Briarwood-Brookwood

The Brookwood Community is a God-centered educational, residential, and entrepreneurial community for adults with functional disabilities located in Brookshire, Texas, just west of Houston. Mission-spirited teachers work with the Brookwood citizens to provide an environment of supervised independence. Brookwood demonstrates that with God's help, all people have a contribution to make to society if given the opportunity. Brookwood provides opportunities to live, to learn, to work, and to play. Our first resident enrolled in 1985. Today, more than one-hundred citizens live in homes on our 475-acre campus, work in one or more of several on-site enterprises, exercise and play in the indoor swimming pool and gymnasium, celebrate the presence of God in our inter-faith worship center, and when necessary, receive care in our clinic. We also serve citizens from the Houston metropolitan area who participate in our day program. The cornerstone of our program is education: education in the activities of life and work. Our enterprises entail work our citizens can perform or learn to perform by guidance and training from our skilled staff. The enterprises provide opportunities for our citizens to learn new skills, enhance their self-esteem, and showcase their contributions. Brookwood's enterprises include hand crafts (candles, ceramics, screen printing, garden sculpture, and stonecasting), horticulture, retail stores, and the Cafe at Brookwood with entrees prepared by a gourmet chef and staff. The campus provides programs with structure, security, and opportunities for true growth and fulfillment all promoting a well-deserved sense of self worth. By providing such opportunities, Brookwood expands the horizons of its residents, giving lifelong education that enables them to: * Develop meaningful productive job skills; * Hold real jobs in the community's own business enterprises; * Experience the pride of contributing to their own support; and * Grow socially, emotionally, and spiritually, experiencing a richer, more fulfilling life.