“I don’t have a daddy…” A team of five families totaling 26 individuals of all ages joined us earlier this week to spend their Christmas vacation reaching out to hurricane evacuees and others in need in the city of Houston. “We wanted to teach our children what Christmas is really about,” said Holly Apolaini, a […]

Somebody Cares America hosted pastors and front-line ministry workers from New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, and Southeast Texas for two days of refreshing and reflection on hurricane relief last week at the Hilton Houston Post Oak. The event concluded with a banquet honoring not only the hurricane workers but other “Champions of Compassion” who are […]

“Mother Robichaux” was a widow in need. Marlon McCree was a defensive back for the Houston Texans, now with the Carolina Panthers. The two have never met in person, but Somebody Cares and our Compassion Coalition are the links to their connection. Marlon came to our Houston Compassion Coalition meeting last November as the guest […]

“Here, this is for Mom.”  I handed my sister Jeanne half of a rueben sandwich and kept the other half for myself.  It was April 24, 2005, the day after Mother’s funeral. Just a few weeks earlier—on March 22—she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in her lungs and brain. The doctors told us we would have […]

DEAR FRIEND AND PARTNER IN MINISTRY, I would like to extend a sincere “thank you” for partnering with us in our Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Thanks to your generosity, we have literally assisted thousands of individuals in desperate need. Below are just a few ways your giving has impacted lives: Over $350,000 in financial assistance […]

Somebody Cares America is already spearheading relief efforts for Hurricane Rita in Southeast Texas. Within hours of Rita’s passing, Somebody Cares began deploying supplies, trucks, and manpower, including generators that were already en route from North Carolina. Early Saturday morning Doug met with and briefed a team from Antioch Church in Waco, TX, who were […]

By Beverly Burchett Doug Stringer is the founder of Somebody Cares International, and he really is somebody who cares. This ministry was born in 1981 when he first handed out a business card which read “Somebody Cares.  Call 24 hours a day.”  Doug founded this organization to reach out with the Gospel of Jesus to […]