Telfair Life - Sugar Land, Texas

Deadline: Pending

5^th Annual Charity of YOUR Choice WALK ~ Saturday, April 14

2012 Official Charity Application & Guidelines Available NOW

Your nonprofit organization is invited!! The TelfairLife walk is a great opportunity to raise funds and awareness for your organization and has become a much anticipated, major event in Fort Bend County. Walkers are able to choose the charity they want to benefit and 100% of registration fees are donated back to that official, approved walk charity of the walkers choice-WOW! TelfairLife is now accepting applications to be considered as one of the official 14 benefiting walk charities. To qualify a charitable organization must meet all of the following standards. These standards were established by the Telfair Community Council Board of Directors.

All 2012 participating, nonprofit organizations must provide:

Proof of Tax-exemption, non-profit, charitable organization under the State of Texas
Office located in Fort Bend County
Primarily provide services to citizens of Fort Bend County
Governed by a voluntary board of directors that sets policy and oversees the activities of the organization
Audited or reviewed annually by an accountant to guarantee full and open financial disclosure

The Telfair Community Council Board of Directors will individually review each application for adherence to these regulations and oversee the general administration of the TelfairLife Charity of YOUR Choice charity program. The Board’s role is to set donation policies, determine eligibility for applicant charities and monitor the walk activities. The Telfair Community Council Board will select a maximum of 14 official walkathon charities for the 2012 TelfairLife Charity of YOUR Choice Walk. Official past Charities must re-apply to be approved as an official 2012 walkathon charity.

Official charities must commit to raising at least $500 in donations and recruiting at least 25 walkers or more.

Please include a jpeg. or pdf. file of your organization’s black/white AND color logo with the application.

>>Let’s IMPACT Fort Bend together...one step at a time>>

Contact: CiCi.Currera@TelfairLife.com

CiCi Casaly Currera

TelfairLife Community Coordinator & Walk Director

Happy Chinese New Year

Telfair Lantern Festival – Lantern Parade

Telfair Chinese Community Committee wish every family Happy Chinese New Year.

Telfair Chinese Community Committee

decided to host a Lantern Festival Parade on February 5 (Sunday) at 6:00 pm.

We would like to extend our invitation to all Telfair Children.

Dress up in Chinese costume if you have and come to join the fun.

Telfair Lantern Festival – Lantern Parade

Telfair Chinese Community invites all Telfair residents to participate

in a Lantern Parade in celebration of the Lantern Festival

Time: Sunday, February 5th, 2012- 6-7:30 pm

Place: Front parking lot of Cornerstone Elementary School

For further details, please contact:

Ms. WeiJing Zhou, Tel: 713-816-1767, Email: wjingzhou@yahoo.com

Ms. Lori Luo, Tel: 832-212-6842, Email: thelishier@hotmail.com

All Telfair kids are invited to join the parade. There will be riddle fun time for participants. The lanterns may be home-made or purchased from stores. For safety reasons, all lanterns must be battery-operated and flameless. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. All participants are encouraged to bring their own refreshments.

A limited number of lanterns may be available for cash purchase at the start of the event ($5 each).

* The organizer of this event is not responsible for any injuries that may arise as a result of event participation.

Good Families Don’t Just Happen

The job of parenting brings a variety of challenges to the hearts, minds and patience of millions of competent individuals every day. Begin the year by gaining a new perspective on the subject of parenting at Sugar Land First United Methodist Church’s “Equipping Parents Seminar,” to be held from 6:30 – 8 pm on January 31^st.

The focus will be Good Families Don’t Just Happen. This seminar is free and no registration is required.

Good Families Don’t Just Happen will be led by Cathy Garcia-Prats, who has been married for 38 years and is the proud parent of ten happy, well-adjusted sons, ages 18 to 36. These young men are well-educated, faith-filled individuals who show love and respect for one another, their parents and others. Even during this challenging era filled with demands on familial values, Cathy’s marriage and family works.

Cathy and her husband, Joe co-wrote Good Families Don't Just Happen: What we learned from raising our ten sons and how it can work for you, Good Marriages Don't Just Happen, and What To Do When Your Baby is Premature. She lectures nationally on family, marriage and parenting. She has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Gayle King Show, American Journal, Home Life, Positively Texas, and Primer Impacto, as well as many local radio and TV talk shows. Feature articles on the Garcia-Prats family have appeared in The Houston Chronicle, The Houston Post, The Dallas Morning News, Becoming Family, and The Ladies' Home Journal, as well as stories in many newspapers throughout the United States. In 1998, the Garcia-Prats family was honored as "Houston Family of the Year" by Family Service Center at its annual "Celebration of Families" luncheon.

Cathy is a former first grade teacher and received her Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. She has served on the Board of Directors at The Woman's Hospital of Texas, the Board of The Woman's Hospital Foundation, the St. Francis de Sales School Board and the Galveston-Houston Diocesan Board of Education. She presently serves on the board of Family Services of Greater Houston and the Cenacle Retreat House.

Don’t let parental frustration get the best of you. Instead, be inspired and encouraged as Cathy shares her philosophy of practicing love, respect, commitment and faith in marriage. Good Families Don’t Just Happen will be held in The Venue of Sugar Land First United Methodist Church at 431 Eldridge Road. Again, the time is January 31^st from 6:30 - 8 pm. For more information contact Dena Lee, Director of Children’s Ministries, at dena.lee@sugarlandmethodist.org or 281-491-6041, or visit the church website at sugarlandmethodist.org.