ADVISORY/Houston Habitat for Humanity SuperBUILD Families to Receive `Super' Housewarming, Thanks to Womens' Groups.News Editors/Business Editors ADVISORY...for Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. (April 25th) HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. (www.houstonhabitat.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. ) and a coalition of top local and national professional organizations and service sororities comprised of women of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color will host an outdoor luncheon at its build site in Wood Glen Subdivision this coming Sunday, April 25, to present housewarming house·warm·ing n. A celebration of the occupancy of a new home. Noun 1. housewarming - a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home "bundles" to 38 families who purchased houses as part of SuperBUILD XXXVIII. The gifts were purchased with funds contributed by the "Sisters Coalition" of service organizations, under the leadership of Jackie Pope, a member of the Houston Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, and Trentia Laddie lad·die n. A boy or young man; a lad. Noun 1. laddie - a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) sonny, sonny boy, cub, lad , president of Houston City Wide Beauticians. SuperBUILD XXXVIII was an official NFL-sanctioned charitable event coinciding co·in·cide intr.v. co·in·cid·ed, co·in·cid·ing, co·in·cides 1. To occupy the same relative position or the same area in space. 2. To happen at the same time or during the same period. 3. with Super Bowl 38, held this past February in Houston.
WHEN: 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, April 25; Ceremony begins at
approximately 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Under the tent in the 9700 block of Shive St., Wood Glen
Subdivision, in northeast Houston, off Mesa Rd., north of
Tidwell (KEY MAP 455D).
WHO: Officers and members of local chapters of Top Ladies of
Distinction Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Sigma Gamma
Rho Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, National Women of
Achievement, Carrousels Inc., City Wide Beauticians,
Sunnyside Beauticians, Professional Hair Designers of
Houston, and the Barbara Jordan Houston Section of the
National Council of Negro Women.
Special guests include: Lady Peggy L. LeCompte, national
president of Top Ladies of Distinction Inc., and Achiever
Margie W. Dixon, national president of National Women of
Achievement.
WHAT: Ceremony and presentation of gift bundles to 38 SuperBUILD
families (video opportunity) by key leaders representing the
Sisters Coalition organizations; remarks by visiting
dignitaries; invitation-only buffet luncheon (including news
media), musical entertainment.
WHY: To recognize the generosity of the Sisters Coalition donor
organizations and to celebrate the completion of the 38
SuperBUILD homes, located in Wood Glen and Greensbrook
Subdivisions. The housewarming "bundles" have been filled
with kitchen and bath necessities and will be delivered to
the families' homes immediately following the event.
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