Escapees C.A.R.E
Jennifer Schillaci • February 29, 2024
Escapees C.A.R.E facility is dear to our hearts
At Xscapers Bash we not only attended as a vendor, but our team also helped raise money for Escapees C.A.R.E. The C.A.R.E facility is in Livingston, Texas, and offers a safe haven to those whose journeys have been disrupted by age or health-related challenges, ensuring their well-being and peace of mind.
How can I voluteer?
Many of our installers are also Escapees members, so this is an organization that is near and dear to our hearts.
How can you help?
Well, of course, you can donate to the organization. It is a 501(c)(3) and gives residents in the program the ability to continue to live independently in their own RV. Residents can sleep in their own bed and store things in a storage building. They get help with propane, holding tanks, and awnings and receive site maintenance and help dumping tanks. They have two laundry loads washed and folded every week, and housekeeping in their rig every other week.
Residents in the program still have lots of fun playing bingo, dominos, card games, and board games, and can socialize during exercise, craft projects, pet shows, outings, parties, and special events. Volunteers drive them to and from doctor's appointments and shopping trips to nearby stores as well.
You can actually stay on-site and volunteer at C.A.R.E, as well. Many Escapees members spend a month here helping residents of the program. In exchange for their time and service, volunteers are provided a 50-amp, full hookup RV site (electricity and propane fees extra) in the Livingston C.A.R.E. Center. Three meals a day are also provided, seven days a week. During the warmer summer months (June-September), volunteers receive a summer seasonal credit towards their electricity to offset higher charges. There is also a small laundry room that the volunteers can use at no charge.
If this sounds like a way you would like to give back to the Escapees community, please reach out to them.
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