We were helped as soon as we arrived with assistance getting our donations out of the car! We made…read moresure everything was laundries and hung on wire hangers and sorted by size

making donations....always pay it forward. .. god is simply amazing and a huge blessing to my…read morefamily. . Wish I could do more but hey every little bit helps someone. Cleaned out my girls and my closet.. why let these items sit up when someone can use them

An amazing organization that does so much good for the Houston area. It is a very easy process to…read morecome volunteer a few hours here as either an individual or group; I highly encourage you to volunteer at least once to see how such a large food bank functions. I have volunteered in their sorting room and packaging area, both are a lot of fun and, full disclosure, can be hard work - but it is so rewarding! Large parking lot on site. You are not allowed to bring anything in to the volunteer areas with you, so they have lockers to use for free during your shift.

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!

100% care and shelter for homeless and disabled elderly residents who need assistance to survive…read moreand thrive without a home

Why would this dump still be running? There are better options! An ice pick in the temple would…read morebe better. This place is nothing but a low class dump with stong attempts at painting itself as legitimate to pan handle funds.

If you are looking for a safe environment that will help provide spiritual and natural growth this…read moreis the place. Mrs Ruhamah goes beyond for the women at Keturah's Haven. If you are just looking for a place to sleep this isn't the place for you. If you want to be challenged and transformed this is definitely the place for you.

They act like they're God and try to dehumanize you. Has no sympathy. Try to make you bow down and…read morekiss their feet for doing the bare minimum. Will send the mail that you need back if you leave because of being bitter. Told me she doesn't care I havent slept in two days prior to coming due to being on the streets and I must get up on her time. Her creepy husband called me "not very sharp" because I told him I couldn't talk and needed to have a meeting with my social worker . (Wanted to continuously talk about me not submitting to humility) if you're traumatized please do not come . Everything that they do here you can find better else where or do it yourself.

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.

Kids Meals Houston is a nonprofit that delivers free, healthy lunches to children suffering from…read morefood insecurity. They deliver 7,000 to 8,000 lunch bags a day to children across the Houston area. We are glad to support this awesome cause by decorating paper lunch bags, stuffing the bags with healthy snacks, and donating stuffed bags. Hope everyone who's able will find time to donate or volunteer for Kids Meals!

Through an organization I'm a board member of, I signed up to volunteer on a Saturday morning at…read moreKids' Meals Inc. Located in The Heights, Kids' Meals is in a shopping center with a bunch of other businesses. Since some entrances were closed, it was a little confusing figuring out how to get in at first. But, once you're in, parking is easy. After arriving, an employee at Kids' Meals spent a couple of minutes training us. Kids' Meals makes bagged lunches for kids in need. Since you're making meals, they require that you wear a hat or hair net. After training, we moved on to the facility where they had an assembly line system going. There were several different jobs and mine was to place a sandwich in a bag and then place the completed lunch in a large box. After 60 lunches filled the box, I also served as the muscle (a role I always gladly accept ;)). The boxes were then moved to a tray. I spent two hours or so volunteering here and it was a great experience. Giving back to the community is so important and Kids' Meals is one of the many great non-profits here in Houston. I would gladly volunteer here again.

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.

When I was going through some things in life recently within the last two years, the people at…read morehelping hands were absolutely amazing. The work that they do for the community is just it's they're just great people. They go above and beyond to help especially the homeless and anybody in need it's just I mean I get overwhelmed with emotion just thinking about how much I appreciate what they did for me. If you ever need any help I would definitely call them and get the help that you need because they will do everything they can to help you. I promise you they're true Christians and they follow the teachings of Jesus. There's nothing fake about anybody up and they make you feel welcome they make you feel like you're seen heard and cared about. They go out of their way to make sure that you know that there are people out there that you care about you and you're going through something in life.

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