Team Members


"The great
thing about
the TASTE Program is
that the students meet  people who
have studied hard,  set
goals, made plans, and who have achieved their goals. 

TASTE is more than just a chance to read about these successful  people.  It is an opportunity to spend lunch talking
with them.  Students
expand their horizons by visiting the workplace, and by meeting people who can show them how they can get there also."

  -John Meredith, Aspiring Youth™ Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

 

We appreciate the assistance of our team members. Our volunteers and supporters provide examples of success for the aspiring youth that participate in our programs. The investment in the lives of each aspiring youth has a lifetime of returns.

Founded in 1992 and celebrating more than a decade of service for the Aspiring Youth After-School Programs from 1992-2008.

If you would like to invest in the life of an aspiring youth and be part of the team, please contact us at (713) 334-3330.

Businesses and Firms

Abrams Scott & Bickley, L.L.P.

Academy Sports and Outdoors

Adams & Reese

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

American Express

American General Corporation

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Barnes & Noble

Bass Hotels & Resorts

Bell South

Michael Berry and Associates

Bracewell & Patterson

Campbell, George & Strong, L.L.P.

Caridas Consulting International

Cash * Allen

Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin

Chan Warner Law Firm

Channel 2

Channel 13

ChaseCom

CH2M Hill

Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee

Commerce Fresh Marketing, Inc.

Compaq Computer Corporation

Continental Airlines

Lance Brown Design, Inc.

Daily Court Review

Danz Crew 2000

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Demeris Barbecue

Demontrond Automotive

Dynegy

El Paso Energy

Enron

Entex

ENTRIX

Equity Office

ExxonMobil

Everyones Internet

Foley´s

Fulbright & Jaworski

Gatorade


 
     

Goldman Sachs

Haynes & Boone, L.L.P.

Hewlett-Packard Company

Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern, LLP

Hines Interests Limited Partnership

Houston Cellular

Houston Chronicle

Houston Lighting & Power

Hughes, Watters & Askanase

Insurance Alliance

Jackson and Wallace Law Firm

Jericho Technology, Inc.

King & Spalding

Kinko's

Kroger (please let us know if you want a "Kroger Card" to use with your Kroger purchases so that Kroger will donate 1% of your purchases to Aspiring Youth™)

Kwik Kopy

Legal Partners L.P.

Legg Mason (Supporter of Aspiring Youth™ through the Legg Mason Pro-Am Tennis Tournament)

Leon, Kamiski & Kariel

Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP

Liveris Digital Production (Produced the Aspiring Youth™ and Aspiring Youth™ Program videos)

Mailboxes Etc.

Martin,Disiere,Jefferson,Wisdom LLP

Mayer, Brown & Platt

Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton

McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy

McCoy Rental

McDonald's

Memorial Hermann Health Care

Mendelovitz Urban & Associates Accounting Firm

Merck and Company

The Met Racquet Club (site of Aspiring Youth Charity Tennis Tournament)

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

Michael Moriarty, P.C.

Morton´s of Chicago

Mitchell Energy

Mosbacher Energy Corporation

Nell McCallum & Associates, Inc.

Northern Trust

Occidental Petroleum

Office Depot

Office eProcure

Pennebaker Design

Phillips & Akers

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP

Pro Staff

Quan, Burdette & Perez

Randall's Food Stores (Have the cashier enter #5130 as the charity to receive proceeds for purchases, and then use your Randall´s Card to have Randall´s donate to Aspiring Youth™)

Read, Write & Create, Inc.

Reliant Energy

The Right Move

Jolynn Rogers & Associates, Inc.

Sheahy, Serpe & Ware

Shell Oil Company

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Smith Graham & Company

Southern Union

Southwest Residential Associates

Southwestern Bell

Sparkle Sign Company

Sprint Business

Sprint E-Solutions

St. Luke´s Episcopal Health System

Sterling Bank

Strasburger & Price

Stumpf Craddock Mussey & Pulman

Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka

Terry Vine Photography

Texaco

Texas Children´s Hospital

Thelen Marrin Johnson & Bridges

Thompson & Knight LLP

Tiffany & Co.

Tindall & Foster

Triple I Consulting

Union Pacific Railroad

U.S. Legal Support, Inc.

Vinson & Elkins

Wallstreet Deli

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Wells Fargo Bank

Winstead, Sechrest & Minrick

Zummo, Mitchell & Perry, L.L.P.

 

Arts Organizations

Ensemble Theater

Houston Ballet

Wortham Center

 

Churches

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

Second Baptist Church of Houston

St. Luke´s United Methodist Church of Houston

 

Events

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Houston Young Lawyers Association Softball Tournament with South Texas School of Law, Texas Southern University Law School and University of Hoston Law School

Legg Mason Pro-Am Tennis Tournament

Poe Dunk Charity Basketball Classic

SAVVY Awards by Foley´s and Houston Chronicle

 

Foundations

Stanford & Joan Alexander Foundation

Baxter Trust

The Children´s Fund, Inc.

Cockrell Foundation

CRC Foundation

El Paso Energy Foundation

Enron Foundation

Jerry and Nanette Finger Foundation

First Data Western Union Foundation

Ray C. Fish Foundation

William and Evelyn Griffin Foundation

Houston Dynamo "Kicks for Kids"

Houston Endowment

Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Houston Young Lawyers Foundation

Kayser Foundation

Lanier Foundation

Littler Mendelson Foundation

Ben and Margaret Love Foundation

John P. McGovern Foundation

McNair Foundation (HERN)

M.D. Anderson Foundation

Mosbacher Foundation

Powell Foundation

Rockwell Fund

Scurlock Foundation

Spindletop Charities, Inc.

Union Pacific Foundation

David Weekley Family Foundation

Edith and Robert Zinn Foundation

 

Governmental Hosts for TASTE

Michael Berry´s City Council Office

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

Port of Houston Authority

Gordan Quan´s City Council Office

 

Organizations

American Bar Association

Georgia Bar Association Young Lawyers Section

Houston Building Owners & Managers Association

Houston Golf Association (Birdies for Charity)

Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce

Houston Women's Soccer Association

Houston Young Lawyers Association

The Junior League of Houston, Inc.

Leadership Houston

Massachusetts Bar Association

Oklahoma Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

South Texas School of Law Alumni Association

Texas Young Lawyers Association

Spokane County Young Lawyers Association

State Bar of Texas

World Oilman's Tennis Tournament Corporation

 

Professional Athletic Teams

Atlanta Hawks

Boston Celtics

Chicago White Sox

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Aeros

Houston Astros

Houston Comets

Houston Rockets

San Antonio Spurs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 

Universities

Art Institute of Houston

Baylor College of Medicine

Harvard University

Houston Baptist University

Houston Community College

Rice University

University of Houston

University of Houston Health Law Policy Institute

University of Houston Law School

University of Saint Thomas

University of Texas (Dallas and Austin)

Texas Southern University