Clubs and Organizations
Submit information about your organization,
including requirements for membership and the purpose and goals of the group.
Keep us updated about meetings, events, and accomplishments. You may submit
pictures also. We want to include any organization that is important to the
community.
Interested in becoming a
performing member of the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra?
Founded in 1992, the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra is celebrating
its twelfth year of performing symphonic music for the Fort Bend community. The
full-size orchestra, complete with brass, woodwind, percussion, and strings,
consists of talented and dedicated musicians primarily from the Fort Bend area.
Although we are based in Fort Bend county, musicians from all areas are welcome
to audition for a position in the orchestra.
Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at First United Methodist Church, 3900
Lexington Boulevard, Missouri City. Selections this year include Mendelssohn -
The Hebrides, Bach - Brandenburg Concerto #5, and Beethoven - Symphony #5.
To schedule an audition, please contact the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra via
telephone at (281) 276-9642 or contact Heather Carty, Director of Auditions, by
e-mail at
Heather.Carty@fortbend.k12.tx.us. She will contact prospective members to
arrange an audition. Audition material consists of one 3 minute selection of
your own choosing and two sight reading excerpts. Auditions will be held on
Tuesday, August 14, 2004 in the evening.
For more information about our organization, please visit our website at
www.fbso.org
Help To Make A
Difference In Fort Bend County By Becoming A Literacy Council Tutor
Imagine
going out every morning into a world where strangers speak a language that you
cannot understand and shake their heads when you ask for help, where signs look
more like squirming snakes than words, where social behavior and daily customs
are unfamiliar and puzzling. Imagine growing up here, but not having a high
school diploma, not being able to read your mail, not being able to share books
or help with your children’s homework.
That’s what life in the United States and in Fort Bend County is like for
thousands of residents whose native language is not English, who are not able to
speak, read or understand English well enough to ask for help, read signs and
labels, or get through a day without embarrassment and fear. That’s what life
is like for thousands of citizens whose native language is English, but never
learned to read in school.
Imagine if you were in their shoes. Wouldn’t you appreciate having someone to
help you learn the language and practice conversation, to answer questions about
customs and behavior, to teach you to be able to read to your children, to be
your friend?
That’s what the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County (LCFBC) provides through
its English as a Second Language and Basic Literacy programs. Volunteers are
trained as tutors and matched with adults needing help. Learners benefit from
the small group or individualized attention and volunteers enjoy the rewards of
helping someone increase their knowledge and become more independent.
As
Fort Bend County continues to grow, the need for LCFBC’s service also grows and
the organization averages a waiting list of over 50 individuals who are eagerly
waiting for tutors. If you are willing to help by becoming a volunteer tutor,
we will train you. Knowledge of a foreign language or formal teaching
experience are not required. All you need is the desire to make a difference in
someone’s life.
LCFBC
recently certified 23 new tutors, during the July tutor training. Those tutors
are: Rhuju Vasavada, Needi Vaasavada, Angela Prince, Judith Wattley, Lydia
Smith, Emmie Thomas, Yu-Tsai Chang, Elizabeth Robshaw, Anna Robshaw, Sandra
Patton, Cecyl Chaney, Kaye Youngblood, Panna Sanghaui, Arthur Chung, Cindy
Peterson, Doug Chin, Vijay Reddy, Michael Tam, Abhishek Naik, Lilia Gomez-Agard,
Tiffany Kwan, Mona Morgan and Amy-Jo Gilstrap.
For
more information or to register for training, please call 281-240-8181. For
information on the work on the Literacy Council please call or visit our website
at
www.ftbendliteracy.org.
Photo caption:
The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County recently graduated 23 new tutors
during the July tutor training. Pictured (l-r)front row
are: Rhuju Vasavada, Needi Vaasavada and Angela Prince. Second row are:
Judith Wattley, Lydia Smith and Emmie Thomas. Third row are: Yu-Tsai Chang,
Elizabeth Robshaw, Anna Robshaw, Sandra Patton, Cecyl Chaney, Kaye Youngblood
and Panna Sanghaui. Back row are: Arthur Chung, Cindy Peterson, Doug Chin, Vijay
Reddy, Michael Tam and Abhishek Naik. Not pictured are: Lilia Gomez-Agard,
Tiffany Kwan, Mona Morgan and Amy-Jo Gilstrap.
Brightwater
Garden Club
Taste of
Brightwater II
After the resounding success of their first cookbook, the Brightwater Garden
Club has compiled a second cookbook --
Taste of Brightwater
II.
The book is filled with more than 600 mouthwatering recipes supplied by local
residents and their family and friends, plus contributions from Missouri City
elected officials, including Mayor Allen Owen. The recipes fringe from down
home favorites to international cuisine. Proceeds from the cookbooks will be
used to support the community service programs adopted by the club, including
the Fort Bend Women's Shelter and upkeep of the Lexington Creek Elementary
Butterfly Garden. The cookbooks cost $15 and may be purchased by calling
281-403-9672, 281-403-9269, or 281-261-5517.
Books will also be
available at the Brightwater Garden Club monthly meetings.
C.A.L.L.
Less than 1/3 of Texas fourth graders read proficiently and 40 percent cannot
even read at a basic level. However, reading is the basis of all future success
in education and is vital to success in life.
Project C.A.L.L. (Communities Assisting Literacy and Learning) offers real help
with literacy and learning difficulties for all ages. Located at 2360 Texas
Parkway, the project serves Fort Bend County with a revolutionary new approach
to improving literacy and learning.
If you are looking for workable alternatives to labeling, flunking, punishing or
medicating your child, call us at
281-261-2600 for free testing and evaluation. Volunteer oportunities are also
available. No experience is needed, just a desire to help.
Answer the C.A.L.L.!!! Don't let our children get left behind.
281-261-2600
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