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To help ease the resettlement process for refugees coming to Houston by mobilizing invested, caring volunteers, fostering hope amidst crisis.

06/04/2026

Make your meal count for something meaningful. 🍲💚
On Saturday, June 20, join us at Corner Bakery Cafe and help support refugee families beginning again in Houston.

When you dine in, order takeout, or place an order through the restaurant website using our fundraiser code, 15% of your purchase will be donated to Houston Welcomes Refugees. 🏠

Your support helps provide essential household items, grocery deliveries, friendship, and community for refugee neighbors as they rebuild with dignity and hope.

📍 Corner Bakery Cafe
9311 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX
⏰ 6:30 AM – 9:00 PM
💚 Use code: 659 when ordering online
📞 Mention Houston Welcomes Refugees when ordering by phone or in person

Every shared meal helps create belonging.
Join us in welcoming families well: https://tinyurl.com/2prtzhx3

06/02/2026

Understanding the refugee journey begins with understanding one important truth:
No one leaves home lightly. 🌍🤍

Refugee families often spend years navigating uncertainty, waiting, paperwork, interviews, and transition before finally arriving in a new community to begin again.

The journey can include leaving behind homes, careers, loved ones, and familiar routines in search of safety, stability, and hope for the future.

And when families arrive in Houston, the journey of rebuilding continues.
That’s where community matters. 🫂

A warm welcome, a furnished home, a shared meal, or a caring volunteer can help create belonging during an overwhelming season of transition.

As we recognize World Refugee Day this month, we invite you to learn more, listen deeply, and be part of creating a community where refugee neighbors are welcomed with dignity and hope. 💚

06/01/2026

This World Refugee Day, we invite our community to come together in prayer, reflection, and hope. 🤍

June 17
6:45 PM
Tallowood Baptist Church

Join us for an evening of Prayer & Praise as we lift up refugee families in Houston and around the world—honoring stories of resilience, praying for peace and healing, and celebrating the power of welcome and belonging. 🌍

05/29/2026

Hope smells like home-cooked meals. 🍲🤍

For many refugee families, rebuilding home begins in small but meaningful moments—sharing recipes, gathering around the table, and preparing meals that carry memories, culture, and connection.

Food has a way of bringing people together across languages and experiences.
It creates comfort.
It creates belonging.
It creates community.

As we celebrate World Refugee Day, we’re reminded that everyone brings something valuable to the table. 🌍

Through hospitality, shared meals, and neighborly connection, hope is built together.

Join us in welcoming families as they begin again in Houston. 💚

05/28/2026

Eid al-Adha Mubarak to all who are celebrating. 💚

At Houston Welcomes Refugees, we are grateful for the many cultures, traditions, and stories that make our community stronger and more connected. Celebrations like Eid remind us that belonging is built through hospitality, compassion, and coming together as neighbors.

05/26/2026

As we begin preparing for World Refugee Day next month, we’re taking time to reflect on what connects us all. 🌍

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing stories, moments, and reminders of the hope, resilience, and community that help refugee families begin again.

World Refugee Day is a time to honor the strength and courage of refugees around the world who are rebuilding their lives with determination and hope.

In Houston and beyond, every family’s journey is unique.
Every beginning again is deeply human.
And every act of welcome matters. 🤍

Follow along with our HOPE Away From Home campaign as we celebrate belonging, hospitality, and the power of community together.

05/25/2026

Hope can begin with something as simple as a stocked kitchen, clean towels, or a place to sleep. 🏠🤍

For refugee families arriving in a new home, essential household items help create comfort, stability, and dignity during an overwhelming season of transition.

As part of our HOPE Away From Home campaign for World Refugee Day, we’re inviting our community to help provide kits filled with everyday essentials for families beginning again in Houston.

Every item says:
You are welcome here.
You are not alone.

Want to help welcome families well? 💚
Visit the Amazon Wishlist linked in our bio to donate needed household items and help create hope for refugee neighbors beginning a new chapter.

05/22/2026

Hope away from home starts with community. 🤍🫂

This World Refugee Day, we’re launching HOPE Away From Home — a campaign centered on the small, meaningful moments that help refugee families begin again with dignity, connection, and belonging.

Hope looks like essential household items waiting in a new home.
Hope smells like a familiar meal being prepared in the kitchen.
Hope sounds like laughter, storytelling, and friendship around the table.
Hope tastes like meals shared in community.
Hope feels like being seen, known, and welcomed with love and dignity.

In the weeks leading up to World Refugee Day on June 20, we’ll be sharing stories, reflections, and ways our community can help create hope together. 🌍

Because welcome changes everything. 💚

05/21/2026

Join us for a special Prayer & Praise gathering in honor of World Refugee Day. 🤍🌍

Together, we’ll pause to pray for refugee neighbors around the world and here in Houston, give thanks for the strength and resilience of families beginning again, and ask for hope, healing, and welcome to grow in our city.

June 17
6:45 PM
Tallowood Baptist Church

We would love for you to join us.

05/19/2026

Behind every statistic is a family, a story, and the hope of beginning again. 🌍🤍

For more than a decade, millions of Syrians have been displaced by conflict and instability, forcing families to leave behind homes, schools, careers, and communities in search of safety.

But Syrian families are more than the hardships they’ve endured.

They bring deep traditions of hospitality, resilience, connection, and care for one another. And as families begin new chapters in places like Houston, community support helps create stability, belonging, and hope for the future.

Welcome starts with understanding.
Welcome grows through community. 💚

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946 W 17th Street
Houston, TX
77018

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