Financial Aid U (FAU) is a nationwide program, operated by the National Community Tax Coalition (NCTC) and supported by the Citi Foundation. FAU reaches low- to moderate-income (LMI) families and targets non-traditional and traditional-aged students and their families. Beyond Careers was selected to participate in NCTC’s Financial Aid U (FAU) Training Institute to independently implement [...]
The Westbury Area Improvement Corporation (WAIC) wants to raise at least $50,000 by December 31 in order to buy the leased 7-acre Westbury Community Garden site. If we don’t buy the land, then it will be paved over by the owner for an apartment complex. The goal is to rescue this award-winning garden to keep [...]
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services (ECHOS) is a non-profit 501.c.3 organization located in Southwest Houston. Our mission is to aid those in need of free or low cost medical and social services access those services that are available. ECHOS’s doors are open to all in need, regardless of place of current residence, country of origin, [...]
Fondren Middle School celebrated its new status as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School on Nov. 21 with music, poetry, art, and special guest speaker James Reilly, a former NASA astronaut. Fondren joins Reagan High School and Hogg Middle School in receiving official authorization in July to offer the rigorous IB Middle Years Programme (MYP). [...]
Be a part of one of the largest toy drives in Houston and help the Houston Fire Department (HFD) bring some holiday joy to thousands of Houston area children in need. Through the Operation Stocking Stuffer Toy Drive, HFD, KBR and KPRC Local 2 are teaming up once again to bring some holiday joy to [...]
Join the Houston Police Department in its 28th annual Comida/Food Drive and help feed less fortunate families during the holiday season. Since December 1985, when several HPD officers responded to a call for service and saw a family in need, the Department has worked with its partners, Fiesta Mart and Pepsi Cola, to distribute food [...]
Participants Needed: Help Houston Prepare for Emergencies The City of Houston needs volunteers to help us practice the distribution of large amounts of lifesaving medications to the public. Participants are needed to pick up medicines at one of 3 mass dispensing sites. The first 50 participants at each site will receive a 3 day emergency [...]
The Texas Secretary of State and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced today that two mobile stations issuing election identification certificates (EIC) will remain in Harris County weekdays now through Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. The two locations are at Holman Street Baptist Church and Lone Star College's Victory Center. Election Identification Certificates [...]
Nearly 40,000 women will die this year from breast cancer. As part of its continued support in the fight against this disease, Memorial Hermann Southwest has gone PINK for the entire month of October. The hospital’s two towers will be bathed in pink light and every tree on the campus will be adorned with a [...]
TIME AND PLACE TO REIMAGINE HOUSTON TRANSIT IS HERE METRO LAUNCHES WEBSITE, INVITES PUBLIC TO SHARE IDEAS METRO wants your help redesigning its transit network. This blank-sheet approach is a challenge few cities have taken on and one that cannot be done without the community’s input. One way to get involved is by sharing ideas [...]
