Fall 2010 Ethics workshop announced
Bo's Place is pleased to announce that Sandra A. Lopez, LCSW, ACSW, DCSW, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work, will present the Fall 2010 Ethics Workshop. Program details coming soon. To be notified of event details by email, please join our Healing Hearts Connection.
Bo's Place hosts Rice Urban Immersion students
Thanks to fourteen Rice University incoming students who - through their participation in Rice's Urban Immersion program - spent the afternoon volunteering at Bo's Place. The students helped prepare numerous children and family activities, all of which greatly benefit the success of the Bo's Place program. We send our sincere thanks!

Thanks to the Tapeats Fund
The Tapeats Fund recently funded a grant request, enabling Bo's Place to continue the mission of enhancing the lives of those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Thanks to the Tapeats Fund for their continued generosity and support of our program.
Thanks to The Houston Pi Beta Phi Foundation
The Houston Pi Beta Phi Foundation recently funded a grant request, enabling Bo's Place to continue the mission of enhancing the lives of those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Thanks to The Houston Pi Beta Phi Foundation for their continued generosity and support of our program.
Staff attend and present at First Bluebonnet Council
Ann Weiss, L.P.C., Program Director, and Marian Mankin, L.C.S.W., Assistant Program Director, attended the first ever gathering of the Bluebonnet Council of Children's Grief Centers hosted by The Warm Place in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday and Friday, July 8 and 9, 2010. Ann presented on the research presently being conducted at Bo's Place, including the in-house measurement tool and the study conducted on volunteer typology. The Council enthusiastically engaged in a lively discussion on possible future collaborations which could be a win-win for centers and families.
Archived News
- Fall 2010 Ethics workshop announced
- Thanks to the Tapeats Fund
- Bo's Place hosts Rice Urban Immersion students
- Thanks to The Houston Pi Beta Phi Foundation
- Thanks to The Charles and Betti Saunders Foundation
- Staff attend and present at First Bluebonnet Council
- A Successful 2010 National Alliance of Grieving Children Symposium
- Thanks to Kiwanis Club of Houston
- Bo's Place selected as Run for a Reason Houston Marathon charity
- Thanks to Lowe Foundation
- Welcome ExxonMobil Summer Intern, Natalie!
- Thanks to River Oaks Garden Club
- Summer Daze at Bo's Place
- Thanks to Harry S. & Isabel C. Cameron Foundation
- Fond farewell to 2009-2010 interns
- Baylor Pediatrics Student Association hosts Parents' Night Out
- Honor your mother this Mother's Day
- 2010 Mayor’s Volunteer Houston Award recognizes Bo’s Place volunteer
- Bo's Place received proclamation for National Crime Victims' Rights Week
- Thanks to Congregation Beth Israel
- U.S. State Department Volunteerism Delegation visits Bo's Place
- Anticipatory Grief discussion receives oustanding feedback
- Thanks to University of Houston's Delta Sigma Pi
- Thanks to St. John's School Alumni
- Volunteer Appreciation 2010
