I had the pleasure of volunteering with this wonderful organization through u of h. Talk about…read morepeople who truly care and are making a direct impact on the impoverished 3rd ward. They have something very special going on here. I look forward to being a mentor and helping some of the kids there. We painted a house and others picked up trash during rock the block 2015. Such a great experience!

My experience with Generation is terrible. I have emailed them, called them, I went as far as to…read morecall them from 8 am-4 pm and not a single answer!!!!! I think this is a scam because professional people know how to answer. So just a warning don't even bother volunteering here because I don't​ think they are serious.

The Houston Area Urban League helps over 10,000 people a year in the Greater Houston Area. Last…read moreweek, I attended a Back To School event at their Griggs Street location, where they provided COVID-19 shots, backpacks, and school supplies for the kids and gift cards for those receiving the shots! What a great event!

Beware of what you put into this organization. They steal ideas, credits, rights and intellectual…read moreproperty from local creative entrepreneurs that use their innovative ideas to make a living & they take full credit for it without consent. They will also try and block you when you address the matter & continue to infringe your trademarked names with no respect or regards. It sucks, because once upon a time I really believed in this organization and put forth effort to donate & attend their events. Only to be slapped in the face with my idea & title being used. NO ONE has resolved the matter as if they could careless. So this is a fair warning to all the local Houston entrepreneurs!

Thanks to Friends of North Rosenberg for their incredible support after hurricane Beryl and…read morethroughout the year! They are a faith based community outreach, regularly serving to improve the community good and help lift those in need. Activities throughout the week for adults and children. Open showers for those in need Monday Wednesday and Sunday. Their aim is to attack poverty. What an incredible vision and purpose for this town!

This organization should be ashamed of their selves! My family is not from Houston but a situation…read morehappened with one of my very close relatives that currently lives there. It took me days to encourage this family member to use her local resources to get some help with a situation that happened to her. She even had a terrible suicidal episode that morning because of her PTSD from what happened to her. She finally took my advice and contacted this organization 24/7 hotline. She was laughed at on the phone and was discouraged from reporting her incident. The night shift "supervisor" scheduled her an appointment with a counselor on November 10th to receive some help. That's 10 days later from the date of the phone call. Is that protocol? Is that how you are taught to assist your community members? I decided to call the hotline to speak with a supervisor, but I was met with the same lady. She refused to even provide her name to me so I can properly report her conduct on the phone. I'm not having to stay up tonight to sooth my relative from her experience and encourage to still report her incident. I hope no one has this experience and I hope this organization is shut down for a lack of knowledge and care for their community members. One word, DISGUSTING.

After working as a sub at the holly hall safe house and bringing classroom supplies, gifts and…read moreclothing donations, I saw the need and the benefit that community donations bring to the population served specifically at this location. After my assignment, I was told to bring the car load full of quality donations of children's books and clothing collected from homes in Bellaire (very affluent community in Houston). So I did. Or at least tried to. I walked into the main offices on Waugh and tho I was standing right at the reception window, 18" from some woman sorting mail, I was never acknowledged and it wasn't until another woman came in who was then helped before me, was I told in a dismissively contentious way that only new stuff was accepted. I wasn't asked if my stuff was new, despite 4 full boxes being exactly that, so I took the stuff to The Cottage Shop that serves The Women's Home instead. In addition, my mother tried to partner her non-profit Daughter's of the British Empire with this organization and attempted on 6 different occasions via phone email and letters to offer this group a lump sum cash distribution from their annual fundraisers which would have been over $5,000 but never once received any follow up. As a teacher in Houston ISDvery familiar with the social services offered to my students, I will never again attempt to work with or help this organization for its totally offensive treatment of me and it's disregard of cash donors.

This visitor center and old school, (school remodeled and now museum) was interesting. It was nice…read moreto learn about the row houses and the Wards where the row houses were and how the City of Houston treated the people in 3rd and 5th Ward, etc. Gentrified the area and built the City of Houston once the people in certain Wards were made to move out of the area so the City of downtown Houston could be built. The black baseball history was displayed in two of the remodeled row houses. My daughter felt the row houses should have displayed some of the furniture and antiques during that era of living in the row houses to get a jest of what life was back then. (1900). The old school remodeled and now museum was interesting with photos of prior community people, the history of one with the woman who was 150 years old! There were wall photos of churches, a Bible with names and birthdates used as proof of birth due to non records recordings used at that time. The back deck of the community center was very nice and the curator explained about the 19th Bell Cistern usage. RECOMMENDATION: No parking is allowed in the parking lot across from the museum and the streets used for parking are very narrow. Upon our departure, we noticed parking behind the museum. A sigh stating NO PARKING HERE in the vacant lot across from the museum should be displayed with an additional line stating PARKING IN REAR OF MUSEUM. RECOMMENDATION: Overall the visit was nice and I would visit the museum again.

I've visited Houston plenty of times but never knew about this very significant town and space,…read morestill in existence! One that has shaped not only Texas history but American history. I came with a student group as a part of a college tour visit to university's in Houston, but I will be encouraging all my friends and family to come visit this museum. The mayor of Freedmen's town shares a compelling story, narrating the origins and journey of the town and preserving it with the visitor center. The guided and self guided exhibit provided wonderful information. The variety of programming and topics on display are definitely worth the visit. The staff is very accommodating to groups and incredibly knowledgeable of relevant subject matter.

For over three years, my family and I have been dedicated to volunteering and donating to…read moreGracewood. Every moment and every item contributed has been incredibly rewarding. My appreciation extends to the amazing staff, volunteers, and, most importantly, the families we have the privilege to serve. Thank you, Gracewood, for being a phenomenal organization.

I do not recommend this place is a scam, I msg their place couple times and they never got a =n…read moreanswer , I will not spend a penny here

We had a great time volunteering at the food bank. We worked the assembly line and helped put…read moretogether senior boxes. It's was a great experience. I enjoyed working with and meeting new people and it just felt great to give back! Highly recommend!

I remember volunteering at the food bank maybe 20 years ago and back then they were throwing out…read moreall the donations that were considered junk food like twinkies, ding dongs, etc. It kinda pissed me off because they were perfectly packaged donations. Asked if I could take some home rather than throw them away and they said no. Really wanted to dumpster dive later. But fast forward like 20 years and here I am again volunteering. This time in their repackage center. This was not like last time when we had to sort through donations. It was all assembly line packaging care boxes. They had a ton of volunteers there from different organizations on a Saturday. We were supposed to have a free breakfast, but there was none. So that kinda sucked. But they have a food court where you can buy stuff. They also have lockers for you to store things in. You are supposed to wear long pants or knee length shorts but I saw lots of folks with shorter shorts. Also closed toe shoes are supposedly required and this means no crocs specifically. but they didn't do inspections or say anything to anyone. Also they didn't ask for the minor waiver forms at check in. I think the warehouse wasn't air conditioned. Just one gigantic ceiling fan where we were so it started getting kind of hot. Lots of kids volunteering. Lots of church groups and schools. I think 6 years and above can volunteer.

Well look at that - two years later and I've now worked with ESCAPE Family Resource Center (EFRC)…read morein a professional setting, as well as graduated from their Building Confident Families program. From a professional perspective: ESCAPE was accommodating and exceptionally great to work with. Each and every person I communicated with was helpful and attentive. From a student's perspective: I took the Building Confident Families course with about 13 parents in a program though my employer. As a student I had already learned much of what the class discussed in an educational setting. I found the EFRC educator's approach to be easy to understand, enlightening, comical and understanding. Many of the parents seemed to enjoy the classes and I felt that the educator made it easy for the parents to open up and discuss their perspective. EFRC offers courses for children, teens, women who have experienced domestic violence, divorcing/divorced parents, and grandparents. Though many people may refer to the classes as "parenting classes" they're really communication, stress management and informative - I think the people who work at EFRC realize that no1 got a parenting instructional book and really try to give age appropriate information to all of their client/students.