Join University of Houston on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., for the H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Parade is located in downtown Houston and is FREE for all. The parade begins and ends at Lamar and Smith. For more information visit : Thanksgiving Day Parade

Save the Date
November 28 – December 14
Join us as we help support children in our community through Undies for Everyone. November 28 – December 14 donation drop off locations and additional details coming soon.

• More than 150 Fort Bend high school students and parents joined University of Houston at Sugar Land to learn more about pursuing studies at UH.
• Sight for Success pilot collaboration between the UH College of Nursing, Honors College, College of Optometry and HISD provides vision screenings.
• Margaret Hale, a clinical professor at the University Of Houston College Of Education fosters a lifelong love of literacy, with the Tweens Read book festival.
• Local high school students and undergraduate college students gain insight on University of Houston Law Center during Diversity Matters Day.
• The third annual Honors Day of Service hosted by the Honors Mentorship Program featured over 50 Honors students serving our community.
• University of Houston College of Education opens a free food pantry to help students in need to boost student success, opportunities to volunteer and donate available.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, the Mayors Hispanic Advisory Board recognizes exemplary Hispanics who have made outstanding contributions toward improving the quality of life within the Houston Hispanic community. The award categories recognized are arts, education, community activist, youth activist, and lifetime achievement. Amongst the 2018 Hispanic Heritage award recipients are two of University of Houston’s very own Rebeca Treviño, Center for Mexican American Studies Program Manager for the Academic Achievers Program and Homero Benavides, the University of Houston Alumni alongside many other phenomenal honorees. 2018 Mayor's Hispanic Heritage Award recipients.

Summer Recap: We want to express our appreciation for your generosity in support of Turn the Page – A Literacy Initiative. Your personal commitment was incredibly helpful and allowed us to reach our goal. Your assistance means so much to us, but even more to the children receiving these books. KHOU raised nearly 15,500 books. These books will be distributed by Books Between Kids to help build-at-home libraries for underserved students.

Airbag Recall Awareness - Checked Your Car for Defective Airbags?
Millions of defective airbags are on the road today including hundreds of thousands in the Houston area that wear down over time and explode like a grenade, injuring or killing you – even in a minor collision. Tragically, two of the victims of defective airbags nationwide were right here in Houston. The good news is you can check your airbag for free at AirbagRecall.com or by downloading the AirbagRecall app. If your car has a recall, it will be fixed FOR FREE. You need only call a local dealership and set up an appointment. If your car was purchased elsewhere you can still take it to a dealership. Please take 20 seconds to check your car today at AirbagRecall.com. It could save your life!
You can check if you have a recall here! Just type in your license plate or VIN.

“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own”. - Cesar Chavez

Here are a few volunteer opportunities for students, faculty, staff, families and friends.

• Volunteer Houston Connecting volunteers and organizations for a greater Houston
• Metropolitan Volunteer Program Make a positive impact on our campus and community