The Salvation Army provides many services for people in need. This location is filled with the…read morenicest people I've ever met! I made a prepared and packaged food donation today and met with the donation coordinators. Great things are going on here. If you are interested in donating then seek out the receptionist at the door of 2202 Main. Ask anyone about days and times you can meet with the younger kids to hangout and they will gladly accept your company. Donating food or time couldn't be easier and would be greatly appreciated!

Location: Almeda Rd…read more Parking: limited, but also street and across the street. Staff: staff has a lot of volunteers and all are welcoming and helpful. I was invited to come here for one of their legal classes. It was very nice to see how accommodating they are towards their community. This particular class consisted of mainly seniors. They were able to get an understanding of how to protect their assets and/or pass along to their love ones. As you walk in they have lots of brochures and business cards of all kinds of assistance.

The staff is amazing and they love people! They help the community thrive and they do it with pride…read moreand integrity!

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.

I'm not homeless but I knew someone that was and if anybody looking for a place to get a home…read morecooked meal this is the place and this is for the needed not the greedy so please if your not in need or homeless don't go cause you would be taking out of people mouths who doesn't have it like that

My husband and I who are homless like what thiss place has to offer the homless people we all…read moreappreciate what they help with. We are ddisapOiNted that they don't crack down harder on Theft. They utalize the cityy cops; but they fail to have the cops to issue tickets for offenderrs if theft. My husband and I did bring the matter up to a worker there aabout our charging sstaatuon being stolen n and our Zte tabLet stolen out oof our back pack while duriing lunch. They hAve security cameras in place but why have them or the cops if they are not gonna help those that nneed order and from this kind of crime from occurring?? Thanks for reading.......

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.

I am a volunteer for Sunday's community meal. This is an outstanding charity that assists many…read morehomeless people. I highly recommend Helping Hands for people looking for volunteer roles.

I have only been going to this place for about 2 months at first everything seemed great I got the…read morehelp that I need it especially when it comes to mail being homeless getting your mail is tough so I go in I meet the director Randi Lewis at first I thought she was a good person with a good heart well people can easily be the wolf in sheep's clothing and I found that out very quickly with this director I'm currently on disability SSDI and SSI well I needed a new mailing address and she was willing to help me out of course having everything I already had insurance food stamps and everything else I didn't really need to do any of their programs and she knew this well as time went by I have noticed that these volunteers seem to lack normal human traits not being professional but being human if you're going to volunteer to help people then at least be human enough to introduce yourself to people instead of walking around like a bunch of retards the way these people act but that's besides the point I gave Randi my opinion about my experience and I guess she didn't take it very well being a director she should be biased when it comes to complaints and giving ideas I thought everything was great this woman claims that she's a friend to me when I don't even know her at all she doesn't talk to me perfect example yesterday I come out of my Uber there she was she didn't even look at me she didn't even greet me which is fine by me I don't have time for fake people well yesterday I lost my mailing address because she can't force me to join the programs and started using my mail as leverage against me for not joining the programs which is okay I have proof of everything that I say to begin with I will be making complaints to every entity that has to do with this homeless organization I highly advise that if you need help do not come here these people are highly retarded very unhelpful and they only care about one thing getting your signature so they can get money for a tax write-off I got plenty of proof of everything so I'm not worried about what these idiots have to say about me

Great value. Very clean and supportive staff. I especially like the downtown, Texans and Stella…read moreLink locations.

YWCA assists the community with meals for seniors, youth classes and Spring Break camps, courses…read morefor lawyers/ social workers on human trafficking, and so much more. They even have a residential program for young women who have aged out of foster care or who are homeless, but want to attend higher education. Looking forward to giving back and the Outstanding Women's luncheon in May!

BR was having a grand holiday event on Saturday and it was truly one for the books. They gave away…read moretoys for the kids, face painting, paintings, beading and much more. Texas children, dental center and Whataburger were among the sponsors. We got pictures with Mr.and Mrs. Clas, we got to phone Santa with gift requests, lots of photo ops, hot popcorn, hot chocolate on a brisk day, and so much more it was fun for all ages.

Organization provides services specifically for seniors, with innovative programs such as Care for…read moreElders. However, the main staple of this organization for the past few years has been utility assistance and weatherization programs. Chances are, if you are 125% of the federal poverty level and you live in Harris County, the Sheltering Arms has saved your life once or twice!!!