ADVISORY/Volunteer Houston's `A Visit From Saint Nicholas' Celebrates Fifteen Years of Bringing Holiday Joy to Disadvantaged Children.Business/News Editors & Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant (Dec. 6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
Who: Saint Nicholas visits 12,000 disadvantaged children in pre-
kindergarten through 3rd grade at 33 schools citywide. See
the excitement and joy on the children's faces as they
discover that Saint Nicholas has visited their classrooms.
What: Volunteer Houston's fifteenth annual "A Visit From Saint
Nicholas." This year, 12,000 children will arrive in
classrooms decorated with gold tinsel and find their
individual backpacks at their desks.
When: A Saint Nicholas mascot and spokesperson will be at the
following schools on Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, 7:45 a.m. -
8:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m. -- Volunteers arrive to await the children.
7:45 a.m. -- Children enter their rooms to discover backpacks
filled with new books, toys and shiny gold mylar. Children and
volunteers experience the joy, the excitement and the wonder
of "A Visit From Saint Nicholas."
Where: Bruce Elementary -- 713 Bringhurst, 77020
Davila Elementary -- 7610 Dahlia, 77012
McNamara Elementary -- 8714 McAvoy, 77074
Why: Children need to feel that someone cares. "A Visit From Saint
Nicholas" brings joy to 12,000 disadvantaged children.
Through this project, they learn about the joy of anonymous
giving and how human kindness builds every community. This
celebration not only provides a great benefit to our
community's children, but it also raises funds to support the
many programs of Volunteer Houston that promote volunteerism
throughout the year.
Some of the corporate sponsors/volunteers for "A Visit From Saint Nicholas Nicholas, Russian grand duke Nicholas (Nikolai Nikolayevich) (nyĭkəlī` nyĭkəlī`əvĭch), 1856–1929, Russian grand duke and army officer; first cousin of Czar Alexander III and grandson of Czar " include Accenture, Administaff, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , Fiesta, Halliburton, Martha Turner Properties, Mercer mer·cer n. Chiefly British A dealer in textiles, especially silks. [Middle English, from Old French mercier, trader, from merz, merchandise, from Latin merx , Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , The Methodist Hospital Methodist Hospital is the name of numerous medical institutions.
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