Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Teach Your Children to Volunteer

A special thanks to the Junior League of Houston for the following information.

Teach Your Children Well...
Teach your teenagers the value of voluntarism and of giving back to the community! Contact the following agencies to learn how your child or grandchild can help....

AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc.
Contact: Marc Cohen
713.623.6796

American Diabetes Association
Contact: Ralston Creswell
713.977.7706 Ext. 6083

BEAR... Be A Resource for CPS Kids
Contact: Michelle Searles
713.295.2794 michelle.searles@dfps.state.tx.us

DePelchin Children's Center
Contact: Za'ndra Jackson
713.802.7792

Dress for Success
Contact: Chandra Brooks
713.957.3779

Holocaust Museum Houston
Contact: Suzanne Sutherland
713.942.8000 Ext. 102 or ssutherland@hmh.org

Houston Food Bank
713.547.8609
http://www.houstonfoodbank.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science
Contact: Karen Fritz
713.639.4658 kfritz@hmns.org

Memorial Hermann Hospital
(age 15 & older)
Visit www.memorialhermann.org/services/volunteer.html

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Contact: Danielle Stephens
713.639.7749 dstephens@mfah.org

Reach Out and Read, Texas
(age 16 & older)
Contact: Kim Anderson
713.500.3836

Sheltering Arms Senior Services
Contact: Joan Arnold
713.667.2840

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
Contact: Julie Knapp
713.869.7722 Ext. 129 http://www.spcahouston.org/

Star of Hope
(age 16 & older)
Contact: Elizabeth Hatler
713.748.0700 Ext. 222

SuperKids Mobile Pediatric Clinic
(age 16 & older)
Contact: Anu McDonald
713.303.5317

Teen Health Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine
(high school seniors)
Contact: Peggy B. Smith
713.873.3601

Texas Children's Hospital
Contact: Pat Dolan
832.824.1000

The Children's Museum of Houston
Contact: Monica Santillam
713.522.1138 Ext. 209 msantillan@cmhouston.org

The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Contact: Maggi Suttles
713.792.7180

Until the next nap time...