Empowering Our Communities Youth

Empowering youth is at the heart of our mission. We believe in their potential and we're dedicated to providing them with the resources they need to succeed. Not every school or community has an equal ability to provide the resources to engage children early and foster their interest in STEM, financial literacy, sports and community charitable acts. We have made it our mission to spark that initial interest and empower children to pursue technical careers, to help minimize bad financial decisions, to gain leadership skills and to be giving patrons of society. Our children are our future so why not set them up for prosperity.

Closing the Gap.

One resource at a time.

HYES PRIORITIES

  • We are firm believers in the transformative power of STEM education for our youth. With this conviction, our programming is meticulously designed to introduce and nurture future career aspirations at an early stage.

  • Our objective is to empower the youth by fostering early adoption of healthy financial decision-making, thereby equipping them with the necessary skills to navigate and excel in the future.

  • We firmly believe that sports play a crucial role in offering essential structure to the lives of youth, contributing significantly to their future development.

  • We’re committed in supporting causes and guiding how to positively impact our community.

What’s new?

  • Meet Marcel! Our new Intern for 2026

    Traveling from Indonesia & majoring in Humanities at Universitas Indonesia, Marcel will help us with Grant Writing, Social Media managing, assisting in our projects and many more!

    Contact him at (346) 526-7988

    houstonyouthempowerment@gmail.com

  • Winter/Spring 2026: Academic Tutoring Registration Now Available!!

    The HYES Resource Center is now offering free academic tutoring offered by an amazing organization named VHS Math Mentorship. The personalized student-friendly tutoring services will provide class concepts, assist with homework, test preparations, practicing problems, review guides and much more! For more details and registration please visit the HYES Resource Center tab on our website.

  • Winter/Spring 2026: Houston Youth Empowerment Services Resource Center

    HYES and The Dugout have partnered together in creating a community resource center! Houston Youth Empowerment Services Resource Center will operate out of a space at The Dugout location. Services that will be offered free of charge are academic tutoring, engaging educational classes and readily available project supplies for use. Together HYES and The Dugout look forward to offering Empowerment to the youth throughout our community! For more details please visit the HYES Resource Center tab on our website.

  • Spring 2025: Helms Elementary After School Program

    HYES is back at Helms Elementary After School Program for Spring 2025! With the help of an amazing volunteer, Mahammad Hussain. Mahammad is coordinating and instructing the coding class with coding programs such as Makecode Arcade, Tinkercad and much more! We are so grateful for our wonderful volunteers and supporters from the Houston community! HYES could not EMPOWER our youth without you! Thank you!!

  • Meet our new intern: Cindy Ansong

    Cindy Ansong, a 21-year-old student from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, is pursuing a degree in Adult Educational Sciences and conducting her internship at HYES. Traveling all the way from Belgium, she is committed to supporting HYES' mission: Closing the Gap, one resource at a time. This fall, Cindy will assist in creating lesson plans and co-facilitating workshops for our Fall '24 program.

  • Thank You for Supporting Our "Boil for a Better Tomorrow" Fundraiser!

    Thanks to the incredible success of our "Boil for a Better Tomorrow" fundraiser, we’ve been able to purchase 20 Chromebooks, along with mouse pads and computer mice. These materials will be invaluable in supporting our educational programs.

    We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our partners and everyone who contributed or registered for the event. Your support is helping us provide the tools needed to empower the next generation.

    Let’s continue working together to offer every child the same opportunities for success!

  • STEM After School programs at HELMS Elementary

    Spring 2023 STEM after school programming for pre-k to 5th graders at HELMS Elementary.

  • Donating Black Hair Care Supplies to Montrose Grace Place

    Donating Black Hair Care Supplies to Montrose Grace Place

    Our team donated $600 worth of black hair care supplies to benefit LGBTQ+ youth in the Houston area.

  • HYES hires Katherine Morillo, Volunteer Grant Writer

    We’re super glad to welcome Katherine to our team. She brings over 5+ years of Public Health and Non-Profit experience.

  • 2022 Toy Drive

    Thanks to the support of our community we were able to collect 1,009 toys for Houston area Youth.

  • HYES Donates to Biliary Atresia fund at Texas Children's Hospital

    HYES donated $15,000 to the Biliary Atresia research fund to help push forward new discoveries for treatment through research.

  • 2022 Back to School Supply Drive

    Thanks to the fundraising event hosted during DataLog & GeoVision’s URTeC After Party we were able to fundraise $1,608.50 for Back to School Supplies.

  • 2022 URTeC After Party Fundraiser

    With the support of DataLog & GeoVision we hosted a hog ride fundraiser to benefit our Summer Back to School Supply Drive.

Partnership

We have been able to buy Chromebooks, curriculum material for our STEM Outreach Program, provide free sports clinics, and offer financial literacy classes. Thanks to our donors and supporters. To continue supporting us, you can donate below.

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Together we will deliver educational advancement opportunities to youth in our community.