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MARCH 2024 FAMILY FOOD FUN! FUNDRAISING EVENT
We had so much fun at Pokeworks at the launch of our first Family Food Fun! event on March 29, 2024.
Pokeworks was generous to give 25% of the proceeds of guests that came to our event.
Shown left to right: Board Chair, Anna Wise, Founder/President, Cameron Hunter, and special guest, D'Nece Hunter (founder's wife).
The food was great and company was even better!
We look forward to our next event at Black Walnut in April.
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2023 WINTER CHRISTMAS DONATION EVENT @ ALIEF ISD
Through the generous donations from a couple of our corporate donors: Gulfgate Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Community Minerals, we were able to bless 275 students in Alief ISD between the ages of 4 and 15 years. It is through these types of donations that we are able to reach those families that need that extra dose of hope during the Christmas season. Our goal is to provide assistance to homeless families throughout the year. We are excited for 2024!
2022 WINTER CHRISTMAS DONATION EVENT @ ALIEF ISD
Wilcrest Baptist Church teamed up with Restoration House of Houston to provide Christmas gifts to homeless students of the Alief ISD McKinney-Vento program. Members of the Board went shopping and on December 12, 2022 gifts were delivered! On Thursday, 329 students of the program were blessed with a gift this Christmas season. We are so grateful to Wilcrest Baptist Church and our generous donors, through our candle fundraiser and through cash donations that made this happen. We look forward to our next event with Alief ISD.
2022 RESTORATION HOUSE OF HOUSTON OPEN HOUSE
On December 8, 2022, Restoration House of Houston hosted an OPEN HOUSE at our new location, 9894 Bissonnet. Our new office location offers us the ability to host events in the building conference room which will be a benefit as we build out our residential housing program for our homeless families. Guests in attendance were from Alief ISD, Knowledge First, Family Promise, and other organizations. Our founder, Cameron Hunter, delivered a welcome message and we mingled and enjoyed refreshments. Thank you for those people were able to attend!
2022 RESTORATION HOUSE OF HOUSTON - NIGHT OF THE ARTS
Restoration House of Houston hosted a "Night of The Arts" event introducing our agency to the Alief community. We are so grateful to The Church Without Walls for blessing us with the opportunity to host this event at their the Eldridge campus.
Performances were given by: Anne LeSear (The Church Without Walls Drama) along with Dorian & Jade McGowen (drama), Albright Middle School Choir with director Tamra Garrett, Michelle Burton (poet), Oswald Allicock (harmonica), Stephen Chavez (cello), R. J. Floyd (music), Cameron & D'nece Hunter (duet).
The event MC was Dr. Alva Baldwin, Director of Guidance and Counseling for Alief ISD. We also had Ana Garcia from Alief ISD give us some insight into what homeless students face in the district.
A special interview with founder and president, Cameron Hunter, on what was the driver for this agency and what he hopes to accomplish in the Alief community.
We are so grateful for all performers, volunteers and participants. We are especially grateful for the donors that support our agency. A sincere thank you to everyone that made this evening possible.
2021 WINTER CHRISTMAS DONATION EVENT @ ALIEF ISD
Our Annual Christmas Candle Fundraiser was once again a hit! We were able to raise enough money to bless 131 unsheltered students at Alief ISD from the ages of 4 to over 17!
If you are ever at Five Below in Stafford or Sugar Land, please be sure to stop in and patron these stores. They were angels as they helped us pick out gifts for 131 students all in the span of 2 days! Back and forth texts and helpful advice for choices for age-appropriate toys was surely a surprise for these sweet students to open.
Please enjoy the pictures. We had a fun time blessing these students and look forward to more times like these.
In attendance: Cameron Hunter (Founder/President/CEO), Anna Wise (Board Chairperson), Ralph Crowder (Board Chaplain), and Denise Rahming (Board Secretary)
2020 WINTER CHRISTMAS DONATION EVENT @ MADGE BUSH
Using the balance of our generous donation from Chase Bank, donations from other individuals, and funds from our 3rd annual candle fundraiser, we continued our relationship with Madge Bush. We were also blessed once again to serve the families at Madge Bush Transitional Living Center.
Our Board Members went shopping! What a fun time that was picking out toys and clothes for these sweet families to open on Christmas Day. Please enjoy the pictures. We had a fun time blessing these families and look forward to more times like these.
In attendance: Beatrice Link (Board Chairperson), Anna Wise (Vice Board Chairperson), Ralph Crowder (Board Chaplain), Denise Rahming (Board Secretary), Keenisha Protho (Board Trustee) and Brandie DeJean (Board Trustee).
For more information about the Madge Bush Transitional Living Center, go to: https://www.wheelera5cs.org/madge-bush
2020 WINTER THANKSGIVING DONATION EVENT @ MADGE BUSH
Thanks to a generous donation from Chase Bank, through their Community Relations Representative, La Tonya Johnson, we were blessed to be able to provide Thanksgiving meals with all the trimmings on Saturday, November 21, 2020, to all six families at the Madge Bush Transitional Living Center! Due to COVID only 3 of our Board members were allowed to attend (Cameron Hunter, President/CEO and Founder), Beatrice Link (Board Chairperson), and Denise Rahming (Secretary and photographer for the day!). Thank you staff member, Donna Lucas for your warm and welcoming hospitality. For more information about the Madge Bush Transitional Living Center, go to: https://www.wheelera5cs.org/madge-bush
2019 WINTER CHRISTMAS FAMILY DONATION EVENT
Thanks to our 2nd Annual Christmas Candle Fundraiser, we were able to bless five homeless families that have children in the Alief ISD with Christmas gifts! Pictured left to right are Cameron Hunter (Pres/CEO and Founder of RHH), Keenisha Protho (Board Trustee and Chair of the Curriculum Committee), Beatrice Link (Board Chairperson and Chair of the Funraising Committee), Anna Wise (Vice-Chairperson and Chair of the Marketing Committee) and Ana Garcia (the Homeless Liaison Assistant for Alief ISD).
Thanks once again for your support! It certainly makes a difference in the lives of homeless families.
2018 WINTER DONATION EVENT
Because of the generosity of our donors during our 2018 Christmas Candle Fundraiser, we were able to raise enough money to purchase winter supplies for homeless individuals in downtown Houston. Board Members and Friends of the Board gathered together to assemble backpacks full of supplies like warm socks, gloves, hats, etc. and pass them out to the homeless. It was a memorable event for all.
2018 FALL CHRISTMAS CANDLE FUNDRAISER
We raised over $1000 through our Scented Candle Fundraiser to help those in need during the holidays! It's now over and because of your support, we've exceeded our goal of $1000 by raising $1098! We purchased tube socks, knit hats, knit gloves, scarves & personal hygiene packets to gave them out, with the help of some wonderful volunteers, to the homeless to help them through the winter.
Would you like to volunteer for these types of events? Then contact us to get on our emailing list!
Thanks again for your support!
2018 SPRING COMCAST CARES DAY
Restoration House Of Houston participated as volunteers for the "Comcast Cares" event. We were among approximately 1,000 helping out at the Houston Food Bank, which is the largest of its kind in the Country, serving over 800,000 people in need annually.