Houston Children's Charity

erin stewart

I have been blessed by this charity multiple times! I thank them. Just go online and fill out paperwork and send in required documents. Might take a few months, but they will contact you!

Mauricio Lira

Tried to donate and came Tuesday as they indicate in the website. Was closed and the receive donations on 2/15 only.

Israel Ruiz

All programs are free so you really can’t complain. It’s a small charity but they do big impacts for Houston families.

Jessica Reyna

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER I really wish I had good things to say. Maybe they really do help people but this is the SECOND year I have tried to get gifts for my kids for Christmas through them and it has just been awful to the point where I didn't even get any. Last year I waited for over 2 hours in a line, in the cold and never even made it into the Toyota Center building. The line was so long it wrapped around three sides of the block of the Toyota Center and then continue down the third side down to the next block. I don't know how far it went but the line was as far as the eye could see. It's confusing to me why book a place as big as a Toyota Center if you're not going to allow people to wait inside. It is 100 times worse than waiting at the DPS. Also, I had to pay for parking and bring my own bags for the toys. This year, I arrived in my vehicle at 10:00 am. The card said not to come early and to get there at 10:30. So I figured a few minutes wouldn't hurt because it was raining. I'm in the right place on the right street and was directed by police to go to the end of the line "somewhere down there". I get "there" and continue to be redirected by police (mind you I was asking them if this was correct and all of them said yes) so I ask a lady out there who wasn't with police but just seemed like she knew what was going on and she tells me I am in the wrong line. That police were mixed up and there was another toy drive that police were redirecting everybody to. Now I am almost out of gas because I have spent 2 hours driving around and waiting in downtown. It is ridiculous. No signs showing where to go, extremely vague instructions like "check in on Polk St" which happens to span THE LENGTH OF DOWNTOWN, police are not really assisting with traffic, both times it actually cost me money and neither time did I leave with toys. Whoever coordinates these events seriously needs to be trained or attend their own event as a recipient so they can see the madness they put everyone through. The police had no idea where to send people, there was an accident because they had stopped directing traffic and were either huddled together in the middle of a blocked road or in their vehicles, and everyone is so panicked to make sure they get their gifts that they won't even let you over to leave if you no longer want to participate in this circus. (I literally tore up my postcard because I was just so done with the whole thing.) Do I need gifts for my children? Yes. Do I want to get sick waiting in a line outside in the cold to get those gifts? No! Do I want to risk getting into an accident or worse? No! If I have to explain to my children that they won't get any Christmas gifts this year because Mommy can't afford it then that's what I'm going to have to do. Thanks HCC for the stress, loss of income from not getting to work on time (I work 2 jobs and do not have a day off so this cost me more than the last little bit of gas I had which was the same last year,) anxiety/panic attack, and still not having any Christmas gifts for my children.