2001–2026 · A Community Of Thanks
For 25 years, people have helped CMCM serve our neighbors. Thank you for sharing your time, skills, and care. You are part of this story.
Looking Back. Moving Forward.
Coat of Many Colors Ministries helps people gain independence through education and empowerment.
Dr. Michael A. Hayles, Sr. founded CMCM with that work in mind. Volunteers, families, teachers, and supporters have helped carry it forward.
A Founder’s Reflection
“Money might have been slim, but love has been in plenty supply.”
Dr. Michael A. Hayles, Sr., CMCM Founder
Steady Support. Lasting Thanks.
You have stood beside our food pantry and helped our neighbors. Your care, food donations, and helping hands mean so much to CMCM.
To the ladies, leaders, and all who take part: thank you for making room for our neighbors in your hearts and in your work.
Read About Their Pantry SupportA big thank-you to every person, family, business, and group that gives to CMCM each month or on a regular basis.
Your steady support helps keep food, learning, and care within reach. Whether your gift is large or small, you are part of this work. We are grateful for you.
Thank you for your regular donations to CMCM. Your steady help keeps us moving and helps us serve our neighbors.
Thank you for your monthly gifts and the meat you share through Three Cross Meat Ministry. You help put food on our neighbors’ tables.
Thank you for your monthly support for CMCM. Your gifts help us teach, serve, and bring hope to people who need a hand.
The Helping Hands At The Start
To the officers, members, and all who helped: thank you for giving this work a place to begin.
You stood with Dr. Hayles as he worked to start CMCM. You shared space, time, care, and support. We remember your part in this story with deep thanks.
The work has grown, but we have not forgotten the people who helped it take root.
See The Anniversary Flyers25 Years · One Steady Mission
Each year is part of a larger story. These moments come from our founder’s memories, news, and public records.
We began operations at Porter Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in 1995. Food help and caring neighbors gave the work its start.
From Dr. Hayles’s MemoriesCMCM became a formal organization in 2001. Dr. Hayles recalls receiving its 501(c)(3) recognition in March. Food help grew into teaching life and job skills.
The Courier · 2023 HistoryChron’s May 1 news index lists a story about CMCM job training. Teaching was part of the work from the early years.
Chron · May 1 News IndexThe county’s 2011 report lists CMCM job skills training at Lone Star Community Center. The center is still our service home today.
Montgomery County · 2011 Report (PDF)CMCM and Green Zone Housing held the Giving Trees Festival at Lone Star Community Center in December. Schools, businesses, and neighbors took part.
The Courier · Giving TreesDr. Hayles and then-Program Director Melanie Davis shared CMCM’s teaching and mentoring work with the Rotary Club of Magnolia.
Rotary Club Of MagnoliaThe Courier reported on April Sound Ladies Association’s support for our food pantry. H.O.N.O.R. Mentoring also received the Governor’s Volunteer Award for Service to Veterans.
The Courier · Pantry SupportWoodlands Online named CMCM among community resource partners in a story about help for seniors.
Woodlands OnlineDr. Hayles spoke to Lake Conroe Centennial Lions. The Courier told readers about CMCM’s four service divisions.
The Courier · Lake Conroe LionsWe are building a new website with free learning, easy paths to help, and plans for H.O.N.O.R. Village.
Explore Education and EmpowermentNews links show the work at that time. Old hours, contacts, and services may have changed. Use our program pages for current information.
Service That Helps Others Serve
In 2019, Texas honored H.O.N.O.R. Mentoring with its Service to Veterans Award. The program helped veterans in prison use their skills to teach and mentor others.
That spirit carries into our plans for H.O.N.O.R. Village: a place to learn, rebuild, and move forward. We are still seeking land. The campus has not been built.
Help That People Can Use
A meal can help someone get through a hard day.
Explore This Program
A new skill can help someone take the next step.
Explore This Program
A caring connection can help someone ask for help.
Explore This Program
Our plan is a place where people can live, learn, and start again.
Explore This ProgramThe learning picture is an illustration. The village image shows a future campus plan.
People Behind The Work
Dr. Hayles remembers these people and their help over the years. We will keep adding names and stories as we gather more of our history.
Helped with office work, classes, and many parts of CMCM’s work.
Helped with classes, office work, and finding next steps for clients.
Brought care and beauty to events through flowers and decorations.
Shared his skills and taught leatherworking classes.
Helped with the leatherworking program.
Shared computer skills and helped with many projects.
Helped seniors learn to use computers. Brought classes, volunteers, and a link to computer equipment.
Past reports also recognize Melanie Davis’s teaching and mentoring work, and pantry director Yolanda Perez. We thank April Sound Ladies Association and Diane and Mike Ganson for their food pantry support.
These past roles and contributions appear in the 2017 Rotary and 2019 Courier records linked above.
To our families, pantry helpers, teachers, board members, donors, and community partners: thank you. Your care has helped keep this work going.
These are memories of past service. They are not a list of today’s staff.
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A Community Of Thanks
We are working on a free community thank-you gathering. It will be a chance to thank the people who help CMCM serve.
The date, time, and place are not set yet. We will post the details here once they are confirmed.
Want to help? Ask about food, drinks, supplies, or a helping hand on the day.
Be Part Of The Next Chapter
Try a free class. Share a skill. Help a neighbor. Support the work. Each step helps keep the mission moving.
Our Story In Pictures
This anniversary flyer brings the early work at Porter Chapel and our hopes for the future together.
The future scenes are illustrations of our vision. They are not photos of a completed H.O.N.O.R. Village or a list of services now open.
This earlier flyer lists the March 29 kickoff. It is part of our anniversary archive. Its event time and QR codes are not for the upcoming gathering.
Open The Archived PDF
Anniversary artwork carried forward from CMCM’s original website.