Awards Ceremony

will be held

July 31, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.

Students of the Citizenship Class & the ESL Class (English as a Second Language) will be presented their Certificates of Completion and a reception at 201 East 9th St. @ Harvard.

We Congratulate them on completing these courses and invite everyone back for our courses in September 2007! Remember…. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

The Mainstream Connection is part of The Houston Food Bank and picks up
food for distribution on Thursdays.  If you or someone you know would like to
volunteer with this activity, please call Dr. D. de Abreu at 713-376-3033.

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& AWARDS CEREMONY FOR CITIZENSHIP & ESL STUDENTS An Awards Ceremony was held December 2006 for the students who completed the Citizenship and ESL Programs.  This program began in September and ended in December 2006.

Council member, Adrian Garcia of District H was the Special Speaker for this Awards Ceremony.  He motivated those in attendance to continue their education and seek out any programs that will help them achieve their dreams.

The Mainstream Connection assisted several families, (over 25 children) with goodies and presents during Christmas.  Thank you to  the G.O.L.F. group and Barbara & Aaron Morrow for their generous donations towards this community project.
 

The children were very excited in receiving their gifts and goodies!

Pictured below are some of the parents with their children.

Below are volunteers that assisted with distribution of the goodies and gifts to the children.

Ruth Tijerina, Program Director calls out the children’s names so they can come and get their goodies and presents. Barbara Morrow and her husband, Aaron bought goody bags for all the children and their parents. THANK YOU!

These families were not able to attend the Christmas party, however, they did receive their goodies at a later date!

Above:  Two families that received gifts a few days after Christmas, and were happy to be part of The Mainstream Connection’s Christmas circle.

2007 FREE TAX WORKSHOP!  The Mainstream Connection held its Second Annual Tax FREE Workshop Day on February 3, 2007.  Partnering with HABC and their volunteers, all  attended were able to be assisted with their Income Tax Returns.  We will do this again next year!  Persons needing to complete the "ITIN" application were also assisted.