive

The Red Cross would like to thank CompassionKaty.org as one of the generous contributors to it’s 2nd Annual Share the Warmth Coat Drive.  Through the contributions of so many wonderful community partners, they were able to distribute over 250 coats, sweaters and blankets to families in need throughout our area.  With the weather being as [...]

Breath of Life Thanks Compassion Katy.org

November 15, 2008 CompassionKaty.org volunteers from area churches, participated in a paint day at Breath of Life Children’s Clinic. 
Breath of Life Children’s Clinic is a local non-profit clinic, providing healthcare for uninsured children in the greater Katy area.  This clinic provides healthcare for over 3,500 children annually and over 1,800 immunizations are given in their [...]

Daisy Scouts Making a Difference

On October 18, 2008, Daisy Girls Scout Troop #17501 had a birthday party to celebrate Juliette Low (founder of the Girl Scouts). And what birthday party is complete without gifts!?  So, the Daisies bought classic books for the O’Connell High School in Galveston whose library was destroyed by Hurricane Ike. The party was great fun, [...]

Grand Lakes Presbyterian Church Joins an Army of C.O.R.E. Volunteers to Clean Shore Acres Neighborhoods

On Saturday October 25, a team from Grand Lakes Presbyterian Church went to the Clear Lake/Seabrook area and joined with several hundred other volunteers organized by Christians Organized for Relief Efforts (C.O.R.E. Alliance) to clear debris from the yards of homes in the Shore Acres subdivision.  With beautiful weather and serving hearts, the team was [...]

Compassion Katy – Compassion in Action

As our volunteer team is growing, more and more needs are able to be met. 
Last Wednesday, October 15th, we received a phone call from the Western area Director for the Red Cross.  There was single mom with a 14 year old daughter and 10 year old son that had been burned out of their apartment [...]

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