For about six months, I’ve been a big sister to an 11-year-old girl named La’Star. We’ve pet goats, watched movies, ice skated, drank slushies, painted pictures — the list goes on and on — and it all was made possible by Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star. Being a big sister in in Houston is … Continue reading
8/31 UPDATE: Highly recommend registering as a volunteer with the Red Cross (click here). You’ll get on their email list and receive updates when they need people. Ignore whatever it says about 10 hour shifts for 10 days. Just sign up! They need people! You can enter in your availability for volunteering in this survey–someone … Continue reading
Bump, set, spike it. That’s the way we like it. Does anyone still chant this at volleyball games? No? Just me from 7th grade currently. Well, regardless of what you chant out on the sand volleyball court, you could be serving up some aces AND some fresh water with Water Works’ Serve the Thirsty charity … Continue reading
This past weekend, I continued my journey to become a #SuperstarVolunteer for the Houston Super Bowl. Great branding of the volunteer squad amiright? If you recall, I had my volunteer interview earlier in the fall. Turns out, I was one of nearly 30,000 people who applied and just 10,000 who got accepted and invited to attend … Continue reading
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a big ole sportsball game coming to Houston. Yep. The Super Bowl (the 51st one if anyone’s counting) will be hosted by Houston in our darling NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017. Over one MILLION people are estimated to travel to Houston for the event. That’s going take a lot … Continue reading