Saint Mark’s Saints for a Cure
Recently, sixteen members of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Richmond participated in the Juvenile Diabetes Walk for a Cure at Reliant Stadium. The church youth appropirately named the team, “Saints for a Cure”.
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Residents Get Up Close Look at Fire Safety
Nine-year-old Emily Glee Vu clutched her stuffed animal tightly as she carefully listened to a firefighter describe equipment on a fire truck. Three-year-old David Benjamin Mikel, decked out in full firefighter gear, concentrated his attention on using a small fire hose to knock out flames in six windows of a cardboard house. And, dozens of residents stood in awe as a “victim” was extricated from a vehicle using the “Jaws of Life”.
Pretty in Pink raises funds for Fort Bend Residents
The community charity event, Pretty in Pink—Town Square, raised more than $103,000 to benefit local cancer patients through the Methodist Sugar Land Hospital (MSLH) Cancer fund.
Presenting sponsors, Breast Surgeons – Dr. Sandra Templeton & Dr. Kelly Dempsey joined a wide range of other sponsors and donors to make Pretty in Pink a huge success. “I am honored to be a part of this important event,” says Dr. Templeton, Breast Surgeon. “It was a great way to give back to the community and help bring awareness to the difficulties that so many patients face as they battle cancer. I especially like the fact that all money donated will stay at our hospital and relieve some of my patients’ financial burdens.”
Missouri City Hosts Chinese Officials
Chinese officials from Ningbo, China, hosted by the University of Houston’s Center for Public Policy, recently visited Missouri City to learn about local government and economic development. Mayor Allen Owen and City Council Members, Councilman Floyd Emery and Councilman Danny Nguyen met with the group.
TelfairLife Charity of Choice Walk Raises Record Numbers
With the help of walkers ranging from a 13-year-old award winner to a 92-year-old church volunteer, the 5th annual TelfairLife Charity of Your Choice Walk raised a record $76,474 to benefit 13 Fort Bend charities, beating last year’s total by a whopping 71 percent.
Local Scouts Receive Eagle Scout Award
Michael Sallean and Graham Preston have been awarded the Eagle Scout Award upon nomination by the Sam Houston Area Council and the Boy Scouts of America. The Eagle award is the highest achievement earned in Boy Scouting.
FBJSL Celebrates Success With Encore Party
To celebrate another successful Sugar Plum Market and to recognize its sponsors, the Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL), together with 2011 Sugar Plum Market title sponsor, Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, will host an Encore Party in December at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital.
FCST Swimmers Success in Japan
First Colony Swim Team members Kyle Yu, Jordan Hancock, Romy Landeck, and Simone Manuel were a part of the NCSA All American Team that competed in Japan this past September. These athletes qualified by performing well at both the NCSA Spring Junior Nationals, and then again at USA Swimming’s Summer Nationals and Junior Nationals.
Legacy Foundation Donates to Great American Trails Grant
Sugar Land recently completed the expansion of Eldridge Park Trail, a project supported with a $15,000 Great American Trails grant from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and the Darden Foundation.
Sugar Land was one of eight communities to receive a 2012 grant and used the funds for enhancements that include benches, trail signage and trash receptacles along the mile-long trail. The grant was transferred from NRPA and the Darden Foundation to the City through the Sugar Land Legacy Foundation.
FBJSL Awards $5,000 Grant to Helping Hands
The Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL) was pleased to present a $5,000 Community Assistance Fund (CAF) Grant to Rosenberg-Richmond Helping Hands that will enable them to provide food to people in crisis in West Fort Bend County. Rosenberg-Richmond Helping Hands is a non-profit organization formed by area churches to help people in crisis by providing basic needs (food, money and clothing) on a short-term basis. Their goal is to provide assistance temporarily until the individual or family becomes self-sufficient.
New RiverPark Playground Opened
The City of Sugar Land recently opened a new playground at the Park on the Levee in the RiverPark subdivision.
The $89,200 playground project, envisioned by the RiverPark Property Owners Association, was made possible through funding from Levee Improvement District 10 and the Sugar Land 4B Corporation, a non-profit corporation established to utilize sales tax funds for projects such as parks that improve quality of life in the City.
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