Wash Bodega × Reach One 713 · Community

One neighbor. Then the next. Then all of Houston.

Wash Bodega opens its doors so Reach One 713 — a Houston 501(c)(3) led by Bobby Martell Rouse — can do what it has since 2016: feed kids, fill backpacks, give bikes, and change lives across the whole city, one neighbor at a time.

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Meet Bobby

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Impact since 2016

Small team. Citywide reach.

Founded in Houston

Children served each holiday

Backpack goal for Aug 8, 2026

Seasons of year-round impact

Volunteer-powered

Our founder

A Houstonian who shows up — everywhere, every season.

Bobby Martell Rouse could have done anything. A professional athlete with an MBA and a career across business, sales, and tech — he chose, in 2016, to pour all of it into one thing: showing up for Houston's kids.

He didn't stop at one neighborhood. Reach One 713 feeds families in South Union, Sunnyside, and Pecan Park; hands out backpacks and computers to students across the entire Houston Metro Area; and last December gave gifts to more than 200 kids at Oxford Place alone.

Reach one. Help change a life.
— Reach One 713 · since 2016

Empathetic

Personally at every event — from planning to the last box handed out.

Collaborative

Builds with local businesses and community organizations.

Entrepreneurial

An MBA and an operator's discipline behind every dollar.

Grassroots

100% volunteer and donor-funded. Compact, agile, real.

Year-round impact

Four seasons. One promise.

Every season of the year, Reach One 713 meets a specific, urgent need.

Spring · Mar / Apr

Spring Break Food Program

When school cafeterias close, the meals kids rely on disappear. Grocery boxes and family food packs reach households where they are.

Summer · Jul / Aug

Backpack & School Supply Drive

Free backpacks, school supplies, and computers for students across the entire Houston Metro Area, powered by local partners.

Fall · November

Thanksgiving Dinner Event

A full table and a little more dignity for families during the holidays.

Winter · December

Holiday Bike & Toy Event

Over 200 children received gifts at Oxford Place alone last season — now in its fourth year of bikes and joy.

Why a laundromat?

Clean clothes are dignity. We're where families already are.

Wash Bodega hosts and sponsors. Reach One 713 runs the giving and receives the tax-deductible donations. Together, we reach more.

Wash BodegaHost & sponsor

Reach One 713501(c)(3)

Next up

Where to find us next.

Free for families

Back-to-School Backpack Drive & Free Wash Day

Saturday, August 8, 2026 · 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Wash Bodega, 6604 W Bellfort Ave

Free backpacks filled with school supplies for Houston kids, plus free washes & dryers all morning. The weekend before school starts.

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Want to help fill the 500 backpacks?Shop the Walmart supply registry Sponsorship letter (PDF)

Get involved

Four ways to make it happen.

Donate

Give to Reach One 713 — tax-deductible. Even $7.13 a month strengthens local families.

Donate to Reach One 713

Sponsor

Local business? Adopt a classroom of kids and be seen as a real community partner.

Become a partner

Give supplies

Shop the public Walmart registry — supplies ship straight to Reach One 713 for the Aug 8 drive.

Shop the registry

Volunteer

Lend a few hours. Greeters, check-in, distribution, and bilingual helpers welcome.

Volunteer with us

Reach one. Help change a life.

Give, sponsor, or show up. Every neighbor counts — and it starts on W Bellfort.

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