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Partnership with Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School

By Caring Friends | Published: March 20, 2015

Caring Friends, Inc. is a partner with Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School in Houston, a 95%+ Hispanic population in a largely immigrant community. Caring Friends:Rodriguez Elem Rodriguez school counsellor Mrs. Zaragosa is a committed, hard working leader who makes a difference among at risk immigrant children and families, facilitating the Caring Friends-Rodriguez partnership to promote a […]

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Good Reader Program in At Risk Schools in Houston

By Caring Friends | Published: March 20, 2015

Caring Friends supports a Good Reader Program in five at risk elementary schools in Houston. Ms. Zaragosa tells the story. Good Reader Program

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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: INSPIRING URBAN YOUTHS TODAY

By Caring Friends | Published: January 30, 2015

The challenges, struggles, and accomplishments of famed educator Booker T. Washington continue to inspire middle school urban youth in 2015. A Houston middle school girl studied his life and wrote this in a Booker T. Washington essay contest: “In my own personal life I’ve had my own struggles…in no way they compare to being born […]

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Coats for Cold Children

By Caring Friends | Published: January 17, 2015

Thirty five dollars ($35) from Caring Friends donors bought 8 coats and sweaters at a Salvation Army shop on a 50% off day. School nurses at elementary schools use these to help children who have no coats during cold weather days.

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Fish or Fishing Pole

By Caring Friends | Published: January 15, 2015

For Caring Friends vocational training is a sweet spot in charitable giving: a fishing pole rather than fish. Forty Haitian students got 16 weeks of medical equipment repair training in Haiti, the first formal biomed training these hospital techs had. Caring Friends was one of the key partners in providing biomed training and these tool […]

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Caring Friends, Inc. and Global Health Awards in Texas Medical Center

By Caring Friends | Published: December 18, 2014

Funds for 2015 awards will provide opportunities to young healthcare graduate students. Send tax deductible donations via PayPal or to Caring Friends, Inc, 4024 Lanark Lane, Houston, TX 77025. In 2013-2014 Caring Friends, Inc. worked with new non profit Houston Global Health Collaborative, granting awards totaling $9000+ to 22 healthcare students in schools of medicine, […]

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