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Couture for a Cause

The Compassion Thoughts below are from 21 Small Handers and Ambassadors in SHBHU... be inspired! This past weekend there was another beautiful opportunity to witness Small Handers and Ambassadors learn about so many great nonprofits at Couture for a Cause! SHBHU was a charity spotlight at the event. Thank you Activate Good for holding such wonderful event! These thoughts below were sent it to inspire Dani Gosha to design the BEAUTIFUL SHBHU Couture for a Cause runway outfits this weekend. These compassion quotes are the reasons why the entire Leadership team and all SHBHU parents work hard to do what [...]

JOIN SHBHU and walk with your Small Hander and/or Ambassador in the CARY CHRISTMAS PARADE on December 10th.

Calling all Small Handers and Ambassadors to walk in the Cary Christmas Parade to spread the mission of SHBHU! We will decide on a meeting place to gather. This will be a lot of fun so join in! Details coming soon. Please email Anita Pease at if interested! The parade will start at the same location, the corner of Ward and Chatham, but instead of turning left on Academy, we'll continue straight on Chatham, ending at the intersection of Chatham and West St. Register on the calendar!

Here are THREE ways your Small Hander or Ambassador can help those struggling because of Hurricane Matthew RIGHT NOW?

Bring Matthew Recovery Donations to Cary Fire Stations this Weekend This Saturday’s open house event at all Town of Cary Fire Stations will additionally serve as donation drop spots to benefit those impacted by Hurricane Matthew. Specifically, the following personal hygiene and cleaning supplies will be accepted: • Hand sanitizer • Body soap • Toothpaste • Toothbrushes • Razors • Toilet paper • Shaving cream • Shampoo • Conditioner • Diapers • Baby wipes • Feminine products • Disinfection wipes • Paper towels • Rubber gloves • Large trash bags • Scrub brushes/sponges Citizens unable to make [...]

Quarterly Welcome Compassion Meeting – Tuesday September 27th 2016 5:30pm-7:30pm

Quarterly Welcome Compassion Meeting SHBHU will have A Welcome Compassion Meetings every 3 months (quarterly) starting in January 2017 at one of our In Kind Facility Sponsors. These quarterly "Compassion meetings" are specifically for the following 4 reasons: These meetings are another accessible compassion mission to welcome new and seasoned registered members and a time for them to ask seasoned Ambassadors, seasoned Small Handers, parents and leadership team questions about SHBHU. These meetings are a time for new members to be able to share with all of us what drew them to the SHBHU mission and [...]

The Carying Place Needs YOUR HELP and SUPPORT SHBHU Families!

Small Hands Big Hearts United Families has been given invited to this great fundraiser! We need a few families to Lead the SHBHU booth at this race AND RUN IT for a great cause! Please also brainstorm with your Small Handers and Ambassadors on how they can also create a Compassion Mission in 2016 for this nonprofit with a very meaningful and impactful cause! Email us at https://www.thecaryingplace.org/latest-news/save-date-9th-annual-labor-day-race-home/

Oak City Outreach Volunteer Expansion Opportunity – July 17th!

Oak City Outreach Volunteer Opportunity Expansion July 17th July 17th we need not only volunteers to serve lunch BUT also volunteers to make lunch, desserts, drinks and bring paper products too! Here are the items we need help with that day along with volunteer Small Handers, Ambassadors and parents! We need to expect to serve about 100-125 people... 2 big trays main dish(meat or pasta) 2 veggies 3 desserts 4 gallons of drinks (tea/lemonade) paper products for 100 people

Annual PAWS for Compassion Doggie and Car wash for the SPCA and Backpack Drive for Dove Missions in the Dominican Republic

3rd Annual PAWS for Compassion Dog and Car Wash THIS SATURDAY! Join us for the always SUPER FUN event washing dogs and washing cars at Primrose School of West Cary! Bring a backpack to donate to the Small Hander's friends in the Dominican as well! We need volunteers or also just stop buy and get your doggie and car washed! Also bring old towels if you can! See you there!

Annual SHBHU Java Jive Jog August 13th 8:00am REGISTER EARLY and WIN GREAT PRIZES!

2nd Annual SHBHU Java Jive Jog 10k/5k August 13, 2016 REGISTER EARLY and win great prizes from OrangeTheory Fitness, CineBistro and TMAC! Cash and check only accepted at Friday packet pickup/registration and on race day registration! See you there! This is the 2nd SHBHU Java Jive Jog. Last year when we partnered with Java Jive it was a HUGE success! There will be two runs to help raise money to continue making Compassion Missions accessible to the entire community. In order to include people of all abilities we will have a 5k Run/Walk and a 10k [...]

Thanks to all the SHBHU Families who came out to help Skylar and her Skylar’s Striders CFF Walk!

Thank you to all the SHBHU Families who volunteers at Ambassador Skylar's Skylar's Striders CFF Walk May 21st! It was an amazing day! Thanks to all those SHBHU Families who helped out, walked and ran in the race. Please help us continue to help Skylar the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation throughout the year find a cure for this disease! If you have a compassionate idea you would like to present in order to raise money to fight CFF let us know! Flip out for Skylar custom flips project will be an ongoing project as well! Let us know [...]

Sock 4 Syria Results are in! 2000 Socks collected!

Socks 4 Syria Compassion Project - 2000...yes...2000 socks collected in this Ambassador LED Compassion Mission! Great job Lead Ambassador Safiya! Hi, my name is Safiya Alvi. I am here to present an idea I had for SHBHU. I have learned that there are many Syrian refugees here who have only one way to get around, by foot and I think that we all can help these refugees. In the U.S, the demand for socks in the homeless community is highest out of any other type of clothing so socks are needed in the general population in the [...]