We would like to congratulate Lisa Carpenter, member of our Board, for being a recipient of the 2017 Community Quarterback Award presented by BHP on December 9.

Pictured from left to right are Anna Babin, President and CEO of United Way of Greater Houston, Lisa Bobkoff-Carpenter, member of the Board of Santa Maria and Steve Pastor, BHP President of Petroleum.

Special thanks to the Houston Texans Organization, United Way of Greater Houston, BHP and to Lisa Bobkoff-Carpenter for your commitment to the non profit organizations.

Santa Maria Hostel (SMH) was pleased to work with Shell on an imaginative and impactful program aptly named Shell Shark Tank. Our staff was asked to submit a management challenge for the consideration of a team of six incredible Shell employees. The Shell management staff team spent time with our key staff discerning the breadth of our challenge and the culture and limitations of our agency. Our challenge was one of staff recruitment, retention and training for one of our important staff positions, called Recovery Advocate. These front line employees have very difficult positions, both physically and emotionally and SMH has had trouble with high turnover among their ranks.

We were thrilled to receive concrete plans of action that would improve our recruitment, retention, training and investment in our employees as well as their overall job satisfaction. In the final presentation of the work done by the Shell employees, they were placed in the front running spot for both their presentation and assumptions made about the challenge. The award was accompanied by a $3000 cash prize and a roadmap to success.

 

By donating to Santa Maria you are helping us restore hope, transform lives and promote long-term wellness and recovery to the women and families we serve.

 

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Other ways you can support Santa Maria:

• By selecting Santa Maria Hostel Inc., as your charity of choice when shopping on AmazonSmile, .5 percent of your total purchase will go to Santa Maria.

• By donating Similac Infant Formula and new born Diapers. To coordinate in-kind donations, please contact Marcia Tapp. 

• By sharing your donations on Social Media and asking your friends and family to match your donation. The more the merrier!

Thank you so much for supporting Santa Maria. We wish you and your family a very merry Holiday Season.

 

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Friday, November 10 was a busy and exciting morning at Santa Maria, Jacquelyn House. We were fortunate to host some of the Houston Rockets staff and players along with the U.S Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guards for a Day of Caring!

These incredible groups of volunteers helped us to take care of our facilities by painting 7 bedrooms and one office! Special thanks to United Way of Houston for making this possible!

Thank you to the Armed Forces, to United Way and the Houston Rockets for the great support they showed to the women of Santa Maria!

 

Registration for the Recovery Coach Training is now closed. Please contact LaNisha Jiles if you will like to be added on the wait list and be notified about future trainings.

 

Our friends from ExxonMobil did it again! On Tuesday October 24, a group of volunteers from ExxonMobil came to Santa Maria Hostel-Bonita House and worked on several projects around our Residence. They did landscaping work, indoor and outdoor painting projects as well as organizing our storage room! By the end of the day we finished with an ice cream social for volunteers and clients to enjoy. All in all it was a productive and fun day! Thank you to our caring volunteers!

 

 

 

We’d like to sincerely thank Rev. Karen Jacobs and The Jewels of Brentwood from Brentwood Baptist Church for organizing A Day of Compassion at the Santa Maria Jacquelyn Residences. Thank you for showing our clients your love, support and mentor them as they strive to rebuild their lives.

Every September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) promotes Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use issues and to celebrate communities.  On October 7, 2017, The Big Texas Rally for Recovery served as the culmination of the many activities that took place during Recovery Month in September. 

People from the Recovery Community gathered this year in Galveston, for the Big Texas Rally for Recovery to generate a unified message of hope, strength, and courage for people and families in recovery from, or still struggling with, substance use.  And Santa Maria was of course present! 

Pictured below is part of our staff who attended the Rally with Nadine Scamp, CEO of Santa Maria (far right).

Pictured below are some of the Recovery Coaches who attended the Rally, with Mary Covington, STAR Drug Court Program Director (far right).

 

Pictured below are Coaches Traci and Petra with The Honorable Judge Denise Bradley.