HomeAid partners with HP for 'Essentials Baskets' outreach

From left are Nicole Dudley, HP; Renee Cavazos, Coalition for the Homeless The Way Home Program; Stuart Feldman, HomeAid; and Nicole Dudley, HP. From left are Nicole Dudley, HP; Renee Cavazos, Coalition for the Homeless The Way Home Program; Stuart Feldman, HomeAid; and Nicole Dudley, HP. Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close HomeAid partners with HP for 'Essentials Baskets' outreach 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

Hewlett Packard Inc. (HP), recently joined HomeAid Houston's outreach program "Essentials Baskets," with their own canned food drive during a four-day period.

HomeAid has partnered with the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County to provide "Welcome Home" and "Plentiful Pantry" baskets to families and individuals housed through The Way Home program and is inviting other organizations such as HP to participate.

The Way Home is a collaborative model to prevent and end homelessness in Houston, Pasadena, Conroe; and Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties.

Finding solutions

The program comprises more than 100 partners from all areas of the community, and is committed to making data-driven decisions to enact long-term, sustainable solutions for solving homelessness. HP put out a "call to action" to employees throughout the campus to collect canned food.

The departments were split into employee teams and given the task to create "sculptures" using their cans that represented HP, summer and community. The groups collected 500 canned goods which reached their original goal.

At the unveiling of the "sculptures," more than 200 HP employees were on hand to mingle with HomeAid and the Coalition for the Homeless and to hear about the agencies' missions.

The canned food was presented to Harmony House, a homeless service agency. The cans filled 50 boxes and are valued at approximately $860.

"It was a privilege to partner with HomeAid Houston," said Bonita Parikh, MG business manager and customer support Americas. "HP Houston had a fantastic opportunity to work with a great organization in order to give back to our community. We know each can will be a welcome essential to those less fortunate. We're looking forward to future events with HomeAid."

"HomeAid is honored to partner with Hewlett Packard and their incredible employees on our Way Home Program," said Bette Moser, executive director of HomeAid Houston. "Their teams' enthusiasm and generous hearts were evident from the moment we collaborated on the project. We cannot thank them enough for their time and effort."

HomeAid Houston is a 501(c)(3) charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association that builds transformational housing for the homeless.

Further details

For information on HP Inc. visit www.hp.com. For information on HomeAid and HomeAid Essentials Baskets, visit www.homeaidhouston.org or call 281-970-8970.