News:
48 Hours in Houston
Volunteers spent 48 hours straight at the Wal-Mart in Spring, TX to raise awareness about the homeless popluation in Houston.
With a total of 183 volunteer hours, we are very proud of what we accomplished for this event.
Special thanks go out to the following:
| Volunteers | Sponsors/ProgramSupport |
| Delon | Shipley Donuts |
| Jacqueline | Starbucks Coffee |
| Ann | Papa John's Pizza |
| Pharryn | Pecos Grilling Restaurant |
| DJ | Masraff's Restaurant |
| Isamary | Wal-Mart Super Center |
| Marie | |
| Stephanie | |
| Revathi | |
| Melissa | |
| Kai | |
| Crystal | |
| Brooke | |
| Wendy | |
| Heather | |
| Maja | |
| Tanya | |
| PJ | |
| Alice | |
| Travis | |
| Kristi | |
| Alan | |
The bodies of our volunteers and the outfits they made to represent their homeles kid. 13 kids die on the streets every day.
March 20th, 2008 Stephen Watson traveled with a group of college students from Montgomery AL to help out with service projects in Houston.
They decided to do something a little different this Spring Break: to help non profits in Houston. We were one of the lucky ones to welcome their ministries. Thanks for all the hard work and sweat you put into the Houston Chapter!
Your support and donations are very much appreciated. We welcome you back to Houston anytime. Thank you!!!
April 17th, 2008. Alvin, TX. Susan Licciardi, Secondary Spanish Teacher and her students at ASSETS Learning Center invited Melissa Maschke and Brooke Miller to talk about STANDUP FOR KIDS - HOUSTON.
The school has 250 students from grades 7-12. Ms. Licciardi wants her home room to get involved and learn about youth homelessness.
They are looking into possible projects for their school. We are looking forward to a continued collaboration!
Urgent Appeal: We need volunteers for our 48hrs campaign in the last weekend in April, volunteers for our DON'T RUN AWAY program, and help with our cell phone drives.
If you can help, contact us houston@standupforkids.org.
Brooke Miller (Co-Executive Director) attended the coordinating council meeting on November 7, 2007, which are groups that work with homeless all over Houston and meet the
first Wednesday of every month at the MHMRA Conference Center. StandUp For Kids received 65 blankets distributed by the Houston Coalition for the Homeless and got our name
out there to let the groups know we are re-building the Houston Chapter and are eager to work together to help the homeless youth in Houston.
Homeless Services Coordinating Council Meeting
Date: 11/7/2007
Start/End Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: 7033 SW Freeway Houston TX (MHMRA Conf Center)
Events:
Pictured are girls from Troop 24128
The Girl Scouts of Twin Oaks Service Unit recently held their Service Unit camping weekend "Campout in Wonderland" at Camp Agnes Arnold. Over 200 girls and almost 100 adults participated. As part of the weekend, a service project was selected. The group decided that StandUp For Kids would be the very best recipient of our service. A wish list went to troops and they responded in a BIG WAY! More than 10 troops brought items to camp ranging from canned goods & snack food to toothpaste to hair care items to feminine products. Even some sleeping bags with flashlights!
Cell Phone Illumination Night
11/13/2007 AT SAM HOUSTON PARK (next to City Hall)
StandUp For Kids - Houston Chapter Cell Phone Illumination Night, Thank you to our volunteers and friends for coming out to have a moment in silence for the 13 kids who die on the streets every day. Special thanks to Rosalinda Maldonado for putting together this event.
11/16/2007 AT UTMB
Revathi Annamalai (Director of Volunteers) has been trying to recruit volunteers. She has contacted all the APO
chapters in Houston, and gave a small talk at a student organization
meeting last Friday at UTMB. The students/staff seemed really enthusiastic about starting a cell phone
and food drive.
Upcoming Events:
Orientation Training will be held periodically at SUFK's office:
| STANDUP FOR KIDS - HOUSTON |
| 11947 North Freeway, Ste 520 |
| Houston, TX 77060 |
Basic directions: Take exit 60B off of 45N (coming from downtown) and stay on feeder until you can cross under freeway. Make a U-turn and the building will be immediately to your right. If you pass a storage facility you have gone too far.
Contact
houston@standupforkids.org for specific dates and times.
StandUP for Kids, Houston, provides
Outreach every Sunday afternoon. To get involved please contact us at
houston@standupforkids.org.
Donations and Special Thanks:
- 165 pairs of socks donated by Academy Sports thanks to Edgar
- 3 trash bags of clothes by Crystal and friends
- Brownie Troop (Karen Lindsey and her husband dropped of bags of donations to our office from her Brownie Troop. The girls gathered all these items the day before Halloween from the list of Hygiene, First Aid and Food Packets we have on the StandUp For Kids website.)
- Leslie Haydel and her Girl Scout Troops for coming out and helping me with organizing the boxes of American Eagle Clothes in our storage unit.
The
Search is on. Volunteers NEEDED!
We are actively seeking volunteers to help us cover more Houston neighborhoods on Outreach so that we can reach more kids. If you would like to volunteer as a Street Outreach Counselor or in any other capacity, please click on the link to the left or email Houston@standupforkids.org.
Houston@standupforkids.org
