McDonald’s Education Workshop, Aug 26
Helping you to achieve a better future through education. Free admission. Free lunch. Early registration welcome!
Severe overcrowding at BARC: More than 500 dogs and 200 cats in animal shelter’s care
Special $1 Pet Adoptions This Weekend to Help Save Lives HOUSTON- BARC is bursting at the seams with dogs and cats: More than 500 dogs and 200 cats are at BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions. The shelter's capacity is 550 and over 720 animals are currently in its care. With shelter intake levels expected to [...]
Top 10 Restaurants in Alief
By Alice Levitt, Houstonia Southwest Houston is more than just “Little Saigon,” and we’ve got a diverse line-up of dining options to prove it. TO MOST OF US, Alief means “Little Saigon,” the area along Bellaire Boulevard, roughly from Highway 6 to the Beltway, filled with many of the city’s best Vietnamese restaurants. But the [...]
Alief Community School Supply Drive
With less than 30 days until Alief students return to the classroom, the Annual Heads UP Houston Alief Community School Supply Drive, is underway. The drive runs through August 12. Heads UP Houston has partnered with community organizations and set a visionary goal to support Alief and all local Houston communities maximize the capacity of [...]
Think Outside the Box! BoxBot Contest
Middle school students in the Alief ISD summer program enjoyed a futuristic change of pace this past July. They had 10 days to Think Outside the Box and build the best robot design out of cardboard moving boxes and other recycled materials for premium prizes. Think Outside the Box! BoxBot Contest Thirty students participated in [...]
Raise Awareness: Sound the Alarm – Save a Life
1) Every day, 7 people die from home fires. 2) Home fires kill more people every year than all other disasters combined. 3) Smoke alarms cut the risk of death from a fire in half. 4) Red Cross and partners are installing free smoke alarms in at risk communities 5) Sound the Alarm to save [...]
HUBZone Set-Aside Program Webinar
What is the HUBZone Set-Aside Program Join the SBA Houston District Office Business Opportunity Specialists for a webinar about the HUBZone Set-Aside Program. Register for this webinar to find out about the Program and the many tools available to help small businesses build and successfully compete in the federal sector. You Will Learn: • Overview [...]
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: Urban Farming Business Course
We're pleased to announce our upcoming Urban Farming Business Course for refugees and asylees in Houston! Applications are being accepted through August 31st, with the course beginning in October. The training program is approximately one year long (meeting once-a-week) at nominal expense to the participants. Our goal is to help refugees assimilate and become economically [...]
Mayor’s Annual Back2School Fest – Registration required
Mayor's 7th Annual Back 2 School Fest Location: George R. Brown Convention Center 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010 Serving 25,000 pre-registered children from Houston area school districts Free: • Backpacks • School Supplies • Immunizations • Vision Screenings • Dental Screenings • Other Free Services Due to limited supplies, this event is [...]
Quarterly Alief Networking Breakfast, Aug. 1
We cordially invite you to join us for our quarterly ALIEF NETWORKING BREAKFAST Tuesday August 1, 2017 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM International Trade Center 11110 Bellaire Blvd. Houston, Texas Ste. 200 SPEAKER: James Alexander Director of Operations - S.E.A.L. Security BREAKFAST Sponsored by: Prosperity Bank Bring a door prize for the drawing, a great [...]
