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Interfaith’s Food Pantry Continues to Need Items.
Interfaith of The Woodlands’ Food Pantry is in need of food and is asking the community to help stock its
food pantry shelves by donating food and other nonperishable items.
“The need for non-perishable food items continues to rise during the summer
months,
” said Rosemary Sepulveda, manager of Interfaith’s Family Services. “The economy has had an effect on the increase in number of clients we have
helped this year with food. Also, individuals
’ rising electric bills and their children being home from school have a major
effect in the number of clients we have each summer.
”
Since the beginning of the year, Interfaith of The Woodlands has helped 1,737
families with food valued at more than $145,000.
Keeping the pantry shelves adequately stocked and ready for distribution for the
growing demand of the community is always a challenge. Interfaith relies on
help from the community through food drives and donations to fill the shelves
of the pantry.
target free first sunday, july 5
Enjoy the sun and sand at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at a Summertime Beach
Party. Sail-away in a sail boat drawing, experience summertime sketching, and
sculpt your own coastline creatures. Experience beach creatures and animal
artifacts with special guests from the Houston Zoo. Join an interactive
performance with Nameless Sound
—rhythm, singing, drumming, movement and sound will be used to explore
coordination, listening, creativity, individuality and teamwork. And don
’t miss the Family Flick,
Surf’s Up, at 2 p.m. in Brown Auditorium Theatre. Join Cody (Shia LaBeouf), a Rockhopper
penguin, as he journeys from his home in Shiverpool, Antarctica, to take part
in the Big Z Memorial surf-off on the beach of Pen Gu Island.
Target Free First Sunday takes place from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. on July 5; free
admission for all throughout the day (the museum is open 12:15 p.m.-7 p.m.
Sundays) at the Museum of Fine Art
’s Audrey Jones Beck Building and Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet
Street. Parking is free across the street. Call 713-639-7300 for more
information or go to
www.mfah.org.
summer events for kids
at local libraries
The Montgomery County Memorial Library System is hosting many exciting events
for children of all ages this summer at its locations. Participation in summer
reading programs is not required to attend library events and all events are
free and open to the public. Events range from Mad Science demonstrations to a
Wild West Show. There are even events for teens including Wii Gaming, mosaic
creations and much more. Pre-registration is required for some of the teen
events.
Participating libraries include: The Mitchell Library located at 8125 Ashlane
Way, The Woodlands; Malcolm Purvis Library, 510 Melton Street in Magnolia; R.B.
Tullis Library, 21569 U.S. Highway 59 in New Caney; Charles B. Stewart Library,
202 Bessie Price Owen in Montgomery; Central Library, 104 I-45 North in Conroe;
R. F. Meador Branch Library, 709 West Montgomery in Willis; and South Regional
Library, 2101 Lake Robbins Drive in The Woodlands.
super summer programs at the ymca
Registration is available for all YMCA Summer Programs including Day Camp, Youth
Sports, Swim Lessons, Child Care, Sports Clinics, Teen Camp, Performing Arts
and much more.
Y Day Camp programs are packed with activities that fill summer days and enable
a child to have a summer camp experience while returning home at the end of the
day. A variety of age specific camps are available for youth ages 5-11. Offered
in one-week sessions, camp hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. with pre- and post-camp
supervision available 7 a.m.-9 a.m. and 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Y Teen Camp is designed with the interests of older youth in mind. The summer is
comprised of day trips to parks and special attractions in and around the
Houston area along with leadership skill development, core values and an ethic
of service through community service projects. Teen Camp is available for ages
12-15. Space is limited. One-week sessions ar
e available with the same camp hours as Day Camp as well as pre- and post-camp supervision.
Summer Sports Clinics provide kids, ages 3-13, the opportunity to learn new
skills and improve current skills. Each session is unique and dynamic with a
different sport and drills introduced weekly. Most Sports Clinic sessions run
three hours daily, Monday, Thursday. Camps include cheerleading, baseball,
golf, soccer, volleyball, basketball, football, jump rope, tiny tots soccer,
basketball and T-ball.
Y Swim Lessons are available with a variety of morning and evening classes for
all levels and ages.
Summer Gymnastics sessions are offered in a weekly format and meet Monday-Friday
from 5:45 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
The Performing Arts summer program is comprised of unique weekly workshops, held
Monday-Friday from 1:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. for students k-12th grade. Each workshop
will focus on a different musical production. The remaining workshops are
High School Musical I, July 6; High School Musical II, July 13; and High School Musical III, July 20.
Students ages 2-8, will learn the basics of ballet. Weekday afternoon and
Saturday morning classes are available. The summer session will run through
Aug. 1.
Kids Triathlon Training will be held July 6-10 for ages 7-12. A morning and
evening session are available.
For more information, go to www.southcounty-ymca.org or call 281-367-9622 in The Woodlands; 936-441-9622 in Conroe; or 281-356-4077
in Magnolia.
