June 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Fort Bend residents supported DAYA at the Jr. League of Houston. DAYA, which means “mercy,” supports women and their children throughout Greater Houston who need assistance and are trying to break the cycle of domestic and sexual violence. Farida Abjani, Stephanie Von Stein, Sippi Khurana and Annu...

June 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Fort Bend County Judge Robert Hebert recognized the Fort Bend County Health & Human Services (HHS)Department for receiving national recognition for their Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program and its ability to plan for, respond to and recover from public health emergencies. Hebert said, “Our...

June 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Suburban Sugar Land Women (SSLW) and its phenomenal partners recently hosted its 28th Annual Service and Academic Excellence Luncheon honoring five 2017 scholarship recipients. Awards were based on community service, academic excellence and leadership. Special guest speaker was 1996 scholarship recipient...

June 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

FRIENDS of Child Advocates of Fort Bend, an auxiliary volunteer group supporting Child Advocates of Fort Bend, hosted its annual Mission and Martinis social at the home of Susie and Doug Goff. In addition to martinis, hors d’oevres and learning about the FRIENDS mission, guests were treated to a...

May 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Fort Bend residents supported the Pratham USA Gala on April 1st at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston.Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen was the special guest speaker, and the event raised $1.4 million for education.  Since 1995, Pratham has reached 40 million children. Vijay Goradia, Sushmita Sen and...

May 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

During Commissioners Court on March 28th, Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert recognized the winners of the 2017 Live Healthy Fort Bend County Wellness Challenge. Over 400 county employees participated in the eight-week challenge and lost a combined total of 1,392 pounds while logging over 1 million minutes of...

May 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Madden Elementary School was recently deemed a LEED-certified building. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, provides a rigorous third-party verification on resource efficiency for building projects. At the March 27th Fort Bend ISD board meeting, board members congratulated...

April 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Friends and supporters gathered at Commissioner James Patterson’s 2018 Re-Election Campaign at Safari Texas, where they enjoyed great company, hors d’oeuvres and music by Texas Trio & Taylor. Suzanne Fotorny, Bud Smith and...

April 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Hundreds of pooches and their people gathered in Riverstone for the inaugural Bark for Life Walk, raising nearly $4,500 for the American Cancer Society. After the walk, event-goers enjoyed a performance by the Houston Disc Dogs and other family-friendly activities. Pennie Mahon demonstrated the amazing...

March 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

Fort Bend Junior Service League members presented a check for a portion of the proceeds from the Sugar Plum Market to Child Advocates of Fort Bend. The funds will be used to help with the agency’s WINGS program for teens aging out of foster care.  Greg and Alison Haralson, Sherri Ebarb, Jessica Jubin,...

March 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

The Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2017 State of the City Sugar Land with Mayor Joe Zimmerman and City Manager Allen Bogard. Held at the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, Zimmerman and Bogard gave an in-depth review of the City’s accomplishments and insight toward plans for 2017. Attendees...

March 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

As a thank you to the doctors and staff at OakBend Medical Center for making the final days of their wife and mother’s life a bit easier, the Marsalia family purchased one of the six new benches anchored in front of the OakBend Medical Center’s Jackson Street campus and dedicate it to the intensive care...

March 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

The 2nd Annual Taste of Fort Bend benefiting Lunches of Love was a huge success! Held at Briscoe Manor, the event featured samples from a variety of Fort Bend’s favorite food establishments, and proceeds supported Lunches of Love’s commitment to end childhood hunger and feed underprivileged children in...

February 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

On December 5th, Troop 1631 in Sugar Land recognized six new Eagle Scouts at their Court of Honor ceremony. Their path to Eagle involved a collective total of 361 camping nights, 571 miles hiked, 193 volunteer hours, 194 merit badges and high-adventure treks and many leadership activities. Congratulations...

February 2017 – Out & About in the Heart of the Bend

The installation of newly elected Fort Bend County officials was held on January 1st at the Fort Bend County Courthouse. Officials included Commissioner Precinct 3 Andy Meyers, Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Place 2 Gary Janssen, Constable Precinct 1 Mike Beard, Constable Precinct 2 Gary Majors, Constable...