HATS, GLOVES AND BOUTONNIÈRES
14th Annual Fort Bend Spring Brunch to support
Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center and outreach to area families
Chairs challenge attendees to wear wackiest hats!
Monday, May 8 at 10:30 a.m.
Chaired by Fort Bend County residents Susie Goff and Susan Novasad
SUGAR LAND (April 19, 2017) – It’s time to put on that new spring hat and pull on your white gloves for the 14th Annual Hats, Gloves and Boutonnières – Fort Bend Spring Brunch . The festive fete, chaired by Fort Bend County residents Susie Goff and Susan Novasad will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 8, 2017, at the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center – A Very Special Project of the Children’s Museum of Houston. Hats, Gloves and Boutonnières benefits the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center and outreach efforts for children in Fort Bend County.
Hats, Gloves and Boutonnières has become known for its extravagant and ornate hats, for which chairs Goff and Novasad recently challenged attendees to wear the wackiest ones to the event. “I am issuing a challenge to my BFFs. Whose hat will be the best?,” said Goff.
The Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center, which was recently ranked among the “Top 10 Best Things to Do in Sugar Land” by TripAdvisor, will celebrate its First Birthday Bash presented by Baird at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, featuring special birthday themed activities for families to enjoy.
The Children’s Museum of Houston has delivered outreach programming to low income families living in Fort Bend since the mid-1990s. It has worked with more than 60-partners in the community to ensure underserved populations get free access to the Museum and to raise awareness about the Museum’s family learning programming. Additionally, parents in Fort Bend have benefited from the Museum’s school-based initiatives such as Parent Stars and Para Los Niños, which provide bilingual resources and support so they can increase the learning and literacy skills of their children, as well as from A’STEAM, (Afterschool Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) a program designed to give children opportunities to build levels of scientific and mathematical literacy through hands-on investigations and challenges.
Group tickets to the 14th Annual Fort Bend Spring Brunch are available in sponsorship levels of $3,000, $1,500 and $750. Individual tickets are available for $75. To purchase tickets, contact Candace Rogers at (713) 535-7210 or crogers@cmhouston.org.
ABOUT FORT BEND CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY CENTER
Ranked as one of the “Top 10 Things to Do in Sugar Land” on TripAdvisor, The Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center is a Playground for Your Mind™. It is dedicated to transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning with a vision to spark a passion for lifelong learning in all children. Located at 198 Kempner St., Sugar Land, TX 77498 in the Historic Imperial Market, the Discovery Center offers a multitude of innovative exhibits and bilingual learning programs for kids ages birth to 12 years. Admission is $12 per person and $11 for seniors 65 years and older and for members of the military. HOURS are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, please visit www.childrensdiscoveryfb.org or call (832) 742-2800. Also, “like” the Museum on Facebook, www.facebook.com/FortBendDiscoveryCenter Can your mind come out to play?™