Juneteenth Committee Gifts Two Local Groups
The Juneteenth Committee Co-Chairs, Terry Edwards and Ella Marshall, presented $600 checks to the Friends of the Harris County Library for their Imagination Library Reading Program, and to St. Nicholas Episcopal Church for their Harris County BackSnacks Outreach Program.
The Juneteenth Celebration was held in Waverly Hall this year. The Program was well attended and included musical and spoken presentations as well as lunch. The Juneteenth Committee is choosing a local charity to support each year. This year the Committee chose the two programs benefiting local children as recipients of proceeds over and above the cost of producing the event; made possible by generous sponsorships.
The Imagination Library provides free books to pre-school children. The BackSnacks Program provides weekend food bags to school children living in food-insecure environments. The Imagination Library and the Harris County BackSnack Programs are so thankful for the generosity of the Juneteenth Committee.
Next year’s Juneteenth Event is being planned by Pine Mountain Volunteers.
Pictured left to right and standing in the Friends Bookstore at the Library are: Rev. Bob Farrow, St Nicholas Episcopal Church; Aleisha McMurtry, HCHS student and St, Nicholas’ School Coordinator for BackSnack Packs; Terry Edwards, Director, Family Connections; Emily Byrd, Vice-President of Friends of Library; and Ella Marshall, President, Waverly Hall Historical Society.
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