Dear Red Cross partners and friends, There have been several disasters affecting the Central and East Texas areas in the past 24 hours. I’d like to offer a quick update on the events and the American Red Cross response made possible by your support. What’s Happened: Brazos County – A tornado touched down in Bryan, [...]
SUPER BOWL LIVE It's official, the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee's signature event during Super Bowl week is named 'Super Bowl LIVE'. The festival, which will be free to the public, will be located in and around Discovery Green in downtown Houston. Super Bowl LIVE will run for 10 days, starting Jan. 27 and last [...]
All restaurant employees will need their food handler certificate by September 1, 2016 FAQs for Employers | FAQs for Employees About Texas Food Handler Certification Currently 85 local jurisdictions around the state of Texas require food handler certification. In October 2015, the Texas Department of State Health Services approved a regulation requiring statewide food handler [...]
Cummings Elementary students performed “On Broadway” at the Hobby Center through the Music Doing Good Program. The school and its students, administrators and staff were also recognized in the Music Doing Good Quarterly Notes Spring Newsletter. Alief Early College High School student Drew Bernard was named the recipient of the Children’s Defense Fund-Texas Beat the [...]
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the National Football League Foundation are excited to announce the 2016 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program. The goal of the Program is to provide non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. The [...]
Goldman Sachs is currently accepting applications for Cohort 17 for the Fall Session beginning September 2016. The application deadline for the Fall Cohort is Tuesday June 21, 2016.
Experienced and motivated Houston business owners and entrepreneurs will be offered an opportunity to participate in the process to bid for contracts with the NFL’s Super Bowl LI contractors and special event producers, and the Houston Super Bowl Host committee. As a part of The Houston Super Bowl Host Committee’s commitment to offer economic opportunities [...]
This week is Armed Forces Week! Please join American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces in celebrating appreciation to the Armed Forces on National Armed Forces Day. Representation of all Branches of Service will share some history, cake and punch. We hope to see you there. Please share the invitation with all of your [...]
Applications accepted until May 31st The Play Everywhere Challenge is a national competition that will award $1 million in prizes for the best replicable, scalable innovations in city redevelopment and design that help make play easy, available and fun for kids and families. The Challenge, developed in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Target, [...]
Elsik Ninth Grade Center teacher Izabel Hlayhel was named the Houston Area Association for Bilingual Educators Secondary ESL Teacher of the Year. She will move onto the state competition. The Elsik High School Air Force JROTC Program recently received the Distinguished Unit Award. This unit was one of 330 chosen out of 887 units worldwide [...]
