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Reeves-Reed Arboretum engages, educates and enriches its visitors so they become better stewards of nature and the environment. We achieve this mission through the care and utilization of an historic estate and gardens, and world-class environmental education, arts, and cultural programs.

Inspiring people to develop a positive lifelong connection with nature & encouraging active engagement in conservation.

DWEJ champions local and national collaboration to advance environmental justice and sustainable redevelopment. We foster clean, healthy and safe communities through innovative policy, education and workforce initiatives.

Second Servings is dedicated to building a healthier community by providing access to nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste. As Houston's only perishable food rescue organization, we pick up unsold and unserved food from over 400 food businesses, and deliver it promptly and safely to 140 local nonprofits to help nourish about 200,000 struggling Houstonians annually.

Outgrowing Hunger promotes the growth of people and places toward their highest potential for well-being, resilience, and self-reliance by working with refugee and other disadvantaged communities to build gardens which meet the social, nutritional, environmental, and economic needs of the neighborhood.

OpEPA USA, founded in 2006, is a sister organization of OpEPA Colombia founded in 1998. The organizations were created as a means to reconnect children and adults with nature and promote positive environmental actions in Colombia and Latin America. Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. It has an incredible wealth of ecosystems, flora, fauna and cultural diversity. However, Colombia suffers from serious environmental degradation. Deforestation, high levels of urban waste, polluted water and reduced air quality are just four of a litany of similar issues. The environmental movement in Colombia has employed the range of conventional tactics to address these issues. Public awareness campaigns have dotted the airwaves, and legislative changes have improved the legal basis for pursuing polluters. But young people, "the next generation of consumers and decision makers," cannot be scolded or legislated into caring about the environment. To truly change the way they approach environmental issues, they must feel personally compelled to transform the status quo. This is what OpEPA targets to do.

Our mission is to search out and correct problems causing the deterioration of safe, decent, and affordable housing; and the decline in homeownership. Our mission can be accomplished by the implementation of the following goals, objectives, and others: Provide safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities for low and moderate-income homebuyers; Encourage citizen participation in fighting crime; Promote enforcement of the City's Housing codes to insure the welfare, health, and safety of the community; Provide recreational and open green space; Promote improvements to the neighborhood's infrastructure (streets and sidewalks). This mission can best be accomplished by a collaborative relationship between citizens, private industry, state and local government, social service agencies, and

Park Pride provides programs, funding and leadership to engage communities in developing and improving parks and greenspaces.

The mission of Friends of the Portland Memory Garden is "To enhance the lives of individuals with memory disorders and their caregivers by maintaining the Portland Memory Garden and providing therapeutic and educational activities."

The mission of Water Charity is to implement practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation, and meaningful health education to those in need.

The mission of the Lamb Center is serving our poor and homeless neighbors, transforming lives, and sharing God’s love. We seek to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ in word and deed to the hurting people in our community; to know them; to love them; to discover their needs with them; to foster and encourage their relationships with our Lord; and to help them to discover and enjoy the many gifts that God has given them each.

Incorporated in 1971, CEC fosters education, dialogue, and collaboration on environmental issues in the Houston/Gulf Coast region.