Posted on Aug 6, 2010 | Tagged in: Kingwood , family , charity
Kingwoods local Keller Williams Realty will host their annual “Viva Las Vegas” charity gala to benefit the Family Time Crisis and Counseling Center of Humble at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. The exciting high roller event will be held at the Marriott Hotel at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and will include dinner, casino games, auctions and live entertainment performed by Tony Mac. The gala is open to the public with tickets priced at only $100 per person!
Family Time Crisis and Counseling is a nonprofit purposed to provide free crisis intervention, counseling, support groups and legal advocacy to domestic abuse victims and also runs The Door, Northeast Harris County’s only domestic violence shelter.
“We are excited to be working again with Family Time which was the recipient of our Denim & Diamonds Gala on New Year’s Eve 2008,” said Keller agent, Letitia Whipple. “They have been hard hit by the recession and are very deserving of our support.”
Posted on Jul 20, 2010 | Tagged in: Humble ISD , charity
Joseph Gallegos, Humble High School alumnus and club president, is spending his summer months organizing the Lone Star College-Kingwood’s Ecology Club’s Food Drive to benefit Humble Area Assistance Ministries.
“The purpose of the food drive is to help people that are in need [of food] in this economic crisis,” Gallegos said. “We believe that just ecology is not all the club is about. The club is also about helping the community.”
Gallegos’ high-school mentor and Spanish Club sponsor Yallian Spears says, “Joseph is a young leader, a caring young man whose ultimate goal is to help others.” Spears goes on to say “the quality I like the most about him is that he always involves others to reach that goal. He’s very organized, focused and decisive, and for those reasons he will change the world little by little, one step a time. At Humble High School, we’re so proud of alumni like him.”
With more than 4,300 square feet, a game room, media room, three-car garage, two fireplaces and a computer loft, Village Builders’ benefit home in Oakhurst at Kingwood will offer buyers an outstanding design and offer hope and support to two well-known, deserving organizations.
One of two Greater Houston Builders Association Benefit Homes, the DaVinci design by Village Builders is available for sale and will offer proceeds from its sale to Texas Children’s Cancer Center, The Alzheimer’s Association and HomeAid Houston.
This two-story home includes four bedrooms, 3 ½ baths, a three-car split garage and a private study. The home also features a two-story entry with sweeping staircase, a spacious formal dining room, a butler’s pantry, a covered balcony and covered rear patio, a flex room and a master retreat with a two-sided fireplace and sitting room/workout room.
Posted on Jul 6, 2010 | Tagged in: events , charity
PostNet Kingwood will be hosting a Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive in Kingwood from June 20 through July 31, 2010. PostNet will be the official drop-off location for the used phones, so plan to swing by their location at 4321 Kingwood Drive in the HEB Shopping Center in Kingwood.
Cell Phones for Soldiers' goal is to turn in these old phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. In order to meet their goals, they must collect 50,000 phones nationwide each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.
Once collected, the phones are then routed to a company called ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers a per phone fee - for each individual phone, enough money is provided to purchase an hour of Soldier talk time!
Posted on Mar 1, 2010 | Tagged in: events , charity
Texas Adaptive Aquatics (TAA) is seeking volunteers for the summer season to assist in teaching disabled children and adults to water-ski, sail, and kayak on Lake Houston.
To donate or learn more about the organization and future volunteer opportunities, visit TAASports.com. To seize this unique and rewarding volunteer opportunity, contact TAA at 281-324-4635.
In addition, TAA will be hosting a Spring 2010 Rod Ryan Charity Golf Tournament on April 10th at CypressWood Golf Course.
Posted on Feb 25, 2010 | Tagged in: Village Builders , charity
Friendswood Development Company along with Village Builders are working together to build a new home and donate all proceeds to three local charities - Texas Children's Cancer Center, The Alzheimer's Association and HomeAid. Members from both companies along with representatives from the three charities and members of the Greater Houston Builders Association are pictured at the groundbreaking of the homesite in Oakhurst at Kingwood, where a new Village Builders home will soon be built. The home is a part of the GHBA's Benefit Homes Project, which has been bringing together association members and volunteers to benefit local charities.
Posted on Feb 20, 2010 | Tagged in: Village Builders , charity
Friendswood Development Company and Village Builders are teaming up to carry on a 30-year tradition in Houston that has raised millions of dollars for local charities.
The 2010 Greater Houston Builders Association’s Benefit Homes Project will feature a new home built by Village Builders on a home site donated by Friendswood Development Company in its Oakhurst at Kingwood community.
For more than three decades, the GHBA has worked with its member partners resulting in raising more than $5 million for local charities. This year once again, proceeds from the sale of the home will benefit Texas Children’s Cancer Center, The Alzheimer’s Association and HomeAid Houston.
Posted on Feb 2, 2010 | Tagged in: healthcare , charity
One local resident is using her photography skills to raise money and awareness for children in the community. Debi Gomez, owner of Life’s Images Photography, has been photographing newborns and children since the birth of her first child. What began as a hobby at home soon grew into a business where she could capture life’s moments for families in every stage, from engagement to maternity to the family growing with children. But she has a wider scope in her photography – she seeks to give back to the residents in Kingwood, Spring, The Woodlands and surrounding areas by helping raise money for local charities.
Each year Gomez selects a charity and produces a calendar to sell and raise funds to benefit the selected charity. Now in its third year the Calendar of Hope has raised over $15,000 for area charities. “I developed the idea for the Hope Calendar because I wanted to be more involved in a charity project and I wanted more people to be involved as well,” Gomez said.
