2410 Hamilton St.
Houston, TX 77004
(713) 942-9500
Star of Hope's Women & Family Emergency Shelter was built in 1989 and can house up to 300 guests in 71 rooms. The occupancy varies between 250 and 300 people daily, many of those served are children. Within this facility is a medical clinic, a licensed day care, pre-school area, teen activity room, and a computer learning center. Volunteer tutors come daily after school to tutor the children and help with homework and enrichment activities. Education is strongly encouraged with all guests.
At Yellowstone Academy, students receive an education that cultivates their intellect, nourishes their spirit, and empowers them to capitalize on their potential to create fulfilling futures for themselves. By providing an academically rigorous, Christian education, Yellowstone Academy is answering the challenge of the education crisis that many economically disadvantaged students face.
Founded in 1943, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s mission is to help people in southeast Texas by providing caring, compassionate services and advocating for social justice in collaboration with parishes and communities. Catholic Charities is a non-profit, United Way agency that serves 77,000 annually throughout the Greater Houston area and is the only Houston-based nonprofit to have received Charity Navigator’s highest four-star rating for fiscal accountability for the past thirteen years. Our four impact areas are: nurturing and caring for children, strengthening families, supporting refugees and immigrants, and promoting independence for seniors and other vulnerable adults. For more information visit www.CatholicCharities.org.
Our vision is focused on community stewardship, activities to benefit society, and a commitment to building brotherhood making True Level Masonry in our community sustainable while inculcating and exercising the Principle Tenets of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth by our words and actions for the betterment of our brothers and all mankind. To make True Level Masonic Lodge uniformed ritualistically and administratively sound throughout the entire State. To bring this lodge financially solvent by the year 2017.
Workshop Houston offers innovative youth development programs through four creative shops: the Beat Shop (music & production), the Dance Shop (dance & performing arts), the Scholar Shop (academic enrichment & mentorship) and the Style Shop (fashion & graphic design.)
Combining a spirit of fun with a worthy philanthropic effort, Susan's Rally takes participants on an afternoon adventure in their automobiles and raises money for the fight against cancer!
Our vision for 2036, Houston's 200th birthday, is for the region to be home to the healthiest, happiest, most prosperous people in the nation.
Chenevert Urban Gardens is a nonprofit 501(c)7 community garden with 30 allotment gardens (sized 4 x 16 ft.). Check our website for more information: www.chugardens.org
Creating Art That Heals and Empowers Lives! The Art Project, Houston (TAPH) is mental health and self-empowerment project of the Bread of Life, Inc. facilitating the healing and transition of homeless men and women of Houston, Texas through the discovery of the creative self and therapeutic art experiences. We BELIEVE that art has the power to heal and empower people to see possibilities, embrace opportunities and awaken to hope.
Miss A Meal is a fundraising campaign designed to meet the needs of the hungry by encouraging everyday people to miss a meal and in turn donate the money that they would have spent. The donation is then used to feed those who are less fortunate. Donations can be made online at www.missameal.net or via text message.
Under the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act passed in 2009, an entire community, rather than individual service providers, must demonstrate success in preventing and reducing homelessness. in 2011, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) named Houston as a priority community. This designation recognizes the great need to transform Houston’s existing homeless service system and the tremendous opportunity to make significant advances due to the commitment of homeless service agencies and the contributions of key community stakeholders. Although the Coalition does not provide any direct services to clients, it serves as the backbone organization to many other groups that do. The Coalition serves those who serve the homeless through research, project management, system capacity building, and advocacy. Today, the major project of the Coalition is serving as lead agency for the Houston/Harris County Continuum of Care (CoC). This work creates an improved homeless service system that more effectively provides services, support, and housing to all sub-populations within the Houston area’s homeless community, with a primary focus on moving individuals and families out of homelessness. The ultimate goal of the Houston/Harris County CoC is a homeless service system that achieves reduction in new instance of, length of, and returns to homelessness, and meets the varying needs of homeless sub-populations such as unaccompanied youth, veterans, and families with children.
The District is comprised of the following 19 museums located within an approximate 1.5 mile radius of the Mecom Fountain in Hermann Park. Asia Society Texas Center Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Children's Museum of Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Czech Center Museum Houston DiverseWorks Holocaust Museum Houston Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Houston Center for Photography Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston Zoo, Inc. The Health Museum The Jung Center of Houston Lawndale Art Center The Menil Collection Museum of African American Culture Center Museum of Fine Arts , Houston Rice University Art Gallery The Rothko Chapel
Our Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Project (HVRP), at 2525 San Jacinto (at McGowan) – (713) 754-7051, collaborates with many veteran-serving organizations, including the VA, to ensure that homeless veterans receive all possible assistance in re-entering the workforce and community life in general. Over 70% of these veterans come to us earning between zero and $5,000 per year. Services include job readiness training, certification, and placement for individual homeless veterans. Our Social Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), at 2403 Caroline – (713) 754-7059, strives to leverage funding and our numerous community partnerships, to prevent homelessness and enhance the housing stability of very low-income veteran families. Since loss of a job is the # 1 trigger causing homelessness, this program has a strong job placement component. Our goal is to outreach to 300 low-income veteran families, to enroll 150 families, to place 100 family members in jobs, to provide Temporary Financial Assistance to 75 families, to link 100 families to new public or VA benefits, and to place 100 families in housing they can afford. To qualify, the veteran families must be homeless or at risk for homelessness and earning less than 50% of the Area Mean Family Income.) Our Returning Veteran Program, in Central Placement at 2525 San Jacinto, helps all veterans (regardless of homeless status or type of discharge) to find and retain employment.
Part of the Magnificat Houses, Inc. network of charities. The Mustard Seed is the visible arm of a vocational training facility, The W.T. & Louise J. Moran Center. With donated and consigned items, we generate awareness and financial help for our charity. Through training in a retail environment, former homeless and mentally ill can learn skills, and rejoin the community around Houston as productive members. This shop has charm... come on by... donate, visit, and take home a treasure!
I am honored to have been elected Illustrious Potentate of Doric Temple #76 to follow in the foot steps of all Past Illustrious Potentates. My commitment is to continue moving this temple forward to become the most outstanding and most recognized temple in the state. My Leadership abilities will help improve the charitable contributions to the Thomas H. Routt Scholarship Foundation and the Step Out for Diabetes Campaign and others. My vision for Doric Temple is to have a home by the end of this year. I encourage and solicit all nobles to support and participate in accomplishing this goal. Doric Temple has always been an important part of the community and I plan to continue supporting my craft as we become more visible in the community. Michael Parker, Potentate Doric Temple # 76 AEAONMS
The Wendy Wagner Foundation for Funding Creativity, a non profit 501(c)(3), empowers artists working across a wide array of disciplines and in all stages of professional development. Preserving the spirit, vision and legacy of its namesake, the Foundation provides scholarships, grants, project support and emergency healthcare resources to those who color our world.
St. Rita Foundation was founded in 2013 by Lonie Nguyen to provide aide relief to families in need. Our current project is helping those in rural villages in Vietnam with proper sustainable nutrition and healthcare. In Vietnam, there is a dire need for help and growth of the people. Many of the low lying areas get the help that they need from other nonprofit organizations but somehow other areas go unnoticed. With the help of the local nuns and priests, these villagers get minimal aid but the assistance that they provide at times is not sufficient. Many children that live in the rural villages do not have enough food to eat, clean running water or a decent place to sleep. Because there is no access to clean running water, most individuals become ill through waterborne contaminants. Many children are also severely malnourished and lack the basic nutrients to keep them sustained or alive. Unfortunately, many of these children become seriously underdeveloped and for some, die. They face illness such as: • Typhoid Fever • Encephalitis • Leptospirosis • Meningococcal Meningitis • Hepatitis To name a few but of course there are other issues that affect the well-being of these families.