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Tell me something good brought to usby our friends at Goodwill Houston. Well,
this heat has been very dangerous formany people, and I want to
tell you about a special place inKatie helping people at It's called Hope Impacts,
and the founder, Tina Hatcher,says she wants to help people keep
safe in this heat. So manyrite in our community. So each week
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they open their doors to provide coolingcenters, just like the ones that we
mentioned yesterday that are open all aroundthe city, but these go beyond just
offering temporary relief and hydration. Sheoffers food, clothing, showers. They've
had nearly two hundred people come ineach week. And you can help Hope
Impacts as well with donations. Youcan even volunteer. They're looking for food
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and gatorade, waters, summer clothes, hygiene products and you can check them
out at Hope Impacts dot org.Producer Anthony. Another amazing success story,
thanks for our friends add Goodwill Houston. This time was someone named Darla.
She had a long successful career inoil and gas, but she kinda lost
her way. She was found tohave been misusing company credit cards for personal
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gain. This ends her up inFederal Women's Prison. Those were dark days
for her. She says she losther home, family, friends, and
even contemplated suicide. Well, whenDarla transitioned from prison back into the workforce,
she learned about the free programs GoodwillHouston offers to people with employment barriers,
and she says it was an eventthat changed her life. She was
soon hired as a sword in theLaport story, Darla moved up to a
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new position. Per hard work anddedication paid off with several more promotions,
and now today Darla is Goodwill Houston'sCommunity Mission Integration and connect Manager, working
to connect Goodwill Houston's missions to allaspects of its operation, and she's made
it her mission to promote the organizationto everyone she meets. She feels that
her story can give hope to otherswho are facing their own barriers to employment.
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And now Darla connects others with jobsearch and assistant programs and credits Goodwill
with giving her dignity and hope torebuild her life. Darleston as Goodwill has
given her a second chance when otherswouldn't. So big up so to Goodwill
Houston. We tell you their nameevery morning, but they really are out
here changing lives. I was atthe Goodwill Houston on South Shephard yesterday just
I got my son this incredible vest. Yeah, there's just so many great
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things there and the fact that theydo good works for people to give it
a second chance. Yea, Ilove it. You can tell find our
tell Me Something Good stories up atsunny ninety nine dot com. Also on
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Sunny ninety nine Houston
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