Gifting a Grand Slam

A group of family and friends recently celebrated a great day of golf. In part thanks to Houston’s, it was an even better day for one softball team in Kansas. More than 25 four-person teams of golfers gathered to raise money for Tulsa Elite 316 10U, a Wichita Kansas division of softball athletes. Each golfer…

Blue Hills Church Food Pantry

A Place to Grow: Blue Hills Church Food Pantry

Blue Hills Church in Kansas City is committed to being “A place to love. A place to grow. A place to experience God.” As such, they are also committed to the spiritual growth and development, educational training, economic empowerment, and social advocacy of their local community. As a part of their commitment to their local…

The Sunshine Division; photo: http://www.sunshinedivision.org/

Shedding Hunger with the Sunshine Division

The Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division has been providing free food and clothing to local families and individuals in need since 1923. The Sunshine Division prides itself on it’s ability to mobilize quickly to help distressed and displaced individuals who have experienced job loss, domestic crime, illness, fire, or other disasters. Houston’s is proud to…

Harvesters sign, photo: harvesters.org

Helping Harvesters Feed the Hungry

Houston’s has a long-standing relationship with Harvesters Community Food Network in Kansas City, Missouri. We recently partnered with them to donate fifty-eight cases of product to benefit Harvesters mission to “feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow.” Houston’s donated cases of consumable product from multiple vendors including Umpqua Oats, Mott’s/IBC, Ocean Spray,…

Oregon Children's Outreach (logo)

Donating Sweet Treats to OCO

Founded with the vision of “nourishing the future,” Oregon Children Outreach (OCO) is a local non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides food for children in need. Functioning as the connection between major corporations and children, OCO collects donations from willing organizations before sorting and redistributing the goods to children in need. Volunteers work behind the scenes…

Houston's participated in the 2017 Fox 12 Les Schwab Toy Drive

2017 Toy Drive Delivers Joy

Houston’s Wilsonville employees participated in the Fox 12 and Les Schwab Tire Centers Toy Drive for the second consecutive year. The goal of the toy drive is to help children and families in our local area with the donation of new, unwrapped toys. All of the donation were distributed to families in need through local…

Saving the Planet One Mouse at a Time

Do you have old electronics lying around you want to get rid? If you answered yes, then follow our lead! Houston’s is donating a large amount of computers, keyboards and computer mouses in all different shapes and sizes! Old and new, we have so many we didn’t know what to do! With electronics from various…

Houston’s in the Community

Community Warehouse provides furniture and household items to low-income people in the Portland metro area, helping the recipients create a stable home for themselves and/or their families. In January, seeing a need and with product to help, Houston’s, Inc. reached out to the warehouse and donated more than 50 cases of dishes to the facility.…