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About Building up the Community
2025 CHRISTMAS GIVEBACK
We received hundreds of applications for Christmas gifts this year. While we wish we could have helped every family, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve as many individuals as possible. Our hope is that, with continued community support, our 2026 Christmas Giveback will allow us to reach even more families in need.
If you would like to support future givebacks, volunteer, or partner with us, we welcome your involvement as we continue building hope and impact in our community.
BUTC's First Thanksgiving Giveback
Thanskgiving Giveback 2025
BUTC's First Thanksgiving Giveback
Our first year hosting the Thanksgiving Giveback was truly a blessing.
With only a handful of volunteers and our Executive Director driving over 700 miles in just 2 days to deliver meals, we made it happen!
Building Up The Community (BUTC) received over 500 applications from families requesting meals, groceries, or grocery gift cards. Selecting who to help wasn’t easy. The need is great, but thanks to your donations and support, we were able to bless over 100 people this Thanksgiving with a warm meal and/or a grocery gift card.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, and shared our mission.
This is only the beginning!! Next year, we’ll reach even more families.
Feed The Friends 2025
January 18th 2025
We provided meals to 100 of our friends and distributed 100 hygiene bags, ensuring no one was left behind. This event was unique as we traveled through downtown, Midtown, and Third Ward to reach our friends who may not have been able to make it to Riesner. By meeting them where they are, we extended care and compassion to those who needed it most in our community.
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Teen Money Talk 2024
Back To School Drive 2024
Teen Money Talk had a great turn out. We had over 20 teens ATTENDED!
Our first event is Houston(Katy) was May 18th 2024. May 16th there was a tornado and bad storm to hit Houston & surrounding areas. A lot of people and businesses were without power including our executive director. The venue where the workshop was being held had power. So of course our team showed up & the teens had a great time!
Back To School Drive 2024
Back To School Drive 2024
We were able to pass out school supplies to over 300 kids! We met some amazing people. Formed some partnerships and were able to get more resources for our target population. We look forward to the next one in 2025!
Feed The Friends 2024
Feed The Friends 2024
On December 14th we launched our first Feed The Friends event in Houston Texas. It was held outside at 61 Riesner St in front of the municipal court building. We were able to feed and pass out personal hygiene bags to over 60 of our friends.