The Community Bridges Fellowship Program, sponsored by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Center for Civic Engagement, gives Rice students the opportunity to utilize lessons learned in the classroom to help reduce poverty in Houston’s Fifth Ward. The Community Bridges Program pairs Rice students with one of five nonprofits actively working in the [...]
Thank you so much to our co-chairs, Jim Wicklund and Marshall Adkins, and our generous supporters for making the 2012 Small Steps Clays Classic, benefiting Small Steps Nurturing Center, such a success! Over $440,000 was raised for Small Steps! A BIG thank you goes to our generous sponsors, advisory board, and volunteers. The Clays Classic, held at American Shooting Center, hosted [...]
The students at Small Steps are feeling especially loved this Valentine’s season following four special events! On February 7th, seventh grade students from St. John’s School spent their Day of Giving with our Small Steps students. Students participated in many different Valentine’s crafts including, making friendship bracelets, necklaces, and Valentine’s cards. Thank you for visiting [...]
Thank you to our wonderful Nature Team and community volunteers for generously giving their Saturday to update our butterfly garden with new plants and stepping stones. They also planted beautiful climbing jasmine, and started an orange tree orchard! A very special thank you to David and Karen Lail who purchased all of the plants used in our gardens! We are [...]
The families at Small Steps Nurturing Center are feeling especially blessed during this holiday season as so many people around Houston donated Christmas presents for our siblings. Just one month ago we did not know if we would have Christmas presents for all of our siblings. On November 15th we posted a blog asking for help in [...]
Small Steps received a large donation of turkeys today for our families to take home to enjoy a wonderful Christmas meal. Special thanks to Cody Moore who donated 90 turkeys to the families of Small Steps! This donation was part of a larger grass roots effort by 8 families who collected and donated over 2,000 [...]
