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Adult Reading Center
"Every time I said, ‘I can’t
do this, I don’t understand,’ they would say, ‘Yes
you can. You can do it.’ They wouldn’t let me give
up."
– Natalie Orosco
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AIDS Foundation Houston
"I couldn’t believe how these
apartments looked. I was like ‘Oh my God. I’m living
in glory.’"
– Martha Guevara
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American Heart Association,
Houston Division
“Through Operation Heartbeat we hope
to reduce death and disability from heart disease and stroke
by 25 percent by the year 2010. The chain of survival has
four links in it, and if we can get people just through the
first two or three within several minutes of an episode, then
those people will live productive lives."
– Sherry Luehr-Kirk
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Child Advocates
"I get so much more than I give, especially
when I go out to visit the kids and they all come running
to hug me."
– Bernie Powell
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Community Doula Program
"I realized that if women were better
prepared, they would do much better for themselves and their
children.”
– Nadia Stein
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El Centro de Corazon
“They try to help us grow into healthy
young women. They don’t want us to end up as teenage
mothers. They don’t want the girls to get involved with
drugs or drinking or with anything that will stop them from
achieving their goals. I just thank God El Centro is here.
If it wasn’t, I don’t know what I would have become
or where I would be now.”
– Yenderina Berruete
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Gathering Place
“The Gathering Place is a psychosocial
rehabilitation clubhouse that gives adults with mental illness
the opportunity to socialize and to work on vocational and
social skills.”
– Herbert Bateman
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Houston Area Women’s
Center
"Domestic violence has no class distinction.
My husband had three degrees, and on the outside we looked
like the perfect family."
– Susan Davis
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Houston Eye Associates
Foundation
"We didn’t have any insurance.
I work as a clerk in a pharmacy, and my husband is a truck
driver. We knew it was going to be expensive because Josh
had to have so many treatments, and he had to have surgery.
But Dr. Zaman said, ‘The eye comes first.’"
– Margaret Estrada
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Houston Habitat for Humanity
"This house is the ultimate for someone
who wants a better life but can’t afford it on a small
salary. Our good fortune is leading to bigger and better things."
– Joycelyn Wyatt
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Humble Area Assistance
Ministries
"If it weren’t for the Working
Toward Self-Sufficieny program, my children and I would have
been homeless."
– Dawn Feece
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Justice for Children
"The families we see are not families.
They are criminal perpetrators and their victims. Child abuse
is the only crime committed in which a victim is forced to
live with the perpetrator.”
– Kimberly Stabler
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Local Infant Formula for
Emergencies
"We’re here to make sure parents
have the proper nutrition for their children and that they
understand its importance. In the long run that means healthier
children, happier adults and a better community for everyone.”
– Lisa Emiliani
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Medical Bridges Inc.
"The people we work with are struggling
to live. They are in pain, they have deformities, they have
medical problems and they look to us with hope. Even little
things, like a sheet or a piece of gauze, make a difference,
because these people are not accustomed to having medical
supplies or receiving care and attention.”
– Hashmat Effendi
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Neighborhood Centers Inc.
“Our main concern was the health
of the people, especially senior citizens who had no way to
begin the clean up process.”
– Dave Detcher
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No More Victims
"Children whose parents are incarcerated
come with so many wounds, but this is a topic most people
won’t touch. They say, ‘I don’t care about
those kids. Their parents are nothing but criminals and dope
fiends.’ But we teach that all of us count, that all
of us are precious, that our childhood experiences dictate
our adult behavior. No More Victims is here to stop the pain."
– Marilyn Gambrell
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The OASIS Institute
“When you read different studies
about aging well, they all tell you the same thing: Keep your
mind active. Go to class. Read. Do puzzles. Engage yourself
intellectually and have special ties. OASIS enriches the lives
of older adults by offering opportunities for growth through
life-enrichment classes and meaningful volunteer activities.”
– Marlene Matzner
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Texas Hearing and Service
Dogs, Inc.
"For years they’d been training
dogs for people who are deaf. This was the first time someone
came to them and said, ‘Let’s see what you can do
for people in wheelchairs.’"
– Toby Cole
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UCP of Greater Houston,
Inc.
"Children of any kind learn through
play. If they’re not playing, they’re not growing."
– Lisa Burns
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The University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston
"This program allows us to take all
the different components of the medical center out to a large
geographic area of people who primarily are working poor.
One doctor can stay in front of the computer and see patients
who geographically are all over Texas."
– Dr. Garland Anderson
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