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Donate Monthly
No matter the season, the need never ends for children in the foster care system. Your recurring monthly donation allows us to provide ongoing support in the form of Hope Packs and most-needed items to the children, youth and teens who need it most.
Help A Child Today!
No matter the season, the need never ends for children in the foster care system. Your donation allows us to provide ongoing support in the form of Hope Packs and most-needed items to the children, youth and teens who need it most.
Sponsor A Child
A Hope Pack is often the first thing to provide comfort to a child on what is often the worst day of his, her or their life. You can help make sure that every child who is entering the foster care system in Texas has a fresh start by sponsoring Hope Packs for babies, children and teens in care.
How to Get Involved
Find the best way to support Carrying Hope
Make a Hope Pack
A Hope Pack is a backpack filled with comfort items and essentials intended to help ease the transition for children who are entering a new foster home.
You can shop for Hope Pack items at any of your favorite retail stores.
Attend A Carrying Hope Event
March 23, 2023
Hope Blooms Gala
We hope you will join us for Carrying Hope’s 6th Annual Gala, Hope Blooms, on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Springdale Station!
Purchase your tickets now and find out about our exciting sponsorship and underwriting opportunities RIGHT HERE!
Funds raised at our annual gala will enable Carrying Hope to significantly expand our reach across Texas, ensure that every child entering the foster care system arrives with a Hope Pack filled with everything he/she/they needs for the first 48 hours in care, and help us sustain our new transitional housing program for youth who are aging out of care. We cannot wait to see you on 3-23-23, and until then, please check out the wonderful photos taken by Ross Lucksinger Photography during our Fifth Annual Fostering Love Gala RIGHT HERE
May 2023
Houston Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Carrying Hope Houston’s inaugural fundraiser on May 5! We had so much fun at this Cinco de Mayo-themed event raising funds to expand Carrying Hope Houston’s programming! Special thanks to White Rhino for hosting this incredible evening, and to our amazing sponsors and hardworking Houston committee!
Carrying Hope's Annual Summer Drives




December 2023
Hope For the Holidays
From the smell of hot cocoa that wafts through the air to the shimmer of holiday lights that adorn front lawns, there’s no time quite as magical as the holidays. But for children in the foster care system who are away from everything they’ve ever known, the holidays can be stressful and lonely.
Carrying Hope has four wonderful ways that you can help make the holidays merry and bright for foster children this holiday season!
Hair + Hope Program
The Hair + Hope program helps to fulfill the frequently neglected basic needs of African-American and biracial youths in foster care while also supporting and fully compensating stylists from predominately Black-, woman-owned salons who share their time and talent to support youths in care.
For $200, you can “sponsor a style” for a child or teen in foster care who is in need of hair-care services. Your donation includes full payment and tip for the stylist who performs the service – which typically takes 3+ hours at minimum -- as well as a hygiene kit for the child or teen in care that will include items such as a bonnet, edge comb, gel, oil, shampoo, conditioner and lotion appropriate for African-American and biracial youths in care.
Interested in becoming a delivery driver?
Sign up to become a driver for the Austin, Houston or Central Texas area.
Sign up here!
Gender-Inclusive Hope Packs
Carrying Hope strives to ensure that our Hope Packs contain a range of items that reflect the diversity and interests of the children we serve, including those who are part of the LGBTQ community. Want to make a gender-inclusive Hope Pack? Purchase items from our Inclusive Wishlist or swap gender-specific items for gender-neutral items in any age Hope Pack.
Request a Hope Pack
If you are an agency or a caregiver in need of Hope Packs, we are here to help!
Make A Donation
Mission Impact
Every dollar you give to Carrying Hope will positively impact the lives of children in foster care across Texas. From helping us to purchase Hope Pack supplies to allowing us to expand our services and programming, your donations are much needed and much appreciated.
Hope Pack Distributions YOY
- 550 Hope Packs in 2016
- 1200 Hope Packs in 2017
- 1563 Hope Packs in 2018
- 2700 Hope Packs in 2019
- 4010 Hope Packs in 2020
- 5000 Hope Packs in 2021
Hope Packs Distributed to Children in Foster Care
Hope Packs Distributed Every Day in 2021
$ Spent Directly on Foster Care Children
How You Can Help

Carrying Hope is always in need of volunteers willing to help serve our mission and further our cause. From large-scale corporate events that create hundreds of Hope Packs at a time to community drives to family service projects, there are plenty of ways for you to get involved.
Here are three of our most popular ways to help:
THE “HOPE ALL YEAR” GIFT: $600
Your gift of $600 will provide Hope Packs to more than a half-dozen children who are entering the foster care system.
THE “SIBLING HOPE” GIFT: $200
Your gift of $200 will provide Hope Packs for a sibling group that is entering the foster care system.
THE “CLASSIC HOPE” GIFT:$85
Your gift of $85 will provide 1 Hope Pack to a child who is entering the foster care system.

No matter the season, the need never ends for children in the foster care system. Your recurring monthly donation allows us to provide ongoing support in the form of Hope Packs and most-needed items to the children, youth and teens who need it most.

Short on time? Purchase a Hope Pack! Every pack is brimming with adorable comfort items and essentials for a child entering the foster care system, providing them with some much-needed comfort and hope in a moment of crisis.

Carrying Hope is thrilled to have a larger-than-life mascot, Hope the Hedgehog, who adores spending time with children and adults alike! You’ll frequently see her making new friends, passing out stickers and collecting Hope Pack items at Carrying Hope events. She’s also available for birthday parties, office visits and more!
Carrying Hope News
Hello from Carrying Hope!
Just learning about Carrying Hope? We wanted to tell those of you who are new here a little bit of background about Carrying Hope. Carrying Hope was founded by Kristin, right, a foster and adoptive mom of six, and Mauri, a CASA advocate and mom of three, in 2016 with...
new year, new office hours
EXPANDED OFFICE HOURS! We are so excited to announce our expanded office hours for 2022, which, starting this week, will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Come see us at 8711 Burnet, E-52! As always, email [email protected] for Hope Pack requests or...
Holiday wishlists fulfilled for 300 foster children
Each and every year, Carrying Hope is blown away and absolutely humbled and inspired by the generosity of our Hope for the Holidays sponsors, and this year was no exception! This past week, because of you, we were able to fulfill the holiday wishlists of nearly 300...
Buy Gala tickets now!
It’s time! We are so excited to announce that tickets to our annual Fostering Love Gala on March 31 at Springdale Station are now LIVE! You can also check out our full list of sponsorship and underwriting options, all at this link:...
Hope for the holidays
Carrying Hope is so excited to announce our Hope for the Holidays 2021 giving opportunities! This year, we have two ways you can help brighten the holidays for the kids who need hope and cheer the most: 1. Sign up to sponsor the holiday wishlist of a child spending...
Carrying hope has a houston office!
BIG NEWS! Carrying Hope is so excited to announce that as of today, our Houston office is OPEN! We have dreamed of this location since we launched in Austin in 2016 and we cannot wait for our Houstonian friends to join us as we work to better the lives of foster...
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