Serving the Community

Chris Finck is a Marine Corps Veteran with a Bachelors Degree in Finance.  He was born and raised in Vancouver, WA and moved to TX after some encouragement from one of his Marine Corps Brothers.  Chris has 2 children, Kristina 24 and Doron 19.  He is a Mortgage Loan Officer with Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp and loves working with people and helping to guide them to be able to get to where they wanna be.         

Chris also volunteers with VAREP, Houston Veterans Chamber of Commerce, and American Warrior Initiative to name a few.  He is a GIVER at heart and particularly giving back to veterans.         

Connect with Chris
https://www.houveteranschamber.org/united-states/houston/mortgage-lending-1/chris-finck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfinck/

American Warrior Initiative coming to League City in May 2022
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Debra Marshall is the daughter of a combat Vietnam Veteran.  She is also a Realtor that services Houston and surrounding cities. Debra has a long family history of service to our county.  She is passionate about giving back to my community especially our veterans who have sacrificed so much for our freedom. It truly is a debt that can never be repaid. Debra feels it with every Veteran she is honored to not only call friend but family.

SERVE website : https://setexasheroes.com/
About SERVE
 We come together as a team once a month to discuss the needs of veterans in our communities. Requests for help come in and the team discusses how best to honor the request. We set a plan and take action.

WHY do you serve this organization? | I SERVE in this organization to honor my Hero, my Dad who is a Vietnam Army Veteran.. This amazing organization is part of my family now and it allows me to give back within the amazing growing network we have.

HOW do you or this organization serve the community? How does someone get involved? | The Mission of SERVE is to bring gulf coast area veterans groups and organizations together to combine resources and information to improve the lives of our military personnel and their families.The Mission of SERVE is to bring gulf coast area veterans groups and organizations together to combine resources and information to improve the lives of our military personnel and their families.

Email Address | [email protected] |
Cell | 281-798-2551

The next SERVE meeting will be 1/13/22. Message Debra if you’d like to be added to the attendee list.

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Ryan Kirksey serves as the Chairman of the Board for Family Promise of Clear Creek.  Ryan has  lived in the Clear Creek/Friendswood/League City community since his family moved here in the sixth grade. Ryan has worked at Rice University for 17 years, and is now Chief of Staff to the president of the University.

Ryan got involved with family promise of clear creek through my church, Southeast Church of Christ. He was asked to serve on the board six year ago, he has now been the Chairman for three years.

Family Promise of Clear Creek is a community-based response to family homelessness. We partner with the faith, school and business communities to offer a holistic program designed to empower families to become stable and rebuild their lives to achieve lasting independence. We offer a "hand up" and not a "hand out" to help with the sustainable futures for those that come in our doors.

Connect with Family Promise of Clear Creek on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FamilyPromiseofClearCreek

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 The best way to get involved is to sign up to be in our network of volunteers
https://www.ccfamilypromise.org/volunteer

Volunteers help in any number of ways, including meals for the families, life skills and professional skills training, activities for the children, or financial/in-kind donations.

Annual gala is Saturday, November 13 at Lakewood Yacht Club and there are just a few tickets left!

https://www.ccfamilypromise.org/news-events

Silent Auction for the Gala is open to EVERYONE!
https://www.silentauctionpro.com/onlineticketpurchase.php?groupId=1482

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Amy Castro is president and founder of Starlight Outreach and Rescue, a Houston area animal rescue and shelter outreach organization. She started the organization in 2017 in Honor of Emma Starlight Hyde, who was an animal shelter volunteer and freshman at Friendswood High School when she passed away suddenly in October 2017. To pay the bills, Amy is a professional speaker and trainer- presenting in-person and virtual programs to organizations to help them grow their leaders and build treat teams. Amy's speaking topics include communication, leadership, customer service, and team development.

Connect with Amy and Starlight Outreach and Rescue:
https://www.facebook.com/StarlightOutreachAndRescue
https://www.instagram.com/starlightoutreachandrescue/
https://twitter.com/rescuestarlight

We're always looking for volunteers to foster in their homes, help care for animals in the retail stores who allow us to show adoptable pets, help care for animals at the rescue ranch in Alvin, work special events, and transport animals to veterinary appointments and to their adopters. To get involved, interested people can go to bit.ly/starlightadopt to fill out a volunteer questionnaire and indicate their interest and availability. Kids 6th grade and older can also volunteer as long as a parent accompanies them and supervises them during their volunteer time.

Our next big event is Purrs and Paws for Santa Claus. This is our annual, week-long online fundraising event that gives people the opportunity to buy Starlight Merchandise, participate in a wine pull, enter contests for their pets, and get the chance to win great raffle items. The best place to get info on this is on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/StarlightOutreachAndRescue, or our website at [email protected]

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 It was at this Expo that I happened upon Grace After Fire!  The rest is history!  The first time I met the President and CEO, I participated in an impromptu and on the spot interview she hosted and I was a Table Talk (TM) Color Me Camo Peer Group Facilitator for the first year and a half!  I was brought on board with Grace After Fire in July of 2019, and in October of 2021, I moved to the San Antonio area!  Now I am working on connecting with any other organization/person who is interested in furthering the life of a Veteran!  We have a no wrong door policy, so anyone who comes through our doors, we are going to make sure we do our best to get them the resources they are in need of!!

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#WomenVeterans
#GraceAfterFire
#GAF
#ChangingTheConversation
#WhatAVeteranLooksLike
#WomenEmpowerment

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Instagram: @graceafterfire
Facebook: @Grace After Fire
LinkedIn: @Grace After Fire
Twitter: @graceafterfire

In order to get involved, simply go to our website at www.graceafterfire.org and register, either as a Volunteer, or as a Woman Veteran and one of our staff members will be sure to reach out!  So, Keep an eye on your email and phone for new numbers and emails!

Grace After Fire Events

1. November 5th - San Antonio - United We Serve Event with the San Antonio Food Bank, and other Women Veteran groups!  Again, we can do nothing alone, so each group has selected a service project to complete for the day and we will come back together afterward to hear from the 43rd Commandant of the Army, LTG Horoho, about her journey!

To participate that day with Grace After Fire please visit the United Serving the Community Sign Up Genius Link below. Please follow the San Antonio Food Bank Sign Up Genius prompt to sign the safety waiver as well.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050549a9af28a3fc1-united

2. The Camp Hope BBQ Cook-Off - this is being hosted on November 12 - 13th, 2021 and will be held at the Waller County Fairgrounds!!
https://www.graceafterfire.org/events/bbqin-beauties-2021-11-12-17-00

3. A Night with the Rockets!!  Coming up on November 14th!!

Register and get discounted tickets by following the links!
https://www.facebook.com/GraceAfterFire/posts/4473210166059501

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Michael Podolny has over 45 years of experience working with the owners of privately-held businesses. Podolny’s career began in the world of financial transactions working first in commercial banking then as a principal of an investment banking firm focusing on mergers and acquisitions of smaller privately-held businesses and finally as a consultant helping businesses plan and execute for their ultimate exit.

Going into semi-retirement in 2014, he began to travel extensively. His interactions with many business owners and working people throughout the developing world convinced him of the very important need for job development in the developing world.  He undertook a multi-year process of finding a project that would be best suited for his skills and connections. In 2019, he came to Ghana, West Africa. Working with long-time disadvantaged woman advocate Gail Grant, they developed the concept of Theodora Africa which was launched in 2020, has successfully completed its prototype and is looking to scale substantially.

Theodora Africa is an innovative platform whose mission is to transform the lives of African women via the power of business creation. Hundreds of thousands of African women find themselves funneled into sex work due to environmental factors (no social safety net, lack of jobs, misogynistic culture). We use the power of business creation, but not any business creation, but businesses that provide meaningful business services to underserved developed country markets.

Our primary innovations are:

1.      We find the market opportunity first before we recruit and train – seeking out underserved markets for outsourced services in developed countries where our sales price is a value to our clients but the amount earned is substantial for our participants.

2.      Creating specific environments to drive behavior change – don’t just teach…create a total immersion into a new set of values that drives individual transformation of participants faster.

3.      Pathway to ownership – we are not the entrepreneurs…our goal is to make our participants the ultimate owners so we don’t just create jobs, we create capital.

You can help Theodora Africa by HELPING YOURSELF! If you find you need an administrative assistant and hire a Theodora Africa assistant, you make your own life better but simultaneously create a better opportunity for women in Africa. How cool is that?  Theodora Africa services...a win for your charity and a win for women in Africa!

More about Theodora Africa
 https://theodoraafrica.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/theodora-africa/about/

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Love and Hope for Our Heroes mission and philosophy stems from four key components: Respect, Empathy, Self-Learning and Pride Of Ownership. We personally believe that housing is a universal necessity that creates positive change for all of humanity. With housing and the above key-tenets, we believe that we can impact change and help our clients better their lives. Our mission is simply to improve the lives of our clients through affordable, all-inclusive housing.

"True happiness consists in giving and serving others; that is the meaning of life" -Eretta

Get Involved/Learn More
https://loveandhopeforourheroes.com/

@avetschoicehome

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Attorney Heather Carson represents scientists, creatives, and other small businesses as their outside general counsel, serving as a trusted advisor to protect their business.

Having spent over a decade building programs and protecting intellectual property for large institutions, Heather felt a calling to provide this same level of world class legal service to everyday business owners. Her extensive background in healthcare, science, and research brings a deeper level of legal expertise that her clients find invaluable.

Licensed in Texas and Arizona, Heather founded Carson Law Firm, PLLC based on a driving principle that protecting your business should be not cost-prohibitive. This principle combined with her total dedication to clients’ needs has helped protect and grow both early- and late-stage companies alike.

Heather works with companies in a number of industries, including technology, healthcare, research, nonprofits, design, art, and more. As an accomplished business attorney with a track record of success, her expertise provides businesses a unique perspective to their legal needs.

Heather’s legal expertise is also reflected in her credentials, which include:

• Qualified Mediator (Texas)
• Member of the State Bar of Texas Disability Rights Committee
• Member of the State Bar College
• Director, BanglaCare Foundation (Non-profit dedicated to improving health via telemedicine and health communication in Bangladesh)

Heather’s credentials and reputation for creative legal solutions have afforded her invitations to present at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and PRIM&R (Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research) national conferences. She has also occasionally lectured for the CLE (Continuing Legal Education) and CME (Continuing Medical Education).

Before founding Carson Law Heather Carson managed contracts for major medical institutions such as Baylor College of Medicine, as well as managed a long-running T32 grant at the University of Texas Health Science Centre San Antonio. She also worked with multinational pharmaceuticals such as Pfizer, authored grant applications to the NIH (National Institute of Health), and worked with the WHO (World Health Organization) in Geneva Switzerland.

Heather Carson completed her Bachelor’s degree at Fordham University, graduating cum laude. She is an alumnus of Texas Tech University School of Law where she was editor of “Journal of Biosafety, Biosecurity and Biodefense Law”. Officially Dr. Heather Carson, she completed her Ph.D at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

More about TVMA
https://txvma.org/

Volunteer with TVMA
https://txvma.org/texas-volunteer-mediator-association/formediators/volunteer/

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Network In Action (NIA) is a national franchise comprised of over 70 groups across the country that creates marketplace alliances via membership in these elite groups, featuring a qualified business advisor and leadership business coach, to directly manage business owners for mutual benefit. The model is unique to the industry based on its proprietary technology, structured once-a-month gatherings, and active point system referral platform.

Kathy Bowersox of Houston currently leads the Network In Action Business Force operation and launched Veterans Business Force in early 2021.

Here is the short link for my Veterans Business Force:  https://bit.ly/3p2PI29

Here is the link for our meeting next week as well:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nia-veteran-business-force-august-meeting-tickets-166206904325

Here is the link for the Guitars N’ Cars event:  https://www.guitarsncars.org/

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Carlene Johnson (CJ) is currently serving as the President for the VAREP Houston chapter.

About CJ
🏘A real estate professional (Realtor®), Realtist and Houston’s first Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert (CDRE™) assisting clients and network who are dealing with real property in divorce proceedings.

💢An accredited service provider to families, family law practitioners, and other real estate service providers.

💢Provides expertise as a neutral 3rd party Realtor® for couples who are divorcing and require assistance to amicably resolve their unique realty asset situation.

💵Works to reduce the expense of litigation through effective communication with both parties.

💵Qualified as an Expert Subject Matter Witness in family court proceedings with the goal of having both parties to work together for the good of the family and the value of the property(s).

⚖Uses a consultive approach before, during and after divorce. As a wife and mother of two, I am mindful that strife can cause potential harm to children when peaceful resolution cannot be achieved.

💙Born in Jamaica and a United States Air Force Veteran who served during Desert Storm.

🔳In 2006, became the first black female hired by a Harris County elected Family Law Judge to serve as a Family Court Coordinator. In 2018, became the first black Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert (CDRE™). In 2021, became the first black female President of the Houston, TX Chapter of Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP Houston).

🔳Dedication can be seen and heard by her contributions to educate the community in the media and provide resources via webinars and seminars. Visit: www.CJservices.us for more information on her practice and mission.

📚🏍✈I enjoy reading, dancing, traveling and trike motorcycles. My passion includes education and advocacy for myself and others.

More about CJ's Services
https://www.cjservices.org/

Connect with CJ on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlenejohnson/

VAREP Houston Website
https://varep.net/groups/houston-chapter/

Donate to VAREP
https://varep.net/donate/


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