We want to thank Keller Williams Realty – Northeast for honoring Houston Children’s Charity at their monthly Concert in the Park on July 11, 2014. During the evening, guest enjoyed a night filled with food, family-fun and entertainment. The night was capped off by a performance by Gary Kyle and The No Standards Band. Through donations and raffled items, our…
Listening to The Buzz 94.5 The Rod Ryan Show, on the way into work, inspired Chris Arceneaux to nominate Houston Children’s Charity “Back 2 School” program to become recipients of a $3,000 donation from his companies foundation. Albemarle Corporation in Pasadena gives back to the community through the Albemarle Foundation Grow the Good campaign. With this donation our “Back 2 School” program…
Thursday, July 17th — The Macquarie Group Foundation will kick off a new season of opportunities to GET INVOLVED in the community with an Ice Cream Social. Their first philanthropic event will be a Back to School Drive benefiting Houston Children’s Charity. The focus of their drive will be to collect new, empty backpacks and monetary donations to assist HCC’s “Back 2 School”…
Keller Williams Realty – Northeast is hosting a Concert in the Park benefiting Houston Children’s Charity. Make your way to Kingwood Town Center Park on July 11, 2014 from 7:00 pm-10:00 pm for a free night of music and family entertainment . Bring your lawn chairs/blankets/coolers and enjoy a performance by Gary Styles and The No Standards Band! ENTER TO WIN ~ There…
NRG Park has graciously donated 100 tickets to the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston. These Grandstand tickets will allow children to watch the excitement on the 1.7 mile temporary street circuit built in and around the NRG Park complex. The IndyCar Series will be in Houston June 27 – 29, 2014 and fans are expected to see…
Confidence, Challenge, and Character are the principles that animate Beth Yeshurun Day School everywhere you turn. During the school year of 2013-2014 students were taught the importance of Tzedakah (charity). Every Friday, two 5th grade representatives collected monies that the students contributed (two years old to 5th grade). At the conclusion of the school year, the students donated $180.00 to Houston Children’s…
In Texas, each Independent School District determines its own dress code. Here in Houston, over 50 percent of students are required to obey a mandatory uniform policy. For students and families facing numerous outside challenges purchasing uniforms and/or school supplies may be difficult. Your continued support of this program will ease the strain on parents as we prepare for a…
We are excited about a donation of over 300 children’s books. The Schultz family downsized their current library with the knowledge they were going to replace the donated books with newer ones. WOW!
We would like to thank all of those cleaning out their closets to donate to ours. We are very grateful for your donations. Our HCC Closet opened its doors in 2009 and it continues to show great success. Families are given the opportunity to make an appointment to shop. The unique feature about this program is these items are…
Abigail Smith believed that she already had enough toys so she wanted to do something special for others. With this thought in mind, Abigail asked those attending her birthday party to bring back to school items. She got an amazing response from her friends and collected over 100 items. At the end of the party Abigail had notebooks, crayons, erasers, scissors, glue,…
On June 6th we had a surprise visit from 5 Ascend Performance Materials employees. They wanted to learn more about Houston Children’s Charity and all of our programs. After speaking about our programs, Ascend presented HCC with a cash donation! WOW what a wonderful SURPRISE visit it turned out to be!!!!! We love to network with new people / companies…
Clothes2Give is a charitable organization which gathers and organizes new and gently used clothing for distribution to those in need through friends and acquaintances traveling to various locations for cost effective delivery to schools, orphanages and community groups. Clothes2Give was founded by Reese Davis in 2013 and has donated clothes to those in need in various places, including Zambia , Africa –…
Through team building innovation and superlative facilitators, TeamBonding uses the power of play to deliver team building events that work. One event is the Do Good Bus. Houston Children’s Charity was the recipient of the efforts from this amazing community service. Do Good Bus isn’t your average team building event. Getting on the Do Good Bus is a great way for your…
With the summer heat on its way, Automated Security I.S donated $1,000 towards our Kool Kidz program. This unique program provides A/C units to families fighting that heat without any form of air conditioning. The staff at Automated Security I.S. is not stopping there! They are also hosting a clothing drive throughout the summer to make sure the special children…
Each year the National Management Association (NMA) holds their Leadership Development Conference-West in a new city. In efforts of leaving a positive footprint behind, in that chosen city, they support a local charity. Within each chapter donations are collected to give to the local charity of choice. This year, Houston Children’s Charity was the grant recipient of their support! On May…
Houston Children’s Charity has opened the 2014 “Back 2 School” program. We are now accepting applications. We are proud to announce that The Rod Ryan Show, 94.5 The Buzz and BullShirts are back as sponsors of this year’s event.
Projects with a Purpose & Microsoft Tech 2014 Conference teambuilding activity benefited Houston Children’s Charity. During this activity conference members assembled and decorated 30 bikes and over 300 toys. Projects with a Purpose delivered the items to Houston Children’s Charity on May 16, 2014, following the conference. The toys includes small wooden toys (cars, trucks, boats, etc) and 30 bicycles…
THANK YOU ProAct Services Corporation, a tank degassing and on-site water treatment company with facilities in Houston, Texas. In April, they hosted a Crawfish Boil at our Houston facility for their customers, suppliers, and prospective clients. The proceeds from the food and drinks along with the raffle tickets were donated to Houston Children’s Charity. The donations collected on that spring day were matched by their…
The Life Improvement Project, a program designed to educate, inspire and empower people to improve their lives, as well as the lives of others in their community. We would like to thank IKEA USA for their generous donation of $1000 (in gift cards) in support of our “A Better Night’s Sleep” program.
Hoppin’ Down the Bunny Trail….. On April 12, 2014 Houston Children’s Charity hosted its Annual Easter Party for Houston area families and agencies. On the grounds of Northland Christian School, located in Spring, Texas, over 300 underprivileged children enjoyed the planned Easter festivities. Fun activities for the day included a petting zoo, pony rides, moon walks, face painting and a…