8th Annual “Reaching for the Stars” Gala
Promises to be Dynamic
Aspiring Youth National Volunteer of the Year
Congratulations to Richard Bays on being selected as the 2006 Aspiring Youth National Volunteer of the Year. Rick is a Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp law firm and is an Aspiring Youth Advisory Board Member. Rick has served as an Aspiring Youth volunteer for more than a decade and hosted Aspiring Youth students at his law firm as part of the original Aspiring Youth Take A Student To your Employment (TASTE) Program in 1997.
Aspiring Youth Book Club
Aspiring Youth students from B.C. Elmore Middle School will participate in Aspiring Youth’s 4th annual Book Club this spring. The book “The Watsons Go To Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis was distributed to students in January. This book, which blends the fictional account of an African American family with the factual events of the violent summer of 1963, is the winner of the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Honor.
After Aspiring Youth students leave middle school and move on to high school, Aspiring Youth continues to follow their progress. This January Aspiring Youth awarded $250 to two college scholarship winners: Kirby Meador originally from Kirby Middle School and Amber Jackson from Keahey Intermediate School. The money they receive goes to help with their college expenses.
Draw the Law Art Contest Winners
This year marks the second consecutive year that Aspiring Youth has teamed up with the Links to have participants enter the Missouri City Chapter of the Links “Draw the Law” Contest. The students were to use art to express their idea of civil laws in our society. The law was illustrated and translated into another language. The students had to submit original artwork with any media but size was restrained to 18” x 24”. The students won cash prizes for the Draw the Law contest.
The winners from Aspiring Youth affiliated schools were:
Looking for a way to volunteer without long-term commitment? Aspiring Youth has many opportunities to spend a few hours with our great kids. You could: chaperone a field trip, lend a hand at one of our activities, share your experiences or expertise, or host a visit to your place of business, just to mention a few. If you prefer working behind the scenes, our staff often needs a hand with special events.
Aspiring Youth's mission is to prepare at-risk youth to aspire to and attain their highest degree of success in school and in life. To fulfill our mission, Aspiring Youth focuses on the middle school years when children are transforming from childhood to teenagers. The choices made during the pre-teen years are the foundation for each student's future success.
Aspiring Youth supports the following events:
College for a Day
TAKS Olympics
Map to
Success Contest
Summer Program
Take A Student To Your Employment Program
Trash Bash Public Service
Houston Livestock & Rodeo Field Trip
College Scholarship Essay Contest
If you live in a city with a Randall's Food Store, Randall's will donate 1% of your grocery purchases if you enter the Aspiring Youth® number (number 5130) and use your Randall's card with your purchases.
Kroger Food Stores will also donate 1% of your grocery purchases if you use the Aspiring Youth™ Kroger card with your purchases (please let us know if you would like for us to send you a card to use at Kroger).
Donations to Aspiring Youth® are tax deductible to the extent allowed for 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Clothing and small home items donations can be made by contacting Central Donations at 713-948-2828.
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