Bo's Place - Where Children are Heard and Hearts are Healed

Bo's Place is thrilled to continue its partnership with Rice University by hosting students participating in the Urban Immersion program.  Urban Immersion is an intensive, service-oriented program that introduces incoming Rice students to the urban issues, social needs, and cultural diversity of Houston while having a good time meeting other students. While at Bo's Place, students completed a variety of projects to help prepare for upcoming activities.  Thanks to these wonderful students and welcome to Houston! 

Bo’s Place was pleased to host 17 students from Baylor College of Medicine for their Community Service Day.  The students  Bo’s Place prepared our newly acquired  books for the new library, as well as completed 9 comfort blankets and 3 comfort pillows for the families of Bo’s Place grief support groups.  Thanks to this wonderful group for their generosity of time and talents!

KUHF, Houston's public radio station, recently aired a piece featuring Bo's Place.  In just a few minutes, the spirit of Bo's Place is brought to life.  Children's voices, coupled with testimonials from family participants and staff members, help demonstrate how Bo's Place is such a helpful place to those who are grieving the death of a loved one.  Click here to listen to the radio clip or read the transcript.

During July, 20 employees from Houston Gap stores volunteered at Bo’s Place, helping with a great variety of necessary projects which included cleaning and replacing items in the playroom and art room, folding and inventory of more than four hundred t-shirts, and relocating all the contents of two large storage rooms to make room for our new Music Room.

Thanks to mothers and daughters from National Charity League who helped us prepare for "Summer Daze @ Bo's Place: The Magic of Harry Potter" by making decorations for the program. 

Thank you for being an ongoing volunteer group who makes such a difference!