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CONGRATULATIONS HOUSTON CORPS! Thanks to the efforts of our volunteers our military care package drive was a great success! It was so refreshing to see some new faces show up to help out with the care package assembly as well as seeing people coming in with donations for our brave men and women overseas. In addition we also all took the time to write letters of appreciation to the troops and words of encouragement about the brave jobs they're doing to ensure the freedom of ...

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, ...

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 ...