Boys and Girls Country NewsVolume 39, Issue 3, Summer 2010

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Inside...Pages 2-3Message from the

Executive DirectorYou're Invited to A

Vision for Children!Congrats, Grads!

Page 4Thanks for a great

Spring Festival!

Page 5Awards Banquet:

And the winners are...

Pages 6-7Memorials and

Honorariums

Page 8Join us for the Heritage

Award Dinner... featuring comedian Frank Caliendo!

We had a relaxing, fun, and active summer...with a lot of help from our friends! We would like to thank the many volunteers who were a part of our program this summer, including tutors Pat Dunaway and Amber Groll, art instructor Diane Parman, dance instructor Lauren Tidwell, swimming instructor Andrea Morton, guitar instructors Charles Barnes and Mark Trekell, and Tom Behrens, a tutor who also runs our Outdoor Club and takes our kids fi shing! Gay Getschmann and Judy and Joe Veale came up with fun activities for our kids, and Erika Morton, a college student, coordinated our summer events through an internship made possible by the ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program. We also put on a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream with the help of CASE, the Cooperative for After-School Enrichment, which sponsored our Main Street Theater acting classes this spring (CASE After-School Initiative is funded in part by Houston Endowment, Inc.).

Clockwise from top right: Fun in the sun at the beach...Learning to dance – and swim!..."A Midsummer Night's Dream," performed outdoors on our College and Career campus...The contestants of "Boys and Girls Country's Got Talent" put on a fabulous show...Anthony gives Wesley a lift in the recreation center...The boys take a picture with lampshades on their heads as part of a photo scavenger hunt...and Olivia stays cool inside the gym!

Above: We had a great Alumni Homecoming! Check out the website "News" section for pictures and more!

Thanks for a Great Summer!

Over the years, I have learned, time and time again, that it’s sometimes the littlest things that make the biggest difference. Each of our graduates this year spoke to the entire campus at an event we call “Senior Day.” (When I saw the title, I thought it was about me.) At this dinner each high school senior tells our campus family what life has been like for them. They recall their fi rst day here and refl ect on what sticks out in their minds and for both of our seniors it was a little thing that made a big difference to them.

While I was interviewing for the Director position, back in Nevada, I kept following the Boys and Girls Country website and the preparations for the 2009 Spring Festival. It was heartbreaking for everyone when it had to be cancelled due

to rain and soggy grounds. I had read where this was one of the two major fundraising events each year, and the funds generated and the opportunity to share our program and kids with those who visited were crucial to our mission. We knew that this year, with the addition of the new Penny Loyd Student Life Center, we would have our event, rain or shine, and what a beautiful day it was!

On the fi rst day of May, Spring Festival 2010 was fi nally upon us. I say with all honesty, the staff started preparing for this Spring Festival just after the last one was cancelled. By all measures, it was an amazing day. Attendance estimates ranged from 3,200 to 4,000 visitors to our campus. Our fi rst Executive Director (Jack Brewer) and our last Executive Director (Ms. Shirley Wright) were both in attendance, as were our Board of Directors. I fi nally got my fi ll of funnel cakes and by the end of the day, despite one of the worst economies in recent history, we had our second best gross and net income in “Spring Festival” history (over 30 years)! We thank the Lord for all of you who have become our guardian angels and helped support us in good times and bad. We know that you do it for these beautiful children and young adults.

In between preparations for the Spring Festival, we started a project that we called the 2010 Promotional Video. We know that once people visited our program, they generally fell in love with it and would become partners and supporters. We wondered if there was a way to capture the magic of our campus on video and share it with a wider audience. The kids “profi led” in the video were so tolerant of the long hours of preparation and fi lming. We put the video on our website, our Facebook page and on YouTube. In these fi rst few months, over 1,000 people have viewed it. Can you view it and tell us what you think?

We often encourage the kids (and each other) by reminding them that the only thing that follows hard work is results and success. We found out this school year that our message rang loud and true. Our Residential Education Department partnered with our Teaching Parents and held our children to some very high expectations this past year. We used the Shirley A. Wright and Dennis Alexander Education Center daily. Our children would come after school and climb the stairs to The Hamill Foundation Learning and Life Center for testing, remediation and assistance with homework and school projects. Despite the fact that we admitted 17 additional children over the 2009-2010 school year, we ended up with a campus GPA of 3.12! That’s a “B” average for our “at risk” kids! We are so proud of them! In addition, our college students averaged a 2.81 grade point average! At our Awards Banquet in late June, literally every child showed progress in their plans and every one of our kids received an award that night! We all learned success only comes before work in the dictionary.

On graduation day, we all swelled with pride. Waller High School had its largest graduating class in history. As we waited for them to call Ms. Debra and Mr. Levi to the stage, I remembered what they had so emotionally shared on “Senior Day” with the rest of the kids and staff. What made a difference for both of these young adults was what appeared to be a “small” but kind and empathetic act from a loving staff member. It’s not so much what they did to get to graduation, it was what they overcame to get there that choked us up. Our kids are growing up in a time of great challenge and sweeping change. For some bad things that happen in life, there are no answers, but there are answering people. Thank you for helping us guide these precious youngsters through life. The “little things” staff extended themselves to do made the “biggest difference” to our two graduates.

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Message from the Executive Director

A Vision for ChildrenYou’re invited to take a tour of our Home and learn more about the children we serve – and how your support helps us to raise them. Bring only an open heart and a friend.

Everyone is welcome! You do not need to RSVP, but if you would like for us to know you’re coming, please visit our website at www.boysandgirlscountry.org and click on "Register Now". You can also fi nd future Vision for Children dates on the site under “Events”.

We’d like to host at least 10 people at each of our upcoming sessions:

Saturday, October 9Saturday, November 6

10:00-11:00 am.

We started the summer in the same way that we started the New Year, “in service to others”. The Bible says, “To whom much is given, much is expected” (Luke 12:48). On June 4th, the week school ended, we held our second blood drive, co-hosted by our Normative Leadership Council and the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. Just before school started, we hosted a third blood drive. This year, to date, we have made 58 blood donations, helping 174 Houston residents in medical emergencies. Most of our donors were staff, with our kids and our community neighbors close behind. Nothing is more important to instill in our children than a desire to help and respect others.

As we start a new school year, we start preparing, in pride, for our 40th Anniversary. Early on in 2011, Boys and Girls Country turns 40! What sacrifi ces those before us must have made! What lives have been saved due to those sacrifi ces! As a private agency, accepting almost no government funds, we owe that success to our donors, our supporters, our volunteers and our Board Directors, 40 years worth of each! I still arrive before we open each morning and personally sign our thank you letters and read through the notes our donors sent us. What a glorious, encouraging way to start a day!

Much of the news across our nation has been troubling. We know that negative voices always play the loudest. But at Boys and Girls Country, we don’t believe those voices. Through cynicism and pessimism, we teach our kids that they have already persevered through very diffi cult times. Our graduates have the courage to look past their differences with others and to face down their diffi culties. Ours is a history of renewal and reinvention where our graduates fi nd a way to adapt, thrive and push forward with energy, ingenuity and optimism. Although Boys and Girls Country plays a role in securing a more prosperous future for our kids, the fi nal outcome ultimately depends on each of our kids and the choices they make. While you are reading this, rest assured that the staff here are preparing our current children for what lies ahead. They will be successful!

As I prepare for this column every few months, I get a chance to really review what we have accomplished and what has made the biggest impact on me. I certainly love and admire the kids. I also admire the sacrifi ce and compassion of a staff that extends themselves, every day. One event mixed the kids and staff together and it continues to stick out in my mind. It happened last November, just before Thanksgiving. I was trying to “fl y under the radar” on my birthday when right in the middle of the afternoon, one of our Teaching Parents, Ms. Mary, entered my offi ce with Jean Paul and Justen. Jean Paul had a clarinet and Justen had a trumpet and they proceeded to play “Happy Birthday” to me in a way that was more touching than ever before. It was better than a paycheck! Just as in the experience of our “seniors”, the littlest things make the biggest difference.

Lou Palma

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Oh, The Places They'll Go!

Debra Lea SparksLevi Quenton Aaron Dudley2005

20102010

Congratulations to Levi and Debra, our Class of 2010! At our Senior Day, with words of wisdom from Dr. Seuss and from the staff who loved and raised our graduates since childhood, we sent them off with high hopes, favorite memories of the times we've shared, and support and encouragement as they enter our College and Career program and start over again as freshmen – this time, college freshmen! We would like to thank our friends at Cy-Fair Federal Credit Union and Cypress Creek Christian Church for throwing "Senior Showers" for our kids, and making sure they have everything they need for college!

2001Levi is a leader with a positive attitude, humble spirit, and grateful heart. He is looked up to as a big brother on campus. He served on the Normative Leadership Council and participated in football, wrestling and powerlifting. Levi plans to become a coach, and is working toward a degree in kinesiology at Blinn College.

Debra has a loving, giving heart and is deeply devoted to her younger siblings, and to those who have become family to her. She loves to act and has been in many plays. She also loves reading, writing, and learning, and plans to be a teacher. Debra is attending Lone Star College and working toward degrees in education and psychology.

Check out our new video at

to learn more about our Home and the children you help us serve!

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Title Sponsor Presenting Sponsor

A Marsh & McLennan Agency, LLC Company

Jim & Leigh Tomforde

Sustaining Sponsors

Schulte Charitable Foundation

Supporting Sponsors

The Eads Family

Gatewood Family Foundation

PartnersJeannie & Trey Able

Ryan & Keri DesAutels

Friend of Boys and Girls Country

(Michael Bennett, Reed Wood, Justin Gannon,

& David Winn)

Bob & Helen Howard

Jack & Carolyn Little

Penny & Paul Loyd

Margaret & Lee Matherne, Jr.

Brian & Elisabeth McCabe

Jim & Arlene Payne Family Foundation

Coe Wilson

Amegy Bank/Steve Stephens

Bryan & Kelly BashamBob & Lisa KurtzHerb & Cheryl ListenMidway FoundationThe Mirand GroupMirand Response SystemsTina Jenks & Bryant

O'NealJ. R. & Susan SultJulie TodaroTomás & Laura TorresScott & Loraine WegmannWoodforest National Bank

Jim & Mary Alice DanielRigo & Sally FloresThe Galloway FamilyKolkhorst & Kolkhorst CPA'sJ. Ray McDermott, Inc.Jim & Barbara MetcalfMerchants' Choice Payment

SolutionsMethodist Willowbrook HospitalMirand Card ServicesLinda C. MurrayGeorge O'Neal, IIIParkman Whaling LLCRDC/Cytex PlasticsDick & Rose ScottTex-TrudeTransCanada CorporationTriad Energy CorporationWade & Company, LLPThe Wardenburg Family - Pete &

MarilynThe Weingeist Family

Friends

Thanks to all of you who came out for our Spring Festival! It was a sunny, fun-fi lled day, and we loved having you as our guest! The proceeds we raised with your help will provide for our children throughout the year. We would especially like to thank the underwriters who made the event possible!

Buddies

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Kids’ Choice Awardselected by peers for leadership

DenishaLevi

At our 24th annual Children's Awards Banquet, we celebrated our children's achievements over the past year...from their personal growth to achievements at school and in their extracurricular activities. The theme of the evening was "Keys to Success"...and we thank each of you for being key to our children's success! We give special thanks to our friends at St. Francis Episcopal Church for providing us with the venue, equipment, and great volunteers who prepared a wonderful dinner, and to the Cypress Belles Chapter of the National Charity League for providing beautiful decorations and centerpieces, along with volunteers who were on their feet all evening, serving the hundreds of guests who came to watch our children receive their awards!

Kindergarten AwardsHarley

Michelle

A Honor RollAshton Audrey Brianna Daniel Ethan

Jean Paul Kaleigh Kamry Luke

LyndonMeadowRebekkah

Most Improved

Elementary School Ka’Tara

Junior High School Shantel

High SchoolRhonda

Scholars of the Year for highest grade-point averages

Kaleigh (Elementary School) Lyndon (Junior High School)

Rebekkah (High School)

Resident of the Yearfor highest overall ratings

Jorge

Volunteer of the Yearfor outstanding community service

Denisha

Citizen of the Yearfor exceptional leadership and

positive role modelingJohn

Most Dedicated of the Yearfor dedication to goals and commitments

Evan

Academic Awards Special Awards

A & B Honor RollAlexandra

Allea Ashleigh Chelsea

Christina Crystal Debra Helen Hunter Jacob Jared Jason

Jocelyn John

Kiewan Kim

Mekdelawyt Michael Olivia Raina

Serriah Sherry

Stephanie Taylor Tiffany Wesley Xavier

Right: Alexandra, Chair of the campus Normative Leadership

Council, presents the Kids' Choice Award to Levi and

Denisha. Levi also received the Gerry Lyon Memorial Award

for his grateful heart, positive attitude and perseverance.

Left: In addition to the academic and special awards, each student was recognized for character and individual accomplishments with a personalized trophy.

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In Memory Of Received March 1, 2010 - July 15, 2010

You can make your next tribute gift securely online at www.boysandgirlscountry.org. Click on "Donate Now"

Marilyn AlbersA.C. & Annazell Von

MindenAnn Amalfi Jake & Rose JacobsonMarie Ray AndersonGeorge & Lynne MitchellTony Barcelona, Jr.Paul & Debbie BlackshearPeter Bryce Bedell, IIIJack & Carolyn BrewerJanette McDonaldRichard BeanJanette McDonaldHertha BennettPaul & Debbie BlackshearDennis BissittRalph & Noelene BirkeloCecil & Shirley BishopBeth BitnerJudy Higginbotham &

familyIrma BlackshearPaul & Debbie BlackshearNita BlankenshipJim & Barb LieblDorothy BonnetteC.B. & L.R. CadwalladerMrs. Shirley Cenac &

familyJoycelyn CookMrs. Gail Fabre & familyFrances KreihsMr. & Mrs. Don

McCulloughChristine PorterBrother of Mary Jo

BoswellTom & Jane LilesArilla BowermanMr. & Mrs. Noel JonesLt. Ben BrittA.C. & Annazell Von

MindenMrs. Lois BrowEleanor EvansChet BurchettCarol BrownWinston S. Buster, Jr.Lawrence GiftWillie & Orca WillhelmSharon WrightDavid CalhaunDoris O’ReillyRW CareyAustin Suderski

Tom CenterThomas & Linda AsherBryan Easler ToyotaCheryl BryanBetsy DayDon Ringler ChevroletFlip & Susan Flippen &

The Flippen GroupDana GarciaMike & Patti GrahamNancy GulloLeslie HollingsworthCarla HenryThe IHHP FamilyJM LexusDana & Daryl KenninghamMike & Debbie KevlinA. Knapp & Randi Mays-

KnappBrent LeBlanc & The Price

LeBlanc FamilyPam LeJeune &G2James & Barbara LentzMike Calvert ToyotaLeonard & Roxanne

NorthcuttRonald PawleyRyburn Motor CompanyDavid Tamburro & the

Round Rock Toyota Team

Eric WilliamsonElvige Deslattes ClouatreReed & Janet WoodJohn ConverseHarriette HigginbothamJamey CowanA.A. BrautigamBlanche Walling CrabtreeJack T. CurrieMary Alice DupreeThe Fastener ConnectionSara JenningsPaul & Sandra MitchellTillie & Charles SaccoMary SquyresMike ZatopekNovella S. Davis

“MeMaw”Kathy & Gary FriedelJack Evans, Jr.Judy & Mickey HerrmannJessie “Ma” FergusonA.A. BrautigamLeroy FloydGeorge & Lynne MitchellVirginia FosterRoss & Margie Foster

Allie B. FutrellEdgar & Carolyn ReevesChristine GarciaJames & Amanda WindsorEugene GardnerBenjamin & Aileen

KirkhamMilton GautreauxScott & Paige DunlapBetty GillespieJohn & Cynthia BirdsongMrs. Norbert GloynaJim & Barb LieblJackie GoatesGeorge Polk, Jr.Nell GreenEdgar & Carolyn ReevesAl GroschkeBecky GroschkeMr. & Mrs. Clarence

GroschkeBecky GroschkeBob HansonMarion HansonSophie HargraveKathy & Gary FriedelJenevieve HatchJulia & Charles FerrellTom & Patsy PattersonPatsy HauckPaul & Debbie BlackshearJames E. HaynesTom & Jane LilesWilliam R. HaynesAlice P. CraigGail HeidelhoffFern BasdenEdd Kellum HendeeDoris O’ReillyDavid Hendricks IIDavid HendricksLois Steele HicksTom & Jane LilesLinda HofmannMr. & Mrs. A.C. Von

MindenVernon & Alice

HolderriethHal & Brenda DoerreStacey Brooner HughesRobert Terry & Louise

RigglePaul HutsonLouise Bean AppelReba Jo IrwinLaDora & Eric JerniganSherry JohnsonRyan & Joanne Pittman

Celina KilpatrickDon & Belle DawsonMrs. Leora KleinKlein Funeral Homes

& Memorial Parks Employees

Louise KnappNancy MerrittEvelyn LaBordeClovis KendrickRoss LaechelinJohn & Cynthia BirdsongBud “Doc” LamarBob & Pat HaygoodTom & Mary HobbsLufkin Educational

Broadcasting FoundationGeorge MurrayLyle LaughlinJim & Barb LieblEddie LeesonCecil & Shirley BishopMr. & Mrs. Hamish LillieJim & Barb LieblNancy LongBobby & Betty CraigHarold LottBobby & Betty CraigJewell MaherEunice AllardyceJoyce ManahanPaul & Debbie BlackshearGrace MandolaJoAnn & Anthony MandolaDanny MartinJim & Barb LieblMichael MartinJohn BaldwinEagle MotorsDenise HammondKenny MannigelRichard RogersVirginia MartinCharlotte HumphreyJimmy MayPatricia MayNeal McClaughertyCarol & Doyal GillespieHoward McNuttEdgar & Carolyn ReevesRuth MerrillDonald & Betty Belle

DawsonElizabeth MerrittJohn & Cynthia Birdsong

Lon C. Mitchell, Jr.Dorothy & Mickey AblesBeck-Ford ConstructionSean BlakleyRoy Breen (Part of the

Spectra Family)David & Lisa BrimberryThe Bursar’s offi ce at

Purdue North Central – Westville, IN

Steve & Kathy BushGreg & Nancy CooperAlice CraigheadArchangela DeSilvaDorothe ForemanMr. & Mrs. Wendell GamelSherry & John GeorgeJonna GrizzleJanet LaFave-HallAlan & Karen HarrisTeresa & Glen KruegerWally & Virginia LandeckJimmy & Yvonne MarrTom & Linda McConnell

& familyFrances MearsEloise NovotnyProperty Owners

Association of Century Oaks Estates

Laura Buss SayavedraNicole SingerTom & Kathy WattBrenda WisniewskiCozy MooreErnestine & Jim RobertsonMaria (Raynal) MurphyCharlotte VillmanH. Louis NicholsLarry & Robbie DeHayKie NobraStan & Sharon ZbylotL.E. PalmaLou & Ginger PalmaElijah E. PettyCurtis PettyMark & Judy WadsworthGeorge Polk, Sr.George Polk, Jr.Wendell PoundsErnestine & Jim RobertsonElton Freeman ReidJane TurlingtonJanet ReitzDonald Reitz

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Joe Hunter ReynoldsJane & MT CrumpMichael & Mary DraperVala MoyeDr. & Mrs. J.F. WarrenDick RichardsLee & Gladys SparacinoJames W. Roach, Jr.Jane TurlingtonMelvin RobinsonJean RobinsonRoss RobinsonDr. Arlys BingWalter SchielGeorge & Caroline PolkJohnie SchulteRuben RuizLeonard (Jack) ScottSharon WrightBetty SmithDella & A.A. BrautigamRita SplethEileen Ball BieringJack & Carolyn BrewerBrad HarrisMickey & Judy HerrmannClay & Karen McDermeitMrs. T.O. Shindler

Don StidhamJohn & Cynthia BirdsongBilly SuttonWinston & Shirley BusterDan SweeneyJulia & Charles FerrellMyrtle TelepJean RobinsonMrs. Ralph ThomasJean RobinsonJames TinklerCarolyn BeallBill & Virgie HarlanJeffrey TomchessonAlbert & Hazel

TomchessonRoselea TrousdaleBeacon Class – Second

Baptist ChurchCecil & Shirley BishopPat & James IngramCal & Millie ReedReba TrwinVirginia CrowsonJason ValentineMary Alice Dupree

Paul WahlbergLeonard & Margaret BedellJack & Carolyn BrewerMr. & Mrs. Frank WebbBecky GroschkeDonald N. WilkinsonEvelyn WilkinsonKim WilsonJohn DeanJeff ElkinDebbie & Gary HallLisa KossBruce RowleyDavid SambrooksVidelle WilsonArlys BingJoan WindhamGarth FletcherThe Friedkin Companies

Inc. & Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

Friends at Fred Haas Companies

Fred & Mark HaasMary Beth HaughtonLeslie HollingsworthAmy HsuRichard & Janet Kay

Joan Windham (cont'd) William & Melissa

Kimbrough & familyAnne & Todd NewlinRicky PattersonPhillip PorterAngie SherrellVance & Kristin TillmanFred WinterGail & Sidney AdcockPhyllis & Sam AllenTom & Mary BrandtDan & Bobbe BurkeLewis & Cynthia CrossleyTuesday Morning &

Wednesday Night Classes at Cypress Creek Christian Church

Julia & Charles FerrellTom & Kay GallatinMr. & Mrs. R.G. GirottoRobert GrossmanBud & Barbara HabelJean Susan HanksRobert & Marilyn HilleryLarry & Beverly HornbackWilliam & Jacqueline Liles

Fred Winter (cont'd)James MeekFaburn MurraySteve & Elaine NeeldF.G. & Johnette OakesAlice & Dennis O’GearyTom & Patsy PattersonTanya & David PilantArnan & Vicki RaschCarol Ann ReidEllen & Jim SeiglerRobert & Sylvia ShookDoyle & Carolyn SimpsonBarry & Judy SmithDan & Sandra WagnerAl & Nancy WeaverMark & Olivia WoodMarienne WomackDoris O’ReillyJames WoodCynthia & John BirdsongDr. Jay A. WorkmanUncle James O. & Aunt

WilmaF.S. (Sonny) YoungJack & Carolyn Little

In Honor Of Received March 1, 2010 - July 15, 2010

In Memory Of Received March 1, 2010 - July 15, 2010

All the Housemothers on Mother’s Day

Lenore DunwoodyAngelina, Nicole & RikLinda MurrayCharles & Nan AustinGordon & Donna MarcumBill Beard – 76th birthdayKathy, Mark & John SalvieMary Ann Belin – 80th

BirthdayBarbara StrobelThe Birth of Mr. & Mrs.

David Bergeron’s grandchild

Bunny HalvorsonThelma & Arthur BettiesBrad WhiteMary Ann Bathe – 75th

BirthdayER & Laverta BishopJack & Carolyn BrewerLeonard & Margaret Bedell

Reg Brockwell – Father’s Day

Jennifer BrockwellWayne & Michele BrownRobert BrownGene & Joan SwangRosie WilliamsKristi Avoli-CamannVic & Betty LaBonteLynn Castro – birthdayPete & Marilyn

WardenburgNancy ChickeringChick Chickering, Kristi,

Cam & NashHulda Coskey – BirthdayLewis & Jean BlackwellWilliam & Kathy SiscoL.C. & Cathy Courtney

– 50th Wedding Anniversary

Edgar & Carolyn ReevesRyder Derryberry – BirthBunny Halvorson

Robin Emmott – BirthdayViona HoweSteve Emmott – BirthdayViona Howe2010 GraduatesScotty SandersCurt Grindal – BirthdayDana GrindalSten Gustafson & Sofi a

AdrogueDamon ThamesRichard Hasten –

RetirementTom & Patsy PattersonWilliam Henry – BirthBunny HalvorsonJudy Herrmann –

BirthdayEleanor EvansNatalie JanaskiJohn & Kay KrebsTodd Jett – BirthdayEdgar & Carolyn Reeves

Jean Xu & Warren Johnson – Marriage

Becky PerryBarb Liebl – Mother’s

DayJamie & Jennifer LieblJane Liles – Mother’s DayKaren & Ryan LilesJane & Tom Liles –

Wedding AnniversaryKaren & Ryan LilesJanette McDonaldDick SlaughterBetty McMahanCecil & Shirley BishopJimmy Pappas - birthdayTessie PappasTom Patterson – 75th

BirthdayPatsy PattersonRuthie & Glenn PolanCarol Ann & Tom SmithAlfred RiosMelissa Brown

Braden Susman – 3rd Birthday

Bunny HalvorsonDel TiebelGood Shepherd United

Methodist ChurchWayne & Debbie Turner

– MarriageMrs. Florence AberciaAshlyn Wardenburg –

birthdayPete & Marilyn

WardenburgJan West – Mother’s DayWrenne WestHarold Wisher – Father’s

DayMike & Shannon

ScacewaterShirley WrightLeonard & Margaret Bedell

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WISH LISTSummer

Our Education Department Needs:5-Subject Spiral NotebooksFine-Point Permanent MarkersTab DividersLarge Sketch Pads

Our Clothing Closet Needs:In all sizes, except where indicated:Girls’ and Boys’ Black No-Show SocksBoys’ and Men’s Boxers and Boxer BriefsBoys’ (all sizes) and Men’s (size S, M) UndershirtsGirls’ Training Bras and Women’s Bras (size C & D)Girls’ (all sizes) and Women’s (size 8 & 9) Hipster PantiesGirls’ and Boys’ Tennis Shoes & Casual Shoes; Girls’ Dress Shoes

Our Commissary Needs:Hair Care Products (shampoo, conditioner, African-American hair care products, etc.)Men’s RazorsCanned ChiliSpaghetti SauceKitchen Cleaner (Spray)Bath Cleaner (Spray)Toilet Brushes

Our Cottages Need:Alarm Clock RadiosHand MixersBlendersTwin-Size Mattresses (only top mattresses) DVD PlayersBlowdryers and Flat IronsGarment Bags for SuitsQueen-size SheetsBath Mats

Our Maintenance Department Needs:Plumbing supplies and toolsElectrical supplies (boxes, outlets, switches, covers, etc.)

Paint Supplies

Full list at www.boysandgirlscountry.org Click on "Donate" and "Fill a Wish List"

HERITAGE AWARD DINNER 2010

d8dHonoring

MIKE AND CINDY GATEWOOD

Featuring

FRANK CALIENDO

Save the Date

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010Reception 6:00 PM Dinner 7:00 PM

Mike and Cindy Gatewood Frank Caliendo

New! Our Heritage Award Dinner website (heritagegala.org) will keep you up-to-date with news and information about the event! Learn more about our honorees and entertainer, become a sponsor online, and get a sneak peek at the fabulous auction items that will be up for bid that night! You can also have updates delivered right to your inbox...Just click on "Sponsor Sign Up"!

Mike and Cindy Gatewood have given their hearts to our children through Mike's service and leadership on our board since 2002 – including an extended term as Chair – and through their personal commitment to our Home. Join us for an unforgettable evening as we honor Mike and Cindy, with entertainment from renowned comedian and impressionist Frank Caliendo!

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Elaine Petranek, Director of Development, at 281-351-4976 extension 219 or by email at elaine.petranek@boysandgirlscountry.org.

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HILTON OF THE AMERICAS

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