HOUSTON – The Texas Bar Foundation has awarded the Center for Pursuit a $15,000 grant to expand and implement an innovative educational program to help educate individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), autism, and similar conditions about...
HOUSTON – With precision, purpose, and a touch of friendly competition, the Center for Pursuit’s 12th Annual Clay Shoot took aim at making a difference, and it hit the bullseye. Held on October 28 at the Greater Houston Sports Club, the event brought over 150 sharp...
HOUSTON – December 1, 2022 –There was a lot of bootscootin’ going on at The Center for Pursuit’s beautiful new headquarters in the East End at the end of November. The Rodeo Under the Stars event was the first chance many of Social Motion’s supporters have had to see...
HOUSTON – October 6, 2022 – More than 130 members and friends of the Young Professionals in Energy gathered September 30th at the Greater Houston Sports Club for an afternoon of clay target shooting, prizes, delicious Goode Company barbecue and frosty beverages...
HOUSTON, May 19, 2022 – With a new $55 million campus opening this summer and a merger moving forward, there was much to celebrate at The Center for Pursuit annual luncheon chaired by Tracey and John L. Buckley. Centered on the Future was the theme for this year’s...
By R.A. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle October 29, 2019 – As developers vie for land south of Buffalo Bayou Park — an area dubbed one of the “coolest” in the nation by commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield — at least one nonprofit is moving out. The Center for Pursuit, which serves adults with intellectual […]
January 2018, Houston, TX— The Center announces that the Board of Governors has appointed Charles C. Canton as Chief Executive Officer effective January 8, 2018. Canton was previously Vice President of Operations for Goodwill Industries of Houston from 2002 through 2017 overseeing 65 stores and 48 donation locations. During his tenure, he was responsible for […]
Houston, TX (June 2017)—The Center is excited to announce that it has reached its $13.5 million goal in the Pursuit for those with disABILITIES capital campaign, the largest campaign in The Center’s history and the first in 25 years. Pursuit was centered around a cross-country bike ride that began on June 6, 2016. On the […]