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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Houstonians are invited to own pieces of Houston's history donated from Mayor Parker's private collection HOUSTON, Texas (October 1, 2013) - Houston Greeters hosts the Mayor's Memorabilia Gala on Thursday, October 17, 2013 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Julia Ideson Library on 500 McKinney Street. Tickets to this fundraising gala are $20 each [...]

Renovation of 40 Year Old Center Goal of New Friends Group The Houston Parks and Recreation Department is happy to announce the newly created Friends of the Lee LeClear Tennis Center, Inc., has begun a $5.4 million fundraising campaign to renovate the 40-year-old Lee LeClear Tennis Center (9506 S. Gessner). “We are thankful to the [...]

Download Newsletter While it will be impossible to fill the shoes of our previous chairman, Etan Mirwis, it sure will be nice to follow his footsteps as he has blazed a trail that has awakened the Brays Oaks Management District to new possibilities. Indeed, through Etan’s leadership, a solid foundation has been laid in the [...]

METRO is excited to begin recruitment for Class IV of the METRO Transit Academy. The Transit Academy program is designed to enhance awareness about METRO, create partnerships with the community and to develop a platform for transit advocacy efforts in the Houston region. A key component of the program is that participants will take their [...]