The Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau (GHCVB)
http://www.visithoustontexas.com/

The Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau is the primary sales and marketing arm of the city of Houston and Harris County. The mission of the GHCVB is to improve the economy of Greater Houston by attracting conventions, tourists and international government officials to the area through sales and marketing efforts.

McDonald’s Corporation
http://www.mcdonalds.com  

Since 1955, we’ve been proud to serve the world some of its favorite food. And along the way, we’ve managed not just to live history, but create it:  from drive-thru restaurants to Chicken McNuggets to college credits from Hamburger U and much more. It’s been quite the journey, and we promise this is just the beginning-we’ve got our hearts set on making more history.

Houston Roller Derby
http://www.houstonrollerderby.com

Since organizing in 2005, Houston Roller Derby has grown into a league of more than 80 skaters that sells about 1,200 tickets for each bout. Bouts are held on the third Saturday of each month during the season, which runs from March through September at Verizon Wireless Theater at 520 Texas Avenue in Houston. The league consists of three home teams, Bayou City Bosses, The Brawlers and Psych Ward Sirens, and a travel team, HaRD Knocks.

Monster's Arcade
http://www.monstersarcade.net

We are gaming center located in North Houston and offer an easy going atmosphere and a lounge setup for you to enjoy all of the newest console games, be they Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, or Playstiation 3 games. Tournaments are hosted in our building monthly for games ranging from NBA 2K11 to the new Marvel vs Capcom 3 and there are always prizes for the winner. Computer and Xbox 360 repair is also available.

Skirmisher Publishing LLC
http://skirmisher.com/

Skirmisher Publishing LLC is a Texas-based publisher of wargames, roleplaying games, and historic reprints. Its products include several d20 books, the Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition live-action roleplaying game, a line of pre-painted resin Orc miniatures, and the Quactica line of white metal miniatures.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston
http://www.mfah.org

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the largest art museum in America south of Chicago, west of Washington, D.C., and east of Los Angeles. The collection contains nearly 60,000 artworks, which date from antiquity to the present. The major civilizations of Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Africa are represented.

Bedrock City Comic Company
http://www.bedrockcity.com/

Have no fear... Really cool stuff is near! That’s right you don’t have to go MAD waiting to see what’s coming to Bedrock next week. You will be saying “What? Me worry?” ‘Cause you know that you can get yer mitts on the “New Releases” list! Posted here every week for you to drool over. Trust us - it will have all the great stuff you always covet!

The Houston Zombie Walk
http://www.houstonzombiewalk.org

The Houston Zombie Walk is exactly what it sounds like. We are a facilitator group hosting an annual walk for charity in the fall to break open the Halloween season! The walk itself is structured the same as any walk/run for charity, such as The Komen Race for the Cure, or The Texas Med Center 5k. Zombie walks are hosted in many major cities around the globe, attracting thousands of participants each year, all going to different charity groups. Visit our website for event dates and information.

D-Infinity
http://roll-d-infinity.blogspot.com/

D-Infinity is a multi-platform gaming supplement that covers a wide variety of rules systems and includes content that can be universally applied to many different sorts of table-top, live-action, and role-playing games. It includes both material that can be applied to all or many sorts of games and items that are self-standing and which can be played on their own. Features of each thematic volume include a self-standing game; new rules, stats, and bonus content tying in with several different game systems; character portraits; paper miniatures; and interviews. Rules systems supported include Pathfinder, OGL v.3.5, “Basic” system, Labyrinth Lord, Mutant Future, Call of Cthulhu, and Cthulhu Live.

Texas Children’s Hospital
http://www.texaschildrens.org/

Texas Children's Hospital is committed to a community of healthy children by providing the finest pediatric patient care, education and research. As a reflection of our emphasis on quality, we share key hospital-wide quality measures. We have also embarked on a $1.5 billion expansion, Vision 2010, which includes the Neurological Research Institute, Pavilion for Women and West Campus hospital in suburban Houston.

Extra Life
http://extra-life.org/

Extra Life began in 2008 as a way of honoring a young lady named Victoria Enmon who battled against acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Tragically, Tori was lost to cancer in January 2008. Later that year, the Sarcastic Gamer Community participated in the first Extra Life, a 24-hour video game marathon to raise money for the hospital that treated and fought beside Tori during her battle. In 2008 and 2009 Extra Life raised a combined $302,000, 100 percent of which went directly to help kids like Tori at the Texas Children’s Hospital. This life-changing event helps kids all over the United States and Canada.

Impact A Hero
http://www.impactahero.org

Impact A Hero is a charity that was founded to provide emotional and financial support for severely wounded troops back from Iraq and Afghanistan. Financially we issue emergency financial aid which helps to pay for food, rent, utilities, travel and car repairs. Emotional support includes Christmas Parties for those in military hospital across the United States as well as arranging wounded troops to meet with their favorite sports or entertainment figures. Our largest emotional support activity is our Impact A Hero Weekend in the Greater Houston area which is four days in length and honors 40 wounded heroes and numerous Gold Star family members. We have been in existence for seven years. Supporters of our organization include President George Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Peyton Manning, Jim McMahon, Ben Crenshaw, George Foreman and many other leaders.

Ronald McDonald House Charities
http://rmhc.org/

While Ronald McDonald House Charities cannot make medicine taste better or take away painful treatments, we can help lessen the burden and ensure more than 4.5 million families a year have the stability and resources they need to keep their child healthy and happy.
For more than 37 years, our approach has been to think globally but act locally by tailoring our programs to address the most urgent needs of each community we serve. With a network of local Chapters, our core programs can be found in 54 countries and regions around the globe.