SPENCER SOLVES IT

Not only did the 77-year-old man lose his wife to cancer, but his home was also destroyed during the winter storm, leaving him with no means to fix it.

It was a cold, cold day in February and 85-year-old Suza Walker said she was struggling to fill her crock pot full of cold water.

KPRC 2′s Spencer Solves It Team brings Christmas joy to Houston area families in need during Christmas Miracles Week

Just days before Christmas, Abiella Fuentes is trying desperately to bring some Christmas joy to her two beautiful children, three-year-old Sophia and five-year-old Ayvin.

Every year, KPRC 2′s Spencer Solves It Team brings a boatload of Christmas cheer to families in need in the Houston area with Christmas Miracles Week. After a detailed search, we’ve identified five deserving families who really need help this year.

Every year, KPRC 2′s Spencer Solves It Team brings a boatload of Christmas cheer to families in need in the Houston area with Christmas Miracles Week. Meet a family from Aldine who is struggling to make ends meet.

Every year, KPRC 2′s Spencer Solves It Team brings a boatload of Christmas cheer to families in need in the Houston area with Christmas Miracles Week. Meet a family from Houston who is having a hard time making ends as their family unexpectedly grows.

It’s an early celebration for two beautiful families who’ve had one incredibly difficult year.

The Spencer Solves It team is looking for five families who have had a horrible year and are now facing the fact they will not have enough money to provide their children with presents or any kind of Christmas celebration. Then Bill will gift those families with 2,500 dollars to buy gifts and also with brand new bicycles for all of their children.

On a normal fall afternoon, Mark Purifoy plays with his 9-year-old autistic son Elijah at Matske Park in Houston.

At 76 years old, big Bill Callahan is a “tough-as-nails”, disabled, Vietnam veteran who served four tours of duty in the 101rst Airborne Division.

There’s a special edition of Spencer Solves It is in the works. A massive project where volunteers will help build and distribute bikes for a community in need.

Twenty members of KPRC 2 Insider are invited to join Bill’s Brigade and help with one of the biggest Spencer Solves It efforts yet.

Douglas Berry lost his eyesight and became legally blind several years ago. With no health insurance, there was no way he could afford to pay thousands of dollars to have the cataract eye surgery he desperately needed. So, he contacted Bill Spencer and The Spencer Solves It Team.

At 51 years old, Douglas Berry is still a wild kid at heart. Look at him pounding it out on his drum set, just like he did when he played rock and roll in high school.

Marine veteran Christopher Katthage joined the United States Marine Corps after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. He served two tours in Iraq, only to come home and nearly lose his life last April, after a gunman shot him nine times right outside his Westchase apartment. Now, The Spencer Solves It team is helping Chris with one, small part of his journey back to living a normal life.

Bill Spencer returns the Purple Heart award that U.S. Army veteran Nathanial Ingebritson lost more than 10 years ago. Something he never thought he'd see again.

The mechanics did about $9,000 worth of work on the vehicle in about three weeks.

Scott and Jacklyn Fields are both battling horrific, health issues and big financial trouble. Now the couple has no car to get them to and from the doctor's office. The Spencer Solves It Team is going to work to help.

Some travel experts are comparing this coming spring break to a prison break. It makes sense when you consider that millions of Americans have been cooped-up in their homes because of COVID-19 restrictions for far too long and many are just now ready to break free and take a real vacation.

They are the bravest of people, all refugees from Afghanistan, who aided U.S. military forces for years.

Many Pearland residents are complaining about their controversial water billing plan. They say they are being over-billed for water they haven't even used.

Washing dishes inside her tiny apartment, Demitra Johnson is now thinking hard. Not about her job, not about the day ahead, not about what she will do next, but about her beautiful, brave, little boy, Devarjaye, who for the last five years, has been battling terminal brain and spinal cancer.

Bill Spencer and the Spencer Solves It team help one brave vet help another brave veteran. Wait till you see what Nathanial Ingebritson lost 10 years ago.

A family is still reeling after the death of their father. Bill Spencer steps in with his brigade to spread some holiday cheer.

A Manvel musician who has struggled with work since the start of the pandemic gets early Christmas surprise for his family.

Inside a small apartment in Conroe, Taija Rubright hung Christmas ornaments with her four children, 7-year-old Ace, 6-year-old Titus, 2-year-old Easton and 3-month-old Emmy.

Sitting inside her apartment, Blessing Eregie tries to be a blessing to her five beautiful children by helping them get into the holiday spirit.

With just a few days left until Christmas morning, one mother from the Spring area decided to read a special prayer to her four beautiful children - Anthony, Aiden, Arabella, and Arielle.

17-year-old boy from Willis in desperate need of gastric bypass surgery to live a normal teenagers life. Bill Spencer needs your help this time.

Brian Shirley lost his right leg to flesh eating bacteria. He also lost his job, his home and his health insurance. In desperate need of an artificial leg to walk again, Brian contacted Bill Spencer and The Spencer Solves It team.

It is just about the last thing in the world Navy veteran Camron Meredith thought he’d be doing, being reduced to being sponge-washed like a small child by his loving wife Zaina.

It feels like I should do a “KPRC 2 Investigates” special on this. Maybe, a “Spencer Solves It?”

When watching Billy Darrond Delaney working in the kitchen and making breakfast, it’s hard to believe that for four years he has been living and coping with a tremendous loss.

Bill Spencer going to work with 2 large crews to cleanup huge dumping ground that has plagued homeowners in Acres Homes neighborhood for at least 3 years.

Spencer Solves It team works to get thousands of dollars in dental work done for veteran

For 30 years, Brian Shirley fought monster fires and helped save lives as a volunteer firefighter and assistant EMT for the CyFair Volunteer Fire Department.

KPRC 2 Consumer Investigator Bill Spencer has what you need to know to avoid getting ripped off. In the midst of a weather emergency throughout Texas, 46-year-old Tamika Thomas is frightened. I don’t have no $1,200,” Thomas said. Burst water pipes are a problem many Houstonians will be facing over the next several days. If you have had a pipe or pipes burst inside your home, a certified plumber told Spencer you should expect to pay anywhere between $250 and $650 for repairs.

HOUSTON – It is the holiday season, the happiest season of the year, in a year like no other we have ever seen before. As they have for years now, the Spencer Solves It team is working hard to identify five incredibly deserving families to deliver a holiday miracle. Nomination FormYou can also nominate your own family if you like. Let’s make this holiday season an unforgettable one for a truly, needy family that is in danger of missing out on the celebration. Then, right before Christmas, watch KPRC 2 for five full days of Christmas miracles.

I mean, there is nothing you can do about it and when you have young children it’s I don’t know,” Heather said. Heather is a hardworking, single mother raising five children all by herself, who lost her job as a grocery store clerk back in March when the pandemic hit. “Unfortunately I am only getting $204 a week and you cannot raise your kids on $204 a week, there’s no way,” Heather said. That’s when Heather called Spencer Solves It for help. This is gonna help me out so much and it allows me to put a roof over my kids' heads,” Heather said.

She survived Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Harvey and breast cancer. At 59 years old, Annette Ryskala is what you’d call a survivor. For a time, after losing her job, Annette lived on the street, completely homeless. The team connected Annette with Randy Hartley, one of Bill’s Brigades most generous benefactors who helped the team on over 20 different projects. Hartley offered to pay her rent for a few months and pay for $2,000 towards her mountain of medical bills.