HOUSTON – 89.3 KSBJ, Houston’s
leading
independent, non-profit, contemporary Christian music radio
station,
is a finalist for two industry honors, Religious Station of
the Year
which will be awarded at the National Association of
Broadcasters
(NAB) Marconi Radio Awards and Station of the Year by the
Christian
Music Broadcasters Awards (CMB). Both awards recognize radio
stations
and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting.
CYPRESS, TX -- Area youngsters have already found treasure with a new event in Bridgeland geared especially for children ages 3 to 7 — “Ahoy Yer Mateys,” set for 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 18.
The fun event will help young pirates
celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate
Day in true buccaneer
fashion at the Lakeland Activity Center. Kids can dress
up as
pirates, learn pirate lingo, go on a treasure hunt and make pirate
flags.
Cost is $15 for residents and $25 for non-residents.
Baucham, who was raised in a non-Christian, single-parent home and did not hear the gospel until he was in college, will speak on “The Fatherless Family.” He will also deliver the weekly Convocation address, “The Lord’s Will vs. My Desires,” at 11 a.m. in Dunham Theater and a special lecture, “Opportunities in Christian Higher Education,” geared for families in the local homeschooling community at 3 p.m. in Belin Chapel. All three events are free of charge and open to the public. For more information, e-mail theguild@hbu.edu.
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I Can Impact, Inc. a group that helps abused and abandoned children in Texas, was announced today as a $50,000 grant finalist. I Can Impact, Inc. will use the grant to help Kidz Harbor, a large property on the Chocolate Bayou that serves as a temporary or permanent home to displaced children. I Can Impact, Inc. will team up Kidz Harbor and renovate their property, which was damaged during Hurricane Ike, so that the home will be more comfortable for the children living there.
Houston Christian High School senior Drew Earnest was
elected as
a "mock" Texas Railroad Commissioner during the week-long
American
Legion Boy’s State program held in Austin on June 5-11, 2010.
Drew
executed a successful campaign among his nearly 800 fellow delegates
from
across the Great State of Texas in order to win his House seat.
In
addition to being elected to head the railroad commission, Drew
was selected as
a county delegate and passed the mock state bar
exam.
H.P.A.R.D.’s After School Achievement Program (A.S.A.P.) was awarded an $80,000 State Criminal Justice Planning (421) FundGrant from the Governor’s Office of Criminal Justice on September 1, 2010. This grant funding will allow A.S.A.P. to fund an additional three after school program sites in the area and positively impact at risk students.
3,055 H-E-B Partners salute local heroes at 470 fire stations statewide on Friday, September 10
HOUSTON– H-E-B will honor our nation’s firefighters for their dedication and selfless service with the sixth annual company-wide volunteer program Helping Heroes on Friday, Sept. 10. More than 375 H-E-B Partners (employees) from70 H-E-B stores in greater Houston, as well as warehouse facilities, will visit local fire stations to serve lunch to firefighters and help with around-the-station chores. As part of this program, H-E-B will adopt 128 fire stations throughout the city.
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Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society
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Mark your calendar for Thursday, October 7, 2010, for the 6th Annual Relay For Life of Cy-Fair Golf Tournament benefiting the American Cancer Society. Golfers who want to have a good time while helping others will have a 1:00 pm Shotgun Start at Windrose Golf Club located in Spring, Texas (www.windrosegolfclub.com). The tournament format is a 4-Person Scramble.
Interested in volunteering and learning about new service opportunities? Attend a Volunteer Open House at Jesse H. Jones Park Saturday, September 25 at 10 a.m. in the park nature center. Anyone interested in joining the park’s mission of reconnecting people with nature and the history of Texas is encouraged to visit the park or contact volunteer coordinator Kaylen Fry.
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Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center announced it conferred the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national honor offered in recognition of volunteer service, on nineteen volunteers and one volunteer family Monday, August 30 at 7 p.m.
Certificates signed by President Obama and president’s service pins for over 100 hours of service performed over the past 12 months will be awarded to the following members of Jesse Jones Park Volunteers (JJPV): Joshua Atterbury, Mayte Blass, Brittany Brownlow, Brian Caballero, Brandynne Cintado, Dave Frakes, Lil Frakes, Trevor Goodrum, Jane Hilton, Devan Horn, Steve Hostetler, Susan Jankowiak, Alice Lubben, Sharon Mohr, Jim Ramay, Nancy Ramirez, Don Roe, Paul V. Roling, and Derek Wirth.
HOUSTON, TX –Children need a lot of supplies when they go back to school. From pens, pencils and crayons, to paper, erasers and backpacks, the Auxiliary at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital recently donated dozens of these items and other necessities to Cypress Assistance Ministries (CAM) to help area children as they head back to the classroom. This is the second year the hospital Auxiliary has donated school supplies to CAM as part of their commitment to education. The Auxiliary also uses gift shop proceeds to award scholarships to deserving high school students pursuing careers in health care.
