Charities
Box of Books
Box of Books supports a prison book donation drive, year round. Participants are asked to bring your new and used books to donate to incarcerated women’s literacy initiative. Donations are tax deductible. For more details visit: www.niapromotions.com.
MLLES Alumni Book Scholarship
The Mademoiselle Service and Social Club was established in 1960 at Booker T. Washington High School (BTW) to promote refined womanhood and to help female students become aware of the roles of women in today’s society. Since its inception, the organization has flourished on other high school campuses in the Houston area with hopes of uniting young ladies of color with a common purpose.
The Mademoiselles are leaders in their community through service projects, annual events, and step competitions. A few of the service projects include Breast Cancer Walk-A-Thon, and “Adopt a Family” for Christmas. The organization, along with its male counterpart, The Gents, holds an Annual Winter Ball at the Houston Club. Alone, the Mademoiselles host an annual Mother-Daughter Banquet to show appreciation to the female role models in their lives. The BTW Mademoiselles won the Airtight, Inc. step championship in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004; and the North Shore Mademoiselles are Stage Breaker champions of 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Because of the qualities that many young ladies, now women, learned through the Mademoiselle organization, former Mademoiselles formed The MLLES (Mademoiselles) Alumnae, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. The purpose of The MLLES Alumnae, Inc. is to host an annual conference and award an annual scholarship. Many young ladies of today are facing adversity without the necessary confidence and skills to overcome the barriers. Therefore, we host workshops on health, life skills, self-esteem, and college preparation. Our primary goal is to establish a confidence-building environment and further a mentoring relationship with the attendees. Over two hundred of Houston’s young ladies of color participate in our conference.
For more information visit www.themllesalumnae.com.
The Mademoiselles are leaders in their community through service projects, annual events, and step competitions. A few of the service projects include Breast Cancer Walk-A-Thon, and “Adopt a Family” for Christmas. The organization, along with its male counterpart, The Gents, holds an Annual Winter Ball at the Houston Club. Alone, the Mademoiselles host an annual Mother-Daughter Banquet to show appreciation to the female role models in their lives. The BTW Mademoiselles won the Airtight, Inc. step championship in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004; and the North Shore Mademoiselles are Stage Breaker champions of 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Because of the qualities that many young ladies, now women, learned through the Mademoiselle organization, former Mademoiselles formed The MLLES (Mademoiselles) Alumnae, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. The purpose of The MLLES Alumnae, Inc. is to host an annual conference and award an annual scholarship. Many young ladies of today are facing adversity without the necessary confidence and skills to overcome the barriers. Therefore, we host workshops on health, life skills, self-esteem, and college preparation. Our primary goal is to establish a confidence-building environment and further a mentoring relationship with the attendees. Over two hundred of Houston’s young ladies of color participate in our conference.
For more information visit www.themllesalumnae.com.
