Habitat poinsettia sale fuels Baytown housing drive
For two decades Baytown Habitat for Humanity bars raises funds through a poinsettia sale run by Bill and Lois Snead and supported by family and community. The annual drive delivers fresh red poinsettias from Smith's Nursery near Alvin for holiday gift giving while highlighting the group’s mission to build affordable homes with donated land labor and materials and no profit sales. Herrera, who received Baytown’s first Habitat home about 18 years ago, calls the Sneads and Habitat her angels and recounts how her family benefited from the program which requires sweat equity and an interest-free mortgage. The effort aims to sell 800 poinsettias this year as the organization nears its 37th completed home.
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Bill
Lois Snead
Baytown Habitat For Humanity
Smith
Alvin
Sneads
Baytown
Maria Herrera
Habitat For Humanity
Herrera
Habitat For
Humanity
Baytown Habitat Partnership
Bill Snead
Mitzi
Paytown Su
Jicki Evans
Snead
Habitat of Humanity
Serve Baytown Day Offers Saturday Cleanup and Meals Help
Bay Area Ministerial Alliance sponsors Serve Baytown Day a Saturday event with roadside and parks cleanups a Meals on Wheels serve team and hymn singing at assisted living facilities Volunteers 14 and older may join at Memorial Baptist Cedar Bayou Grace Living Hope Second Baptist Trinity Episcopal or other sites at 8 a.m. Details for Habitat for Humanity and Love Inc drives provided by area churches and organizations.
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Baytown
Bay Area Ministerial Alliance
Habitat For Humanity
Memorial Baptist
W. Sterling
Cedar Bayou Grace Umc
Ferry Road
Living Hope
Baptist
N. Main
Goose Creek Stream
Trinity Episcopal
N. Main St
Call Alliance Bible Church
Faith Presbyterian
Love Inc
Cedar Bayou Grace
Second Baptist
Cookie Jar
N. Alexander
BHISD weighs bond plan for growth and two high schools
BHISD administrators and trustees expect to ask voters next spring to approve a bond program to fund facility expansion. At a Monday meeting, superintendent Greg Poole urged timely action for a May bond initiative while Ron Bailey of PBE outlined plans aligned with six guiding principles to avoid fragmenting the district while accommodating future growth.
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Barbers Hill Isd
Greg Poole
BHISD
Ron Bailey
PBE
Poole
PBR
BHISD bus disaster averted by quick actions
Three district employees Gracie Yzquierdo David Wyse and Anthony Hill along with bystander David Muscat a Mont Belvieu firefighter and youth football league president prevented a potential bus transportation crisis Saturday at Barbers Hill ISD. District officials honored them at Monday's school board meeting as witnesses recounted the near miss.
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Barbers Hill
Gracie Yzquierdo
David Wyse
Anthony Hill
David Muscat
Mont Belvieu
Goodfellows Help Sign Up Volunteers at Baytown Center
Goodfellows volunteers assist Nora Gutierrez and her children Mayra and Jamayra in the program register. Additional signup windows are set for Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and November 23 and 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Baytown Community Center Tejas room 2407 Market St. Applicants need government assistance documents and a photo ID. Baytown Sun photo.
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Goodfellows
Jennifer Stone
Nora Gutierrez
Mayra
Jamayra
Baytown Community Center
Tejas Room
Market St
Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
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