One of the most important ways to have a large impact in life is by focusing on communities that are ignored and overlooked. These communities are often the ones most in need of help, tools, and services but for a variety of reasons the largest players in most industries chose not to work on serving them. We’ve been so touched by the thousands of members of our community who are working on serving the underserved from tackling food deserts to building empowering solutions for the neurodiverse. Each week, you’ll find us highlighting folks serving underserved communities.

Stephanie Barneburg

One of the things I’m most proud of is creating our nonprofit organization in my grandfather’s name, The Jim Dunston Foundation aka JDF. Jim Dunston was a man of vision, hard-working, humble, and selfless. He loved to see others thrive through their discipline, confidence, and beyond what they thought they would be capable of. Read more>>

Camelia (Mimi) Felton

The goal and mission of Mimi’s Yoga Kids is to teach kids and their families yoga through four key elements. They are mindfulness, inner peace, meditation and imagination. Everyone deserves a wellness practice and I will make sure that anyone I come in contact with cultivate one. Read more>>

Georgette Jackson

The team of Divine Rest consists of board members, volunteers and partners who all share a heart for those living in the homeless camps surrounding our city who are the underserved. They are people who are looked upon as all being alcoholics, drug addicts, and mental cases which is far from the truth once you take the time to get to know them as individuals instead of lumping them together. Read more>>

Heather Pennington

Something I have learned about serving the underserved is that yes you bless those people who really have needs that may be going unmet but the real blessing is what it does to your own self and soul. So many people in America battle depression and yes there are a lot of opportunities as far as medications and self help books, but one of the quickest ways to change your negative self thought patterns is to go serve others! Read more>>

Donese Gordon

I lost my teenaged son Grant Payton to senseless gun violence on May 29, 2018. Grant recently started his first job at Chick Fil A and three weeks later his life was taken from him. I was filled with anger, but when I saw my pain got me nowhere, I begged God to help me “turn my pain into purpose,” So I created “Grant’s World” a job resource training center to give young people a career instead of a life of crime. Read more>>

Dani Dissolve

There’s only one mission on my mind as I grow alongside the Dani Dissolve project. I want to be able to curate a safe space for one of the most disrespected, undermined, & mistreated group in society. Black women. History has show us all time & time again that our joy cannot and will not be celebrated in the eyes of most. Everything is designed for the oppressor. Read more>>

Tatia Rose

When I first started teaching, I had a young Autistic student as one of my first students. I had very little experience with Autism so I started doing some research in addition to getting involved with local organizations that supported those communities. It became clear that they were vastly underserved in terms of understanding and inclusion. Read more>>

Tonya Hutchings

One of the most underserved sectors of the business community is small business or “Mom & Pop” organizations. They struggle with technological training, Marketing and Advertising, Staffing, Funding and trying to stay relevant in these rapidly changing times. Many of them are treading water trying to keep their businesses alive daily. Read more>>

Steven Peace

Steven Peace was a healthy, U.S. Navy Officer and a bicyclist, riding 200 miles a week. However, on October 16, 2006, one month before his fourth deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan in five years, a massive stroke hit his brain and body leaving him unable to speak, use him arm, or walk independently. What made it worse was that he lived alone. Read more>>

Lindsee Sanchez

I grew up in the quiet suburbs of Houston, Texas. My high school was near the Galleria area and there was a lot of economic disparity in my school. This was probably a friction point and something the teachers would lament about in various ways. We all received a free education and that seemed right. Growing up, we always gave a few dollars to the street panhandlers and donated clothes and coats to local charities. Though I never understood the source of their poverty it never dawned on me at the time to ask questions. I never knew how I could be a part of changing poverty anywhere. Read more>>

Patrick & Sommer Caldwell

We are very passionate about serving our Lord and His people in a multitude of ways! We participate in community service, givebacks and discounts for a wide variety of situations & people like schools, churches, outreach programs, youth organizations, people in need or sufferifn a tragedy, emergency workers, nurses, community service workers & foodbanks! We believe if your not serving your swerving, so our mission is to be hands and feet for Christ and our offering just happens to be great tasting and good for you food! We pray over our food & products, asking that it bring joy, love and blessing to whomever chooses it; someone who chose to support and love a local! That to us just seems to be a pretty beautiful circle of good vibrations right there! Read more>>