Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

The Houston Aeros encourage everyone to Commit for Life by donating blood! During the season, the Aeros host blood drives to support the local Houston community. These drives are held at the Aeros’ merchandise store, The Hangar located at the Shops at HoustonCenter. During the ’08-’09 season, more than 1,800 lives were salved due to Houston Aeros blood drives! 

To Commit for Life, please visit www.giveblood.org.

Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

The Houston Aeros visit patients at Children’s MemorialHermannHospital several times a season. In 2008, Houston Aeros Charities completed a three year project to build the Houston Aeros Power Playroom on the 9^th floor of Children’s MemorialHermannHospital.

Children’s MemorialHermannHospital has been serving the Houston community for over 20 years and is the primary teaching hospital for the pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology programs at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

Bo's Place

Bo’s Place is a bereavement center offering grief support services to children and their families who have experienced the death of a child or an adult in their immediate family, as well as programs for grieving adults.  Bo’s Place is founded on the belief that grieving children sharing their experiences with each other greatly helps in their grief journey.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

On October 17^th, the Houston Aeros will host the 4^th annual Breast Cancer Awareness game. The Houston Aeros and the Houston Community come together to celebrate the amazing work Susan G. Komen for the Cure does for screening, education and treatment of Breast Cancer.

The Houston Aeros first organized this event four years ago to reward all of the great volunteers, fundraisers and individuals who support Susan G Komen for the Cure. This event is not just a hockey game, but rather a celebration for all the volunteers, companies and community leaders that helped the Houston Race for the Cure become what it is today.

For information about the 2009 Breast Cancer Awareness Game, please contact Ravi Dubey at 713-361-7946.

In 2005, Houston Aeros goalie, Nolan Schaefer’s wife, Lisa contracted Lyme Disease while the couple was living in Ohio. Through her battle, the couple has become very passionate about awareness and research of the disease. In 2009, the Houston Aeros hosted a “Lyme Disease Awareness” night. Lime green shirts were sold and Nolan’s goalie mask was auctioned off to raise money for the Texas Lyme Disease Association.

The Texas Lyme Disease Association, Inc., (TXLDA) was formed for the purpose of preventing tick-borne diseases in Texas and improving the healthcare of people with tick-borne diseases through education, advocacy, support, and research.

Since 2001, Houston’s KHOU Channel 11 hosts an annual Spirit of Texas Toy Drive benefiting the Salvation Army. Each December, the Houston Aeros have an annual Teddy Bear Toss where fans are encouraged to bring stuffed animals to game and throw them on to the ice when the Aeros score their first goal. The Aeros invited hundreds of children from the Salvation Army’s Boys & Girls Clubs to pick up the toys from the ice. Aeros players delivered the toys to Channel 11 the following week.

The 2009 Teddy Bear Toss will be held on Friday, December 18th!

Houston Food Bank

The Houston Food Bank is filling pantries and filling lives! Created in 1982, the Houston Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America and distributed 36 million pounds of food last year!

The Houston Aeros hold a can food drive during November. Last year, the Aeros donated more than 700 pounds of food to the Houston Food Bank.