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The Pop-Up Kitchen is a collaborative project between Houston City Council Member Letitia Plummer, chefs and several organizations. It is a 100 percent donation- and volunteer-based initiative which launches on Wednesday, April 8th at the Seaside Lounge.
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Chief's Citywide "Positive Interaction Program" For the month of April, our program presentation topic will be: “Communicators on Patrol” Communicators on Patrol is a volunteer program operated by the department’s Office of Public Affairs to enhance and facilitate communication between police officers and non-English speaking community members. In this program, community members serve as volunteer [...]
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Edward Pollard, Houston City Council Member, District J Covid-19 Update (as of April 4, 2020) The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the Greater Houston area at an increasing rate. We urge everyone to stay home unless it is absolutely necessary to leave your house.In Houston/Harris County, there were 1,284 confirmed cases, 203 recovered cases [...]
By Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle A citywide effort to gather equipment to protect those on the front lines of Houston’s coronavirus fight gained another 10,000 masks Saturday in a donation from the International Management District. The materials will be contributed to a Minute Maid Park supply drive on Wednesday, part of an effort of the Astros [...]
On Saturday, April 4 the International District held a press conference responding to Mayor Sylvester Turner's call on Friday for donations of PPEs to "frontline" public and healthcare personnel, to announce a donation of 10,000 medical masks underwritten by IMD funds through its coronavirus task force. International District Board Chair, Wea Lee stated [...]
In partnership with the Federal, State, County and City Officials to protect the public health and help stop the spread of COVID-19, the International District offices are closed until at least April 30. Staff is working remotely and may be contacted as follows: David Hawes, Executive Director – [email protected] Natali Hurtado, Deputy Executive Director (713) [...]
Due to the critical nature of these items, the city is only able to accept items that have not been opened or used.
The County Connection Lina Hidalgo | Harris County Judge These past few weeks, our lives have been uprooted as our community has taken crucial and extensive measures to protect ourselves from the COVID-19 epidemic. We have declared a public health emergency in Harris County. Large gatherings have been canceled, schools have closed their [...]
