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Cancer?
Talk to someone who has been there.
Contact CanCare.

CanCare is an interfaith nonprofit organization that provides free emotional support to cancer patients and families.

CanCare

713.461.0028

9575 Katy Freeway, Suite 428 • Houston, Texas 77024

www.cancare.org



PAWS Houston is a non-profit organization that serves the needs of low-income pet owners who are living with terminal illness and elderly shut-ins. PAWS offers comprehehensive services designed to enable our clients to keep their animal companions. Services include an animal food bank, subsidized veterinary care, volunteer pet care, grooming, and foster care when the owner is in the hospital. By helping them keep their much-loved pets, we hope to improve their quality of life.

“My cats are my family,” says John. “They give me a reason to get out of bed everyday.” When funds were low, John went without his own food to feed his beloved cats. John, once a successful architect, lost his income and home when he became very ill. His cats offer love and companionship during these hard times. PAWS Houston is there to help him feed his cats as well as take care of their veterinary needs.

 
www.pawshouston.org
281-443-3360



A broken heart.
A broken spirit.
(Call before he breaks anything else.)

If something about your relationship makes you afraid, break your
silence and make the call that has helped thousands of Texans get safe.
Abuse is never okay. You don’t have to be silent. You’re not alone.

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Kids need something better to do than drugs. So get them into a good habit. TODAY.

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/

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TexCare Partnership
 
Call 1-800-647-6558
or visit www.texcarepartnership.com

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  Children's MuseumThe Farm to Market is Fantastic Fun!


Stop by the Children's Museum to see what the fuss is all about! Check out the new and improved Farm to Market area featuring a state-of-art "Randalls Mini-mart" --a whole new food-filled adventure for the entire family! Everything's bigger and better than ever in this exhibition area created by The Children's Museum of Houston, Randalls, Heights Venture Architects and Douglas/Gallagher.

In the Market:

Don't forget to stop by "Piggy's Bank," an ATM machine area - THE KIDS WILL LOVE THIS!

Take time out and relax in our "Parent Care Café"!

Test your knowledge of nutrition as you play the "Food Pyramid Game."

Plant a garden.

Reel in a big one from our "fishing hole."

Pretend to plow on a kid-sized tractor.

Learn the art of milking "Effie, the cow."

AND much more!

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You Can Help End Hunger

Randalls was the first Houston retailer to agree to host the End Hunger Network's red barrels for a three-month trial period. Fourteen successful years later, the Red Barrel Program is a major source of food for 90 church and community food pantries across the Houston metropolitan area.

All those bags of food add up. In 1999, food collected in Randalls Red Barrels provided 86,628 meals for hungry children, seniors and working families. Next time you are in your neighborhood Randalls, don't forget to select a pre-sacked bag of grocery items for the Red Barrel, or pick up an extra can of vegetables or bag of rice and drop it in the Red Barrel on your way out. Together, we can help feed Houston's hungry.

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Passing a loading or unloading school bus is punishable by a fine of from $200 to as much as $1,000.
In Texas there were 22 children that were injured when they were hit by an automobile illegally passing a stopped school bus 1998.
Motorists traveling in the same direction as a school bus must stop when the bus is displaying the visual signal.
Do you know if you have to stop if you are traveling in the opposite direction as the school bus?
For the answer to this and other questions,

Call Toll Free 1-877-999-8998
Call also if you see someone illegally passing a school bus.

Sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio


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American Red Cross Presents
Ready's Water Safety Rules!
 

Learn to swim. Call your local Red Cross for lesson information.
Always swim with a buddy.
Swim in supervised areas; always stay in sight of a lifeguard.
Wear a life jacket with boating or fishing.
Do not chew gum or eat while you swim.
Obey "No Diving" signs.
Don't drink and swim.
Do not run.
Watch the weather.

Houston Area Red Cross
713-526-8300
www.houstonredcross.org

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