Compassion means providing immediate help when necessary while also investing in education, employment, mentoring, housing stability, counseling, and community connections so people can move from surviving to thriving.

Compassion means providing immediate help when necessary while also investing in education, employment, mentoring, housing stability, counseling, and community connections so people can move from surviving to thriving.

New Tactics Inc. Equine Therapy is dedicated to utilizing equine activities to support Service Members, Veterans, and First Responders across rural and urban areas of South Texas. They specialize in areas such as PTSD, trauma, and relationship counseling and their staff comprises of service veterans and licensed counselors, ensuring a comprehensive and empathetic approach to aiding those in need. Learn more, click here.

Faith Kitchen Advisory Board

& Faith Partnership Initiative

Faith Kitchen is inviting any organization or church, ministry, or faith community to become a long-term partner in serving their neighbors experiencing hunger and hardship. As a faith-based organization open to people of all faiths, Faith Kitchen believes lasting change happens when organizations work together. Faith Kitchen serves the South Campus for Haven for Hope providing 1,100 meals daily or serving 350 individuals per mealtime. Over the past year, the organization has provided nearly 400,000 meals. Read entire story, click here.

The Bridges To Life program is conducted in prisons and facilitated by volunteers who may also be victims of crime. They utilizes a unique victim impact approach. When crime victims tell their stories, offenders realize the damaging and far-reaching effects of crime. Recidivism studies of their graduates compiled with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice reveal that 89% of graduates did not return to prison within three years after release. Learn more, click here.

Restore Tech Academy is San Antonio’s first adult charter high school — and only the fifth in Texas, designed to serve adults aged 18-50. They are a TEA-approved public school, free to attend, with the wraparound support adults actually need: case management, childcare, transportation, and college and career pathways under one roof.

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The Big Give 2026

September 23 @ 6 pm - September 24 @ 6 pm