At Arnold & Itkin, we are dedicated to expanding access to justice for all. One of the ways we do this is by volunteering with organizations like Target Hunger. Target Hunger is a nonprofit committed to providing nutritious and satisfying meals to families in need, providing millions of meals throughout Houston. They run multiple food pantries, summer break food programs, and more. In November, we partnered with them to organize a food drive to help replenish the food pantry supplies. We were honored to work with them!

Arnold & Itkin was grateful to support the State Fair of Louisiana in 2022. In October, we became sponsors with a $15,000 donation to help make the fair a success. Our donation helps promote local businesses, raise money for charity organizations, and get people together to have a good time, benefiting the community economically and socially. We hope the State Fair of Louisiana continues to be a success year after year and that our contribution helped make it an enjoyable experience for all who attended!

At Arnold & Itkin, we are committed to supporting The Way Home Adoption, a nonprofit organization that helps children in foster care find permanent homes. The Way Home Adoption does vital work in our community by helping foster children find permanent homes. By adopting children who would otherwise age out of the foster system, The Way Home Adoption prevents them from becoming statistics. We became a “Hole-in-One” sponsor of their annual charity golf tournament in September 2022, donating $2,500 to The Way Home Adoption. We are proud to support The Way Home Adoption, and we hope to continue working with them to help as many children as possible find happy, healthy homes.

In July 2022, Arnold & Itkin again sponsored the Sabine Sweets' talented athletes to send them to the Dixie World Series! These remarkable young ladies ended up winning the whole thing, bringing home a lot of Louisiana pride (and the big trophy). These girls have consistently been a contender for the World Series year after year, and we were so proud to see them take it home this year. Well done, girls!

In May 2022, Arnold & Itkin sponsored a golf cart for the annual Go Tejano Day golf tournament. Go Tejano Day was founded by Mexican-American trail riders who felt that the Hispanic community of Texas had a lot to benefit from the annual Houston Rodeo by combining the Western celebration of the cowboy with the history of Mexican horsemen in the West. Today, Go Tejano is a celebration of Mexican-American history in Texas as well as an opportunity to give back to the Houston community. We were happy to contribute.

Arnold & Itkin provided Casa de Esperanza with four dinner meals and four activities for the kids. Casa de Esperanza is a non-profit that provides housing for children at risk for neglect or abuse; their groundbreaking approach provides kids with consistent, safe home life. However, running multiple houses in a private neighborhood takes a lot of volunteer work, including preparing meals and designing activities to keep kids active. Our firm was happy to provide four nights of meals and activities for the Casa de Esperanza kids.

In December 2021, Arnold & Itkin organized and hosted a toy drive for BEAR, or "BE A Resource" for CPS kids. BEAR provides support and aid for children who've survived abuse and neglect. Every Christmas, BEAR receives toy donations to provide gifts to Houston kids who may not otherwise get gifts that year. Our team organized a toy drive to make our own contribution to the toy supply BEAR needed that year. With help from other organizations all over the community and us, BEAR was able to provide over 19,000 gifts to kids in need!

Arnold & Itkin donated 20 boxes of diapers to Casa de Esperanza, a life-changing Houston non-profit that serves children at risk for neglect or child abuse. Casa de Esperanza serves numerous infants and their parents, providing them with support and stability. For many of these parents, size six diapers are one of the highest and most consistent costs they must deal with. That's why our firm donated 20 boxes of size 6 diapers to Casa de Esperanza, providing parents with much-needed savings and children with vital aid.

Arnold & Itkin donated $5,000, duffle bags, and caps to the Sabine Darling 7- and 8-year-old Dixie Youth Softball Team. At the time, the team was preparing to represent the state of Louisiana as the Louisiana Darlings at the Dixie World Series taking place in Prince George, Virginia! They traveled across 7 states (an 18-hour trip) in order to make it to the tournament. We’re proud of this team of young athletes and were happy to support them at the Dixie World Series.

In December 2020, Arnold & Itkin donated 12 boxes of much-needed fleece jackets to the Houston Area Women’s Center (HAWC), which serves the survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. HAWC provides spouses and their children with vital advocacy, counseling, education, shelter, and other forms of support to help them rebuild after surviving abuse. Our firm was proud to help HAWC in their work by providing warm winter clothing for shelter residents.

The Monarch School & Institute is an elite institution for learners with neurological differences. Students receive therapeutic education that helps them understand and address neurological conditions like autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other obstacles, while receiving the tools to lead independent and productive lives. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 threatened The Monarch School’s ability to continue enrollment for every student. The Arnold & Itkin Foundation’s $110,000 donation—made possible by Kurt and Tara Arnold and Jason and Kisha Itkin—ensures that the school will have everything it needs to continue doing its vital work through the pandemic and beyond.

Our firm has recently made a contribution to an organization that’s been near and dear to our heart for over a decade: the Sunflower County Freedom Project. The SCFP enriches young people’s lives and develops them into strong leaders. Based in Sunflower County, Mississippi, the organization provides intensive academic training, leadership building, and college preparation to children who need it most. We are thrilled to have contributed to an organization doing such important work.

Arnold & Itkin donated 185 meals from local restaurant Goode Co. BBQ to the incredible doctors and nurses in the ER and ICU units at Houston Methodist Hospital last week. These individuals are working on the frontlines day in and day out to help protect our community from COVID-19. We are grateful for these devoted men and women and proud to give them a small thank you for all they are doing!

The Arnold & Itkin team was proud to donate hundreds of school supplies to benefit Be a Resource for CPS Kids and its back-to-school program. BEAR helps children removed from their homes throughout Harris County because of urgent situations. The organization provides these children with supplies such as diapers, clothes, shoes, car seats, cribs, formula, school supplies, and more.

Each year, this back-to-school program supplies over 5,000 children with new uniforms, school supplies, and backpacks to start the year. This way, children under the supervision of Child Protective Services have a chance to start their academic year with the confidence and tools they need for success. Arnold & Itkin is proud to give back to the Houston community through our work with BEAR. We wish success to the students throughout the upcoming school year!

Arnold & Itkin employees collected hundreds of school supplies to be donated to Houston Children’s Charity for their “Back2School” program. This program has been assisting under-served children in Houston since 2005 and has helped more than 20,000 students prepare for a successful new school year. Our team is thrilled to be supporting such an important, necessary, and well-established program. Our staff is passionate about supporting youth and helping them prepare for academic success, and we’re happy to put our time, effort, and resources toward helping kids get the supplies they need.

The Arnold & Itkin team sponsored and volunteered at the Kingwood 5k and 1-mile kid run. The event was put together in support of Young Life Houston Northeast, a local non-profit organization. Young Life provides community for students in middle school, high school, and college, giving them a place to be themselves during the most tumultuous years of their lives. More than 84% of its funding goes toward events, camps, and services to the kids who are a part of Young Life. The organization reaches around 348,000 kids around the world, working with 81,000 volunteers and 5,454 staff members. Our firm was thrilled to sponsor and volunteer on behalf of this worthy organization.

The Arnold & Itkin team volunteered at the Veterans’ Hospital in Houston for a free legal clinic. Free legal clinics provide much-needed legal advice and services to people who otherwise would not be able to afford an attorney. Legal clinics can address questions on every kind of matter, from child custody cases to filing for bankruptcy and everything in between. We counseled more than a dozen vets on a variety of legal issues. As proud supporters of our military men and women, we are honored to donate our time and energy to events such as this.

Our team was honored to present a $75,000 check to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in support of John Black’s fundraising efforts for the Ironman World Championship. Every year, more than 60,000 people are diagnosed with leukemia, and more than 22,000 people are expected to die from leukemia this year. More than 5,000 people will be diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma this year, and more than 1,000 will die. The only way to beat this is through more research. We are committed to playing a role in the race for a cure to cancer—and we encourage you to do the same.

We are proud to sponsor the Lady Hawks of the Humble Girls Softball League in support of our local community and our wonderful paralegal Celeste Garza who coaches the team. Youth athletics is near and dear to our hearts; being on a sports team is how countless young people learn self-respect, confidence, discipline, responsibility, and how to work with others. Our firm was thrilled to have the opportunity to sponsor a team of young softball players. Go Lady Hawks!