Summer 2018 Executive Director Notes
The summer at OCWH is off to a great start! Did you know that the Outreach Center is open over 400 hours annually and the doors are opened over 10,000 times a month with over 620 adults and children flowing through the Center? The non-profits that call the Center home offer an array of programs…
Read MoreMarch Executive Director Notes
From the Executive Director, Jorge Quiñones As March begins, things are moving at the Center. We have two major charity fundraisers coming up soon for our Houston community: Charity Texas Hold ‘Em Poker & Casino Games Night, March 22 and Leadercast Live 2018, May 4. On March 3 we had a large group of volunteers…
Read MorePoker & Casino Games 2018 Houston Charity Fundraiser
2018 Poker Tournament & Casino Games in Houston The 15th Annual Houston Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament and Casino Games Night 2018 is a good, clean fun, and entertaining charity fundraiser for our Center. Whether you win or lose, you’re a winner and so is the Center and its non-profit agencies! Don’t know how to…
Read MoreHouston Leadership Conference 2018
Houston Leadership Conference – Leadercast 2018 Speakers and Tickets Leadercast Live in Houston May 4, 2018 Leadercast, the world’s largest one-day leadership conference, will be simulcast live from Houston at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, May 4, 2018. The Outreach Center of West Houston hosts this annual leadership conference because great leaders make great communities.…
Read MoreJanuary Executive Director Notes
Outreach Center of West Houston Community Updates: Recovery Programs, Houston Local Art, Poker Tournament, Leadercast 2018 & More As part of our Houston community recovery, we are especially thankful to all of you for helping OCWH off to a great start to 2018. We surpassed our year end goal of $10,000 to help offset Hurricane…
Read MoreHouston Food Addicts in Recovery
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous “Offering a Better Life” for our West Houston Community Non-Profit OCWH Agency Partner Spotlight: Many people resort to desperate measures to control their weight and the way they eat expensive diets, surgery, medications, excessive exercise, purging, abuse of laxatives, and extreme food restriction. Others don’t know where to turn or…
Read MoreLeadercast Live 2018 Houston
Bringing Leadercast Live 2018 to West Houston Outreach Center of West Houston is pleased to again bring Leadercast Live 2018 to our West Houston/Katy, Texas community. Leadercast is shaping the way the world views leadership by filling the world with leaders worth following. Leadercast Live 2018 is the largest one-day leadership event held in Atlanta…
Read MoreHurricanes, Snow, & Elves
What a year! Houston hosted the Super Bowl, had a hurricane, won the World Series, and played in the snow! It is hard to believe that 2017 is already coming to a close. At the Center, our community partners planted a community garden over the summer, served as a food pantry for hurricane victims, and…
Read MoreBig Give Houston
We’re excited that we are part of Big Give Houston on November 28, 2017, as part of national Giving Tuesday. We wish all non-profits across our region much success raising awareness of their cause and gaining much-needed end of year financial support. Every dollar donated to Outreach Center of West Houston gets us one step…
Read MoreOCWH Recap
A little recap of some recent activities at OCWH and their community partners: The Center served as one of five locations for the Houston Food Truck Relief Rally on Sept.16, sponsored by The Greater Houston Black Chamber and Shell. OCWH’s community partner, St. Thomas Presbyterian Church at the corner of Memorial and Bateswood opened as…
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