Meet Ivy, a bright and inquisitive 6th grader in her first year in the GEMS program. Despite being new, she has fully embraced the...

Meet Gabriela, a remarkable 6th-grade student who has embarked on a transformative journey of personal growth and empowerment. Her story...

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Cherish Our Children, Inc (COCI) is pleased to announce Gerald “Dwayne” Bennett as the organization's new Executive Director.

COCI is hiring an instructor for our GEMS -Gaining Empowerment in Middle School program in Houston, Texas. Could you be that person?...

Read what the Houston Chronicle wrote about Cherish Our Children Inc’s GEMS program for middle school students experiencing parental...

On Wednesday night, June 16th, we hold our first live fundraising event since the pandemic! Join Co-Chairs, Amber Elliott, Stephanie and...

We are finishing our first semester of the GEMS -Gaining Empowerment in Middle School program. We developed GEMS specifically for middle...

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The biggest charitable giving tax break is for people who don’t itemize. You can deduct up to $300 for charitable cash gifts. Thanks to...

A committed educator for a unique new program Middle school is when children of incarcerated parents face some of their biggest...

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Remember how tough middle school was? Try going through middle school living with the trauma, shame and uncertainty that comes with...

It has been 15 years since the movie Fighting the Odds:The Marilyn Gambrell Story premiered on the Lifetime Channel. We want to share an...

Back in 2005, the Lifetime Channel produced a movie called “Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story,” based on the real-life story...

The Coronavirus can leave emotional scars on children who have already been traumatized Here is what we are doing for the children of...

We have so much going on at COCI and our No More Victims Program.  We wanted to share just a sample of what we are doing to change the...

One day, a shy 15-year-old boy joined our No More Victims class.  He was struggling to come to grips with the trauma of having both...