featured projects
The Road Show
Follow co-founder Jayme and chick Aimee on their Road Show to prevent suicide and raise awareness for The Jed Foundation.  Check out their blog or follow @roadshowblondes.

Spirit Jump
Charity Chicks is teaming up with Spirit Jump on a project called Cards 4 Cancer.  Now through April 10th, we'll be making and distributing uplifting cards for cancer patients at local hospitals.  Be a part of this great project and make some cards! (Card guidelines here)


featured event
Sunday, April 11
Run for the Rose
Join our team and support this great cause with us! The Marnie Rose Foundation supports pediatric initiatives at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and brain cancer research at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  The first 100 people to sign up with our team will get this free Charity Chicks team t-shirt.





Houston Resources for Volunteering & Giving



Looking for volunteer opportunities or organizations deserving of a donation?  This list is a work in progress of non-profit organizations in the Houston area.  If you know of other organizations that should be added to this list, e-mail us at
chicks@charitychickshouston.com.


Various Opportunities


Volunteer Houston
Volunteer Match
1-800-VOLUNTEER

Children's Causes


Bo's Place
BEAResource for CPS Kids
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston
CASA de Esperanza de los Niños - The House of Hope for Children
Cherish Our Children International
Child Advocates
Children's Assessment Center
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Children's Museum of Houston
ChildBuilders
Collaborative for Children
Community & Children's Impact Center
DePelchin Children's Center
Eye Care for Kids Foundation
Houston Children's Charity
Joe Joe Bear Foundation
Junior Achievement
Justice for Children
Lemonade Day
Lindsay Foundation
Ronald McDonald House HoustonShriners Hospital for Children
Snowdrop Foundation
Team Teen
Texans Together
Texas Adaptive Aquatics
Texas Children's Hospital
Volunteers of America

Environmental Causes


Memorial Park Conservancy
Sierra Club - Houston Regional Chapter
Sustainable Living in Houston
Urban Harvest

Health Related Causes


AIDS Foundation Houston
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association - Houston Branch
Brain Injury Association of Texas
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Community Health Charities
Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation Texas
Gary Lynn Foundation
Gathering Place
Houston Ground Angels & Pilots
Joe Joe Bear Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Houston Gulf Coast Chapter
Hope Through Grace
Lindsay FoundationM.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
National Hemophilia Foundation - Lone Star Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society -  Lone Star Chapter
Retinoblastoma Center of Houston
Ronald McDonald House Houston
Shriners Hospital for Children
SIRE, Houston's Therapeutic Equestrian Centers
Snowdrop Foundation
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Houston
Texas Adaptive Aquatics
Texas Children's Hospital
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Houston
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation - Houston Chapter
Young Survival Coalition
Young Texans Against Cancer - Houston Chapter

Women's Causes


Dress for Success Houston
Houston Area Women's Center
Pink Door
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Houston
The Women's Home
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston
Volunteers of America
Young Survival Coalition

Arts & Culture


Children's Museum of Houston
Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Institute for Culture
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Menil Collection
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Music Therapy Center of Houston

Food & Shelter


Cathedral Health and Outreach Ministries
Christian Community Service Center
Houston Food Bank
Houston Habitat for Humanity
My Fellow Man Alliance
Palmer Episcopal Church - The Way Station
SEARCH Homeless Services
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Star of Hope Mission
Target Hunger
The Turning Point Center
The Women's Home
Volunteers of America

Animals


Citizens for Animal Protection
Homeless Pet Placement League
Houston Humane Society
Houston SPCA
Recycled Pomeranians and Schipperkes
Rescue Bank

Seniors


Sheltering Arms Senior Services
The Turning Point Center
Volunteers of America