Granbury's Memorial Day Hometown Fair Picnic & Grillers Throwdown
May 29th, 30th & 31st
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Healthy Kids Summer Lunch Program In Granbury
"This is one of the most caring communities I've ever seen!" That was the comment heard this past summer from the single mom of three small children at one the Healthy Kids Summer Lunch sites. In fact, it's nothing new to hear comments similar to this throughout the summer months in and around the Granbury community. On Thursday, June 3rd, the Healthy Kids Summer Lunch program will begin it's fourth summer of feeding the children of the greater Granbury area a tasty, hot, nutritious lunch.
The Healthy Kids Summer Lunch Program is an outreach initiative of Operation School Supplies in cooperation with a community coalition of local churches and the Granbury ISD Child Nutrition Department that serves lunches to any child, age 18 and under throughout the summer months when school is not in session. All a child has to do to eat is just show up at any one of the sixteen lunch sites located throughout the greater Granbury area.
Healthy Kids started four years ago in response to a growing issue of children in our community - particularly those children that participate in the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch program during the school year - being food insecure during the summer months when school was not in session. Through the work of the GISD Child Nutrition Department, the Healthy Kids program is paid for through a combination of state and federal grants specifically targeted at child nutrition for all children, not just children coming from low income households. That means that all children, age 18 and under may participate in the Healthy Kids program.
Each day, starting the week that school is out and continuing throughout the entire summer, hundreds of lunches are prepared at Granbury Middle School by the GISD Child Nutrition Department and are packed in special thermal lunch containers. The lunches are designed to be "kid friendly" while being high in nutritional value. Menu items such as chicken nuggets, steak fingers, burritos, and sweet potato fries just to name a few are among the kids favorites. Each meal comes with a hot entree, a vegetable, a fruit, a healthy dessert, and a choice of either juice or milk.
Starting at around 10:30 each morning, volunteers from more than a dozen area churches converge on Granbury Middle School to pick up the lunches for their respective lunch sites. Each church has an appointed pick up time and serving time at their lunch sites. After the lunches are picked up, literally hundreds of church volunteers head out into the community with their lunches to feed the children in their adopted neighborhoods. Summer 2009 Healthy Kids fed approximately 32,000 children in the greater Granbury area.
But there is so much more going on than just simply feeding a child a healthy lunch, these children are being loved and relationships are being built not only with the children but with the entire family. Many of the churches have expanded their part of the program to include arts and crafts, Backyard Bible Clubs, and learning games at their lunch sites.
This year's Healthy Kids Summer Lunch Program kicks-off on Thursday, June 3rd and runs through Friday, August 6th. If you would like more information on how you can help with or participate in the Healthy Kids program, you can contact Micky Shearon at 817-408-5273 or Norma Wright at 817-279-0313.
The Healthy Kids Summer Lunch Program is an outreach initiative of Operation School Supplies in cooperation with a community coalition of local churches and the Granbury ISD Child Nutrition Department that serves lunches to any child, age 18 and under throughout the summer months when school is not in session. All a child has to do to eat is just show up at any one of the sixteen lunch sites located throughout the greater Granbury area.
Healthy Kids started four years ago in response to a growing issue of children in our community - particularly those children that participate in the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch program during the school year - being food insecure during the summer months when school was not in session. Through the work of the GISD Child Nutrition Department, the Healthy Kids program is paid for through a combination of state and federal grants specifically targeted at child nutrition for all children, not just children coming from low income households. That means that all children, age 18 and under may participate in the Healthy Kids program.
Each day, starting the week that school is out and continuing throughout the entire summer, hundreds of lunches are prepared at Granbury Middle School by the GISD Child Nutrition Department and are packed in special thermal lunch containers. The lunches are designed to be "kid friendly" while being high in nutritional value. Menu items such as chicken nuggets, steak fingers, burritos, and sweet potato fries just to name a few are among the kids favorites. Each meal comes with a hot entree, a vegetable, a fruit, a healthy dessert, and a choice of either juice or milk.
Starting at around 10:30 each morning, volunteers from more than a dozen area churches converge on Granbury Middle School to pick up the lunches for their respective lunch sites. Each church has an appointed pick up time and serving time at their lunch sites. After the lunches are picked up, literally hundreds of church volunteers head out into the community with their lunches to feed the children in their adopted neighborhoods. Summer 2009 Healthy Kids fed approximately 32,000 children in the greater Granbury area.
But there is so much more going on than just simply feeding a child a healthy lunch, these children are being loved and relationships are being built not only with the children but with the entire family. Many of the churches have expanded their part of the program to include arts and crafts, Backyard Bible Clubs, and learning games at their lunch sites.
This year's Healthy Kids Summer Lunch Program kicks-off on Thursday, June 3rd and runs through Friday, August 6th. If you would like more information on how you can help with or participate in the Healthy Kids program, you can contact Micky Shearon at 817-408-5273 or Norma Wright at 817-279-0313.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Golf Tournament for Christian Womens Job Corp
The tournament was a success. It was a beautiful day to play and lots of money was raised for the Christian Womens Job Corp. Harbor Lakes Golf Club was an excelllent host as always. We always look forward to helping this wonderful cause and many others throughout the year. Keep reading the blog and see what Charlie Parrish and his merry men (and women) are up to next.
Yours Truly,
The Parrish Team
Selling and buying for Granbury
Monday, April 26, 2010
Highway 377 Expansion
Propositions for Granbury and Cresson Corridors
The Reason We Are Asking You
-State & Federal transportation funding has all but dried up
-Your County Court has researched alternative funding sources
-Pass Through Funding (PTF) appears most logical
-Available through State of Texas- 80% reimbursable
-Based on traffic volume over surface of project
-Estimated cost of 377 commerical portion of project is $45,000,000
The Way PTF Works
-Local governments assumer financial and management responsibility over their own projects
-A guarantor contract is signed with State (TxDOT) for reimbursement over 15 years following completion
-A $3,000,000 payment is made to the County when the project begins. (Helps defray right-of-way costs)
-Additional payments are make annually, based on traffic counts following contruction (Additional $31,000,000 max)
Advantages- Granbury US 377
-Relieve current congestion on 377 corridor through Granbury
-New traffic interchanges at BU377 and SH 144
-Greatly improved appearance with raised and grass covered boulevards
-Light controlled turns and dedicated turn lanes
-Dedicated right turn (east bound) lane from 144 to 377
-NO NEW TAXES
-Increased safety
-Project already approved by TxDOT for PTF
Cresson Traffic Corridor
-In City of Cresson, US 377 and Fort Worth & Western Railway intersection continues to be a bottleneck and a point of danger
-This site impacts virtually every person traveling to or from the Metroplex
-TxDOT is currently doing a Phase 1 engineering and environmental impact sudy on the intersection to be completed in about 1 year
-The study will identify 1 of the current 5 potential solutions to solving this challenge
-Costs to plan, design and construct the Cresson portion of the 377 corridor is $30,000,000
-It is not considerated part of the orginal PTF previously defined
-If approved, ti will give the Court persmission and direction to seek additonal funding from both State and Federal sources
Cresson-Challenges
-There are 59 accidents per year at this intersection
-Beginning this year- traffic counts in Cresson will reach 35 to 36,000 per day
-More than 13% of all traffic transversing that intersection are trucks
-Only major ground route from Granbury to Fort Worth Level 1 and 1 Trauma Centers
-Represents 78% of available escape routing for evacuation in the event of Comance Peak emergency
For Additonal Maps or Information Contact
Hood County Judge 817-579-3200
Hood County Commissioner 817-579-3300
Election Adminstrator 817-408-2525
ELECTION IS MAY 8
The Reason We Are Asking You
-State & Federal transportation funding has all but dried up
-Your County Court has researched alternative funding sources
-Pass Through Funding (PTF) appears most logical
-Available through State of Texas- 80% reimbursable
-Based on traffic volume over surface of project
-Estimated cost of 377 commerical portion of project is $45,000,000
The Way PTF Works
-Local governments assumer financial and management responsibility over their own projects
-A guarantor contract is signed with State (TxDOT) for reimbursement over 15 years following completion
-A $3,000,000 payment is made to the County when the project begins. (Helps defray right-of-way costs)
-Additional payments are make annually, based on traffic counts following contruction (Additional $31,000,000 max)
Advantages- Granbury US 377
-Relieve current congestion on 377 corridor through Granbury
-New traffic interchanges at BU377 and SH 144
-Greatly improved appearance with raised and grass covered boulevards
-Light controlled turns and dedicated turn lanes
-Dedicated right turn (east bound) lane from 144 to 377
-NO NEW TAXES
-Increased safety
-Project already approved by TxDOT for PTF
Cresson Traffic Corridor
-In City of Cresson, US 377 and Fort Worth & Western Railway intersection continues to be a bottleneck and a point of danger
-This site impacts virtually every person traveling to or from the Metroplex
-TxDOT is currently doing a Phase 1 engineering and environmental impact sudy on the intersection to be completed in about 1 year
-The study will identify 1 of the current 5 potential solutions to solving this challenge
-Costs to plan, design and construct the Cresson portion of the 377 corridor is $30,000,000
-It is not considerated part of the orginal PTF previously defined
-If approved, ti will give the Court persmission and direction to seek additonal funding from both State and Federal sources
Cresson-Challenges
-There are 59 accidents per year at this intersection
-Beginning this year- traffic counts in Cresson will reach 35 to 36,000 per day
-More than 13% of all traffic transversing that intersection are trucks
-Only major ground route from Granbury to Fort Worth Level 1 and 1 Trauma Centers
-Represents 78% of available escape routing for evacuation in the event of Comance Peak emergency
For Additonal Maps or Information Contact
Hood County Judge 817-579-3200
Hood County Commissioner 817-579-3300
Election Adminstrator 817-408-2525
ELECTION IS MAY 8
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Spring Golf Classic- Christian Women's Job Corps of Granbury
Spring Gof Classic Benefiting Christian Women's Job Corps of GranburyApril 23, 2010 Harbor Lakes Golf Club
11:00 AM Registration
1:00 PM Shotgun Start
2010 Title Sponsor is Winston PropertiesMission Statement of CWJC
The mission of the Christian Women's Job Corps of Granbury is to educate, motivate and encourage success in women.
CWJC of Granbury offers:
Education in a classroom setting including Bible study, computer training, communication skills, family life classes, health and nutrition, money management, job readiness, and enhanced curriculum.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Love Granbury Kindess Explosion
Warning!! The greater Granbury area is getting to experience a Kindness Explosion this coming weekend, April 16th and 17th! It's the 4th Annual Love Granbury Kindness Explosion. So exactly what is "Love Granbury Kindness Explosion?"
Well, it's really simple - Love Granbury is all about the unified local church being the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in tangible ways in the community and loving people into a relationship with Him. The primary component of the Love Granbury model is an annual event we call "Kindness Explosion". The Kindness Explosion is a two-day event that focuses on what Jesus told us was the two greatest commandments…to love God with all that we are, and to love all others as we love ourselves. During the Kindness Explosion weekend, local churches of varied denominational backgrounds come together to love God through worship as one unified Body of Christ. This year's event kicks off this Friday evening at 7:00pm at Acton Baptist Church with a community wide worship service. All local churches are invited to attend and worship together! On Friday evening Love Granbury is very excited to welcome Dr. Al Tizon, Professor of Holistic Ministry at Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University and Director of Word & Deed Network (http://mail.granburyhomes.net/horde/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worddeednetwork.org%2F) as our special speaker for the evening.
Then on Saturday morning, each congregation goes out to love the community through acts of humble community service - all to the glory of God! These community service projects can be in the form of free car washes, mowing yards, roadside litter pick up, passing out soft drinks and many other types of community service, all free of charge and with no strings attached. Most importantly, they serve as a powerful and tangible expression of God’s love for everyone in our community. In other words, being the Good News…Sharing the Good News! We call this the "Kindness Explosion." The Kindness Explosion event starts at 10:00am as members from nearly twenty local congregations fan out all over the greater Granbury area performing various community service (Kindness) projects. Look for people all over town wearing the distinctive white 'Love Granbury' tee-shirts with the big red heart on the back." The Kindness Explosion event will wrap up Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm with a celebration service at Acton Baptist Church.
We believe that there is no greater witness to a lost and hurting world than the church, as one unified body of Believers, reaching out in genuine love and compassion to the community tThrough humble acts of kindness. In fact, our mission is - through the overflow of love from a unified Body of Christ - to help our community see who and how God truly is (1 John 4:12)!! We seek to redefine the church in our community by actively planting seeds of God's unconditional love in the hearts of every man, woman and child in this community!
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