Educational Resource Center

The House of Charity believes that every child deserves supplies and all teachers should have the tools to provide exceptional learning to all students regardless of economic background. The Educational Resource Center, introduced in 2004, is focused on providing students in our high poverty schools the same opportunity to learn as those in our more affluent schools.

Not every family has the means to provide even the basic items for their children. With this in mind, the Education Resource Center was initiated.

The Educational Resource Center has already been running several CPR, Water and Fire Safety workshops and clothing drives for years. New programs are scheduled to be implemented such as school supply drives, "Coats for Charity", "Donate a Backpack", "Assist-a-Teacher", youth camps and food drives.

The Educational Resource Center is also focused on having a direct impact with students by operating a volunteer-run free store for teachers, which will be stocked with supplies donated by the community. Through the ERC, schools will have access to school supplies and uniforms at any time year-round. All of the supplies, new and used, will be collected from businesses and individuals in our community and stocked in a unique warehouse for Houston Area Public School teachers - where everything will be free all year round! We hope to expand its horizon so that it will touch the lives of thousands of children in need and help teachers create an exceptional learning environment.

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On a daily basis, parents must make heart-wrenching choices. Purchasing school supplies is simply a luxury most families cannot afford. To bridge the gap, dedicated teachers spend an average of $800 per year to provide the basic and necessary supplies that their students need.

Another area of the ERC is the collection of unwanted materials from businesses and outlets so to enhance their recycling efforts to save the environment through its furniture and clothing collection and distribution programs. With the 5% population growth every ten years, we have projected that by 2010, The House of Charity Educational Resource Center will divert tons of materials from the landfills.

The ultimate purpose is to make a significant impact in the communities we serve by providing essential supplies for all students to perform, excel and grow. By contributing any items in our Needs List you can help make a difference in a child's life.

Together, we can indeed make a difference!

Every child deserves supplies and all teachers should have the tools to provide exceptional learning to all students regardless of economic background. The Educational Resource Center is focused on providing students in our high poverty schools the same opportunity to learn as those in our more affluent schools.

Progress!!!

The ERC has had several programs running since 1997:

CPR training
Water & Fire Safety workshops
Clothing drives
Furniture /material recycling
Coats for charity
Donate a back packs
Assist a teacher
Youth Camps

Needed Supplies
              Back packs

              Books

              Calculators

              Carpet squares

              Coloring pencils

              Markers, paints

              Computers

              Copy paper

              CD’s

              Folders, binders

              of all kinds

              Clipboards

              Science supplies

              Glue sticks

              Highlighters

              Flash cards

              Safety scissors

              for kids

              Educational toys

              Maps

              Dry erase board

              New stuffed toys

              Paper clips

              Pencil box

              pencils, pens

              Projectors & supplies

              Playground equipment

              Printers

              Puzzlers

              Games

              Spiral notebooks

              Water bottles

Giving a Little

Adopt-A-School is a pilot program with the dream of helping in masses by launching donation collections in economically advantaged high chools and distributing to economically disadvantaged schools. With their help it is our goal to collect school uniforms, supplies, and coats and to isburse them to students who need such items. Young volunteers who are interested in administering such a program through a school organizations are encouraged to contact us.