2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan
A San Jacinto County Community Open House will be held on Wednesday, July 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Coldspring Community Center, 101 E. Cedar Ave. An online survey is also available at http://tiny.cc/blancohmp, where stakeholders have an additional opportunity to offer their feedback.
The county’s planning consultants will be present to share maps and other information while answering questions.
Association offers assistance
The Community Assistance Program offered by the Houston Food Bank provides application assistance for SNAP, Medicaid, and other state benefits. The Referral Partner Program goes a step further with assistance in finding resources beyond food assistance.
The goal is to help the individuals avoid sacrificing healthy nutritious food just so they can pay for their other expenses.
To apply, bring identification (driver’s license, passport, work permit, residency card, or state ID), Birth certificates, Social Security cards and address verification (such as apartment lease, rental agreement, rent/ mortgage payment receipt, utility bills, landlord letter) and income verification (last 3 paystubs, letter from employer, income tax, self-employment letter stating your weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly income, or award letters from child support, retirement, Social Security or disability).
For more information, call Houston Food Bank at (832) 586-8579 or visit www.houstonfoodbank. org/cap.
Libraries seeks donations
The Coldspring and Shepherd public libraries are partnering with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to provide free, highquality, age-appropriate books to children from birth through 5 years.
To build a strong culture of reading for young children and increase early literacy in San Jacinto County, the library is seeking donors to contribute to our project.
For a $25 annual donation, the Coldspring Library and the Imagination Library will mail 12 books directly to a registered child’s home. The child must reside in San Jacinto County and be registered by an authorized adult.
Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book-gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has gifted more than 182 million free books in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and The Republic of Ireland.
For more information on the program, please visitimaginationlibrary.com. To register, visit either library.
Veterans museum hosts events
HEARTS Veterans Museum hosts HAM radio class/testing at the Walker County Storm Shelter on the second Saturday of every month from 9-11 a.m.
For more info email festival@heartsmuseum. com or call (936) 295-5959.
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