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First Friday Downtown Bryan 2009 Schedule
First Friday of each month featuring Art, Music, Dining, and Shopping in Historic Downtown Bryan.2009 DATES: Jan 2, Feb 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 6, July 3, Aug 7, Sept 4, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4. MORE INFO > Downtown Bryan Economic Development Association web site
Heart Gallery of Central Texas Traveling Portrait Exibit Mar. 22 - April 6
The 2009 Heart Gallery of Central Texas brings its successful traveling portrait exhibit to Bryan/College Station from March 22 through April 6, 2009 at the Post Oak Mall, 1500 Harvey Rd., College Station, Texas. A kickoff reception will also be held March 26 from 4-6 pm at Post Oak Mall with the exhibit. Guests at the reception will include representatives from The Heart Gallery of Central Texas project, the Adoption Coalition of Texas partner agencies and Voices for Children - CASA of Brazos County, to help answer questions about foster care and permanent adoption. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
This special traveling portrait exhibit tours around Central Texas for eight months every year from September through April and has proven to be a unique and excellent way to inform the public about foster children needing permanent families. The Heart Gallery, since its inception four years ago, has produced a 60% success rate in permanent adoptions of the children featured in the portraits thanks to the community and nationwide support. The exhibit is made possible by over 59 Central Texas documentary and portrait photographers who volunteered their time and talents to capture the characteristics and individual personalities of more than 158 Central Texas children in 106 portraits who are waiting for adoption, in hopes that their work will inspire people to open their hearts and consider adoption. At any given moment, there are 680 children waiting for adoption in the Central Texas foster care system, all removed from their natural family due to abuse or neglect.
This is a project of the Adoption Coalition, in partnership with six CASA organizations across Central Texas. The Adoption Coalition of Texas is a nonprofit organization created in 2003 to focus on finding forever families for children languishing in the foster care system.
For More Information, see the following web sites: www.heartgallerytexas.com www.adoptioncoalitiontx.org
Stark Galleries Celebrates the Art of Faculty Architecture
COLLEGE STATION — The J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University is proud to introduce ARchiTecture: College of Architecture Faculty Biennial 2009, scheduled to open March 26 and run through May 31, 2009. The opening of the exhibition will be celebrated with a food and beverage reception on Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 pm, providing an ideal opportunity to view the pieces, interact with the artists, and enjoy live music provided by the Langford Hotel Blues Band. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend, and no reservations are required. MORE INFO >
Cookies for Kids - Saturday April 4th
Presented by Blue Baker: Benefiting Children's Miracle Network Brazos Valley
Raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Brazos Valley by asking friends and family to sponsor you to compete in a cookie eating contest. 100% of donations made to CMNBV stay right here in the Brazos Valley. MORE INFO >
Annual Country Fair at Central Baptist
Church April 19
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FM158 and Harvey Road - April 19, 2009 from 5:30-8:00 P.M.There will be booths and games, a parade, entertainment,
skydiving exhibition, hayrides, antique cars, moonwalks, pony rides, petting zoo, lots of food and
other events. There is no charge for any of the events including the food. For further
information please contact the church at 979-776-9977 ext 204 or the website at
www.cbcbryan.org.
Low-cost Spay Neuter Clinic Opens in Brenham
The Brazos Valley's new low cost spay / neuter & wellness clinic has opened to the public. Located in Brenham at The Village, the new Connie Clinic has opened it's doors to welcome anyone who has animals needing to be spayed, neutered, or for routine vaccinations. Connie Clinic is located at 3901 Hwy 36 N in Brenham. Surgeries are scheduled Wednesday through Saturday with check in at 7:00 A.M. and animals required to be picked up before 6:00 P.M. To schedule an appointment call 979-277-0400. Visit the web site www.animalfriendstexas.org for pre and post surgical information and required forms prior to surgery.
Palmer Drug Abuse Program - Brazos Valley
PDAP.BV is the only free outpatient substance abuse recovery program for young people, ages 13-17, 18-25, and parents in the Brazos Valley. PDAP.BV offers support groups and activities structured specifically to meet the needs of young people and their families. PDAP.BV is non-sectarian and is open to anyone, free of charge, for as long as they may need our services. The only requirement for membership is a desire to live a chemical-free life.
PDAP.BV meets every Tuesday from 7pm to 8pm at Christ United Methodist Church (Annex Building). The address is 4203 Highway 6 South, College Station, Tx 77845. Contacts are Wayne Cloud or Britt Mullins, 979-739-4253, or email them at PDAP.BV@gmail.com. Palmer Drug Abuse Program website
AUTISM SUPPORT GROUP
Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center is offering Autism support group meetings on the second Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm. Meetings are open to all families and friends of kids and adults anywhere on the Autistic spectrum. BVRC is located at 1318 Memorial Drive in Bryan, one long block north on Memorial from Briarcrest Drive.
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Contact: Miriam Aune, Parent Coordinator
979-731-1484
979-218-4696
mraune@verizon.net
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