H
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E THE HUG
DS?
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ostext">The Houston’s Unsung Ge
ts ds (HUG ds) e sponsoed by
ttoney Ste
t J. Guss to honothose loc
l mennd
omenho m
kespeci
l contibution to the community of Houston.
E
ch monthe
d
pize of $100
ndHouston He
o t-shit,
nd ech ye
e give one of the locl he
oes $1000. These blog posts highlight the ge
to
k done the the chityo
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ho emong this ye
’s 6 contende
s fothe
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THE CH
ITY: HOUSTON H
BITT FO
HUMNITY
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t believes tht eve
yone deseves
decent plce to live. Houston H
bitt empo
es lo
income Houstonins to build
bettefutu
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nd theif
milies. <sp
n>bit
t homeone
s contibute hund
eds of hous of “s
et equity,” including completing fin
ncil
nd homeone
ship tiningnd helping to build thei
on homes. They pu
chse thei
homesith
ffod
ble motg
ges. Houston Hbit
tlso helps countless othe
fmilies p
eseve thei
homes by poviding c
iticl home
epi
s,nd
e opete the Houston Hbit
teSto
e –nonp
ofit home impovement sto
end don
tion centeopen to the public.
ith
hnd-up, Houston H
bitt homeo
nes
e
ble toemove b
ies to oppo
tunitynd success
ndchieve st
ength, stbility
nd self-eli
nce. Since 1987, Houston Hbit
t hs built ove
1,050 homes, hs
epi
ed countless othes
nd hs been involved in the
evitliz
tion of 14 Houston neighbohoods. Houston H
bitt
s n
med Houston’s most effective chity by the Houston Chonicle b
sed on its Chity Nvig
toting of 4-st
, exceeding indust
y stnd
ds in fin
ncil he
lth,ccount
bilitynd t
nsp
ency met
ics. Houston Hbit
t islso
nffili
te of Hbit
t foHum
nity Inten
tionl,
hich s nmed the “Most Loved”
nd “Most Tusted” b
nd in the soci
l sevices nonp
ofit ctego
y by the His Poll in 2016
nd 2015.<sp
n>e
bout the life-chnging
ok of H
bitt fo
Humnity in Houston in
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n> THE NOMINEE: LEELK
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>K
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thy isell kno
n fohe
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n>l community
ctivistnd phil
nthopist. L
h
slongst
ndingeco
d of sevice to the Houston community – giving to
nd ising money fonume
ous ntion
lnd inte
ntion
l cuses, helping individu
lsith
hnd-up, est
blishing ptneships in the nonp
ofit community, she hs done it
ll. To sy Leel
Kishn
muthy m
kes things hppen
ould ben unde
sttement. He
tckeco
d of chitble
ok is
mzing
nd she ist
ue inspition to the locl community. He
e ish
tllison H
y hd to s
yhen sending us Leel
’s nomintion fo
Houston Hbit
t:<sp
n>K
ishnmu
thy is the chi
of the Homeone
s Sevices Committee of ou
Bod of Diecto
s. She hs
oked ti
elessly to ensue th
t lo-income Houstoni
ns hve
decent plce to live. She eng
ged the Indo-me
icn community to build t
o homesnd she ch
ied ou
25thnnive
sy Gl
.ishing to empo
esingle moms to become homeo
nes, Leel
convinced Fist L
dy Cecilibbott to pticipte in ou
nnu
lomen Build p
oject to help buildhome fo
single mothe
nd he
childen
nd spotlight the bie
s to obtining
ffod
ble housing they expeience. Leel
l
ys thinks of ou
homeone
s fist.
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THE C
SE STUDY: CHND
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>Like mny of ou
homeone
s, Chnd
is
single mom stuggling to p
ovidebette
futue fo
heself
nd hechild
en. She bems
s she tlks
bout heson
nd dughte
ho h
ve ge
tc
demic gols
nd de
msnd he
niecesnd nephe
s,ho she
nts to h
ve “pl
ce toide thei
bikes, ply in the b
ckyd,nd sit outside on the po
ch.nd
is no
the poud o
neof the 2016
omen Build home. “Evey time I t
lkbout it, it b
ings me to tes,” she sys of he
time duing
omen Build,hen voluntee
s including Ms.
bbottnd M
s. Kishn
muthy stood beside he
nd helped he
build hehome. “They
ee s
eting
nd singing h
mmes!
hen you cn get somebody to voluntee
nd help you—th
t’s like fmily. You don’t h
ve to hve
shed bloodline to be fmily. Th
t’sh
t I’ve lened though this jou
ney.”<sp
n>st thing Ch
nd did in hene
home s hostbig f
mily Sundy dinne
. Thnks to Leel
nd he
continueddvoc
cynd se
vice to Houston Hbit
t, Chnd
nd countless othef
milies cn do just th
t, knoing th
t though homeo
neship they h
velso
chieved stength, st
bilitynd independence.
s Chnd
s
ys it best: “Tht’s
blessing!” <sp
n>e
bout the fnt
stico
k tht the Houston H
bitt fo
Humnity does go to thei
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