CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread
Developing Life Skills For Independence
For Jesse Jaynes, UTMB-Galveston’s collaborations with area non-profits led her to CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread. Jaynes is pursuing her doctorate in Occupational Therapy. Occupational therapy is a holistic, client-centered profession that assists individuals in performing occupations, such as getting dressed, brushing teeth and hair, social situations and more. “An OT addresses the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual factors that affect…
Read MoreUTMB Students Give Back At CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread
CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread recently welcomed two special volunteers – Noah Kemp and Alex Yu, both fourth year medical school students from UTMB Galveston. Volunteerism is a graduation requirement for the school, and students have a list of organizations from which to pick, which includes Our Daily Bread. Both Yu, who plans to practice Internal…
Read MoreA Home For Baby
In November, CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread staff had an opportunity to assist a homeless couple with a baby on the way. They were in dire need of housing and so much more. The mother to be was nearing her due date. The couple showed up one morning on doorstep of Our Daily Bread asking for…
Read MoreGiving Back This Season
Tis the season to give, and CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic and CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread have been on the giving and receiving end recently. Annually, associates from CHRISTUS Health TLRA Houston, CHRISTUS Physicians Group and the Foundation raise funds to pull together bags of food for the CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic and CHRISTUS Point of…
Read MoreA New Home, A New Life
Recently, the team at CHRISTUS Our Daily Bread has secured housing for four clients. Getting housing requires a lot of steps, and the client trusting the team to work with them. Don, a 47-year-old man who had been homeless for over five years, was one of these clients. “He rarely engaged with others and generally…
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