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Boys and Girls Harbor
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La Porte
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Boys and Girls Harbor, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization established in 1947 by the Downtown Optimist Club of Houston to provide charitable, comprehensive, long-term residential care in a family-like home environment to children ages 5-18 who are victims of abuse,neglect and/or abandonment, or are uable to live at home due to family hardship. Through its programs, Boys and Girls Harbor strives to help children learn to overcome self-destructive patterns, break cycles of abuse, develop social skills, learn responsibility, and work towards becoming healthy, happy, productive members of society.
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Boys and Girls Harbor provides children in need with food, clothing, medical attention, counseling, tutoring and much more, all in a long-term homelike environment. Children 5-18 years old, live in one of nine cottages on a two-hundred acre campus, and are cared for on an around-the-clock basis by professionally trained and loving houseparents. Campus activities include a sports programs and farm and agricultural program. A Teen Transitional Living Program provides a bridge to independent living by teaching "independent living" skills. Children are also supported through college or trade school by various scholarship programs.
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