Events

We invite you to join us for the 2025 Transforming Lives Luncheon this fall on November 11 at The Junior League.

The Harris Center Foundation is honoring Lily Chen Foster for her exemplary service as an ambassador to the community for The Harris Center and the Foundation. She is a longtime advocate for the importance of mental health and ensuring individuals can access care when they need it. Lily has served for more than ten years on The Harris Center Foundation Board and has been instrumental in advocating for the important programs and services provided to our community. She has tirelessly supported the Foundation’s fundraising efforts to be able to grow its support for The Harris Center.

Mental health conditions, especially if untreated, can have many negative consequences, including unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, and suicide, which all impact the health of our community.

The Luncheon's program will focus on The Harris Center's recently expanded efforts to provide longer term transitional support and housing for individuals with mental illness that are unhoused. Its continuum of care in Harris County ranges from crisis stabilization to supportive care that can include housing. Individuals receive mental healthcare and are linked to the services and resources they need to be healthy community members.

The Harris Center is a key collaborator in the community's efforts to reduce homelessness, which have been recognized as a model approach by others nationally.

We hope you can join us. Luncheon sponsorships are now available. 

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