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This past Saturday CORPS participated in the Great American Bake Sale. Our bake sale took place in front of the historic Heights Theater on 19th St and coincided with Heights First Saturday. The treats our members baked and brought out ran the gambit from the deliciously lavish to the simply sweet. All of the proceeds raised from the bake sale is going to Share Our Strength to help fund grant programs around the country to fight childhood hunger. It really is a great... [More Info]

Hey everyone, On Saturday, June 7th CORPS has another event planned. Working with Share Our Strength, CORPS will be hosting Houston's version of the GREAT AMERICAN BAKE SALE. 100% of the profits go to organizations that help to fight child hunger across the country. Money raised is put into grant programs for after-school and summer-time programs that help provide food for children. What we need are baked goods. Anyone willing to put together a baked item or two,... [More Info]

This past Saturday, CORPS participated in a project sponsored by Rebuilding Together Houston. We worked at the home of 74-year old Maybell O'Neal, helping to make some minor repairs around her home and completely freshening up the exterior with a new coat of paint, along with new trim paint. I think I speak for everyone when I say that this experience was so completely gratifying! The morning started out cloudy and drizzling, hardly the perfect setting for painting the... [More Info]

Get deputized to register people to vote this weekend at CORPS event at Southmore.

I have been in contact with Sharon Washington at the Obama Volunteer office on Southmore concerning our May 3rd project to help them get the offices there into tip-top shape. Sharon has provided me with a list of items and supplies they need to acquire for the makeover, as well as her plan for a 2-day clean-up event there. There will be a Saturday and a Sunday event, so those of you who are unable to attend on that Saturday have the opportunity to attend on that Sunday and help... [More Info]

The Obama Volunteer Office on Southmore is organizing 2 phonebanking sessions this week to call voters in Pennsylvania to spread Senator Obama's message to as many undecided voters as possible. Sharon Washington has set-up a Thursday evening session and a Saturday phone-banking both to be held at the Southmore office, located at 2520 Southmore St. There will be three teams set-up on each day. One team for making the phone calls, one team for entering data and one team for... [More Info]

This past Saturday, CORPS participated in the clean-up efforts at Olivewood Cemetery, located in Houston's First Ward. Our group met-up with volunteers from YES Prepatory Academy (www.yesprep.org) as well as volunteers from the Odd Fellows (www.iooftx.org) to work on the clean-up of this 6-acre cemetery that has been a part of Houston's history since the 1870's. Just being at Olivewood, you get a tremendous sense of what this place means to the community. The grave markers run... [More Info]

For those who were unable to attend the Habitat for Humanity Wall-Build on April 5th, I wanted to take a minute to give you the highlights of the day. Check out the Photo Album for the event as well as the videos that have been posted in the Photos and Videos section of the website. The day started off in the early morning hours on a cool, cloudy Saturday morning. Our team gathered at the Habitat for Humanity warehouse, bright-eyed and eager to get started. After a short... [More Info]

Olivewood Historical Cemetery needs our help. On Saturday, April 12th CORPS will be assisting the Descendants of Olivewood with their clean-up effort of an important historical site. Olivewood Cemetery was founded in the 1870's and contains the remains of freed slaves as well as some of Houston's first African American residents. After our Habitat for Humanity Event on April 5th I went by Olivewood to see the cemetery's current status. It is dire need of maintenance and care and I... [More Info]

Our new group had its first meeting this past Sunday at Houston Obama Headquarters. We discussed the upcoming Habitat for Humanity Wall Build. Brad Pitchett lead the meeting, answered a variety of questions about the work we are going to do. Javier Avellan took some pictures of the meeting. We hope to continue to grow this group and help enhance numerous communities around Houston.