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| Posted: 13 Sep 2010 08:18 PM PDT Benefit: Conroe's Incredible Pizza, located at 230 S. Loop 336 W. in Conroe, will host the Danny Parrot Benefit from 3-9 p.m. today. With a coupon, 15 percent of all front-register sales will be donated to Parrot, who is married with four children, in need of a liver transplant and currently has no medical insurance coverage. He is unable to work because of his medical condition. All proceeds will go to a benefit account for Parrot at Woodforest Bank. Monetary donations can be made to the "For Benefit of Danny Parrott" account with the account number 1354342238. Writers in performance: Beth Ann Fennelly, an associate professor at the University of Mississippi, will Thursday speak at the Writers in Performance event at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lone Star College-Montgomery library. William Virgil Davis, winner of the New Criterion Poetry Prize and the Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Poetry, will speak Oct. 28 and Scott Blackwood, who on the Associated Writing Program's Prize for the Novel and The Texas Institute of Letters Jesse Jones Award for Best fiction, will speak Nov. 18. Coupon to benefit MCFB: Rico's Mexican Grill has partnered with the Montgomery County Food Bank to donate15 percent of total purchase back to the food bank Mondays in September with coupon. Coupons are available to download from the MCFB website, www.montgomerycountyfoodbank.com. Rico's Grill is located in the Alden Bridge and Indian Springs shopping centers in The Woodlands. For more information, visit www.ricosgrill.com. To learn more on how you can support the MCFB, call (936) 539-6686 or visit www.montgomerycountyfoodbank.com. Grant: Texas Healthy Habitats Grants of up to $10,000 are now available from Service Learning Texas, with applications due Sep. 30. The grants will involve students in service-learning initiatives to improve or restore the natural environment, made possible with a donation from Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Eligible grant applicants include public schools, open enrollment charter schools and private nonprofit schools in Texas that serve youth in grades 5-12; 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Texas that work with students in grades 5-12; and state or local agencies in Texas that work with youth in grades 5-12. Applicants should consult with TPWD staff for assistance in identifying local environmental needs, examining issues and determining resources, and developing a plan. Applicants may apply for up to $10,000. Competitive preference will be given to counties in which Encana operates (Angelina, Denton, Freestone, Hood, Leon, Nacogdoches, Panola, Parker, Robertson, Sabine, Shelby, Tarrant and Wise). Applicants must also watch a recording of webinar on a the grant, and a link to the recording is posted on the Healthy Habitats page of the Service Learning Texas website. Correction: Kay Kelly was the featured speaker at A.R. Turner Elementary School's "Honoring American Heroes Assembly" Friday. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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