Sugar Land – ACHIEVE Fort Bend County is proud to announce that with the help of volunteers, parents, schools, local foundations, and the community, 1,241 elementary students now have 10 new books to help build their reading skills over the summer. “This year, our Summer Reading Program was able to serve an additional 200 students thanks to the additional community support we received,” said James Patterson, ACHIEVE Fort Bend County Board Chairman. “Our program’s success […]
Education
UHV Biology Student Receives Two Summer Fellowships
Toward the end of 2021, Morgen Glenn sent out applications for several summer fellowships and internships and hoped for the best. What the University of Houston-Victoria student didn’t expect was to receive two offers. Glenn, a UHV senior biology and pre-med student, was chosen as a research fellow for the Laney Graduate School Summer Opportunity for Academic Research at Emory University in Atlanta, and as an intern for the American Cancer Society Diversity in Cancer […]
Exchange Club of Fort Bend Brings Back the Duck Golf Tournament with Big Changes for the Betterment of the Community
The Exchange Club of Fort Bend is not only known for their community service but for their history of annual fundraisers such as the Duck Golf Classic. According to Club President, Chad Bridges, “We are excited to bring back the Duck Golf Tournament after not having the tournament in 2020. Keeping in mind the safety of our community, we raised funds with a virtual fundraiser in 2020. We still served our community and helped to […]
10 Ways for Teenagers to Improve their Health
It is the desire of every individual to stay fit throughout the life. To make this happen, people tend to do lots of things and spend huge of their money. For instance, some of them sweat out by exercising in the gym every day. Apart from that, some people follow the rigorous diet plans and detox programs to remove toxicity from their body. Being healthy signifies that all your body organs, along with your mind, […]