...Katelyn Dew Field Experience #5- Visit a health agency Nutritional- Name of agency- Health and Human Services Department (HCHHS) Address- 8000 North Stadium Drive, Houston, TX 77054 Website- http://www.houstontx.gov/health/Community/nutritionpage.html Phone number- 713-794-9090 Hours- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Services- Counseling by: Registered Dietitians Licensed Nutritionists Graduate level Nutritionists/Dietitian Abuse Prevention- Name of agency- Harris County Child Abuse Task Force Address- P.O. Box 617, Houston, Texas 77001-0617 Website- http://hccatf.org/ Phone number- 1-800-252-5400 Hours- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Services- Information about abuse and reporting abuse Counseling- Name of agency- DePelchin Children’s Center Address- 4950 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77007 Website- http://www.depelchin.org/counseling/ Phone number- 713-730-2335 Hours- 24 Hour Hotline Services- DePelchin Children’s Center is committed to meeting the needs of children as one of the largest providers of mental health, foster care and adoption services in Texas. Through its clinical expertise and special brand of caring, DePelchin turns lives around, providing a full continuum of care including psychiatric services, counseling, residential treatment, programs for at-risk youths, parent education, foster care and adoption. Foster Care/Adoptions- Name of agency- Children of Diversity Address-13700 Veterans Memorial, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77014 Website- http://children-of-diversity...
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...“The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.” I have heard that those stars are really bright down in Texas, the brightest on earth! I went into Texas with my buddy Evan, and we flew down there. I was scared of planes at first, but, now they are okay. So while I'm in Texas, I would visit the cities of Houston,Dallas and San Antonio. Houston, Texas the first city I want to go into. When I go to Houston I want to go watch the Houston, Texans play football and the reason why is because I like them and I want to go watch them. While I'm down in Texas I would like to go to the big Houston zoo because I want to see the White tiger that I want to see. I also want to go to the Houston cafe they have all kinds of drinks I want to try. The next city I want to go into is Dallas. When I go to Dallas I want to go to the aquarium. The reason why I want to go to the aquarium is because they have a white...
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...GUIDEBOOK FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 1 of 14 WHY HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA? Houston was ranked #1, “Coolest Cities to Live In,” by Forbes, July 2012. Houston is the #1 city for job creation. Houston serves as corporate headquarters for 23 companies listed on the 2012 Fortune 500, the second-greatest number of any U.S. city. The Port of Houston has ranked first in the United States in volume of foreign tonnage for 17 consecutive years, and is expected to become the premier port once the Panama Canal expansion is complete. Houston is home to the country’s third-largest consular corps, and more than 90 languages other than English are spoken. No racial or ethnic group constitutes a majority of Houston’s population. The 17-acre downtown Theater District is home to nine performing arts organizations and second only to Manhattan in number of seats concentrated in one geographic area. The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is one of the nation’s ten largest art museums. Houston has 52,700 acres of parkland including 550 parks, public green spaces, and open water. Houston’s two major airports offer nonstop service to 186 cities worldwide. George Bush Intercontinental Airport is served by 18 airlines, and five airlines operate out of William P. Hobby Airport. 2 of 14 WHY NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY? Safe and responsible environment - North American University (NAU) administration, faculty, and staff are committed to providing a safe and responsible...
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...the same yet some a very similar. This paper will cover the impacts, differences and the effects that difference ethnic groups have on my life. The differences between ethnic groups make the world a place of challenges and variety. In my community I have to say that I do look like most of my immediate community. However I live in a part of Houston that is commonly called “the rich part of town” it is mostly a white neighborhood with very few ethnic varieties. If you look all over Houston there are many different cultures and ethnic groups, as I look across the city I have seen an abundance of Mexican Americans, as well as Asians, Indians and African Americans. These different ethnic groups tend to stay in separate regions of the city, although they are not separated by laws they tend to stay separated by choice. I feel like this is one of the only cities that I have lived in that feels very segregated. Leaders in my community often look like me, however after this past years election there now is the very first Hispanic Sherriff in Houston (Harris County Sheriff’s). I was ever excited for the different groups of Hispanics in the area, I am aware that many of these groups feel like they are underrepresented, and this was a major step in the advancement of there representation in the community. For the most part being a white person in Houston is not that difficult, although in the next fifty years we will most definitely be the minority, however currently most of the white residences...
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...surgical scars on my abdomen, my mind floods with memories of a hospital visit that almost ended my life in the 6th grade. My first year in middle school had just begun and resembled an incredible beginning. I was the only student in my class to be invited to play with the Varsity soccer team, while still being able to participate in the Science Club and the Mars Rover team. As soon as we finished our experiment in the Science Club, I ran over just in time to join my soccer team for our routine stretches. A sharp pain started to attack my lower abdomen, which I immediately presumed were pre-game butterflies. As our first game commenced, I remember having to walk off the field due to the growing pain in my stomach. Since my...
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...Erastus Smith/Deaf Smith April 19, 1787 Dutchess County, New York - November 30, 1837 Richmond Texas Deaf Smith or Erastus Smith the son of Chilaib and Mary Smith. When Deaf was a child he lost his hearing to a disease. At the age of twelve Deaf moved to Natchez, Mississippi with his parents. Deaf returned in 1821, settling close to San Antonio. Deaf married a Mexican Widow named Guadalupe Ruiz Duran in 1822. The two had four children, three of whom survived to adulthood. In 1825 Deaf settled down with five other men on the claim of James Kerr who was the surveyor of the now colony of Green DeWitt which is about one mile away from present day Gonzales. Deaf Smith joined Stephen F. Austin’s army when a Mexican Sentry refused to...
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...The winter seemed boundless being that it was an exceptionally cold one. Endless weeks of temperatures well below zero degrees made time drag. It seemed like spring would never come…nevertheless June. My wife was offered one of those ‘can’t say no to’ deals in Houston Texas and after much deliberation and debating, we felt that the better thing to do would be for me to stay behind and get the kids through the rest of the school year. It wasn’t until that first cold drop of water desperately pulling itself away from the roof falls down the back of my neck that I knew time had passed and the spring had arrived. Temperatures finally gave way to the inevitability of spring life. I smiled and knew we would make it…it would be ok and soon enough the kids would see their mother and I my wife. The smell of damp pine needles and dark earth pierced my nose as I stood on the porch looking out at the streets in the evening. The spring rains carried on what seemed like endlessly and day and night blended into each other - the water dripping from the eaves and rain tapping at the windowpanes. I could hear that branch scratching at my house at night as the winds that accompanied the spring rain bent the old birch tree at whim. My time to leave was nearing and I filled with excitement and anxiety. The frantic packing began. I brought home copious amounts of boxes…large ones, medium ones, small, tall, wardrobe and television ones. I brought home dish packing kits and endless feet...
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...The Rematch There she was, the love of my youth, my puppy love. The woman I had asked to marry me back in 1988. She was a freshman in college and I was in the military serving in Korea. Needless to say she gracefully declined my offer, sighting that she was too young and we were too far apart. Ultimately she went her way and I went mine, now let’s fast forward to the year 2000. I had recently returned to the church home of my youth and it felt good to be back amongst family and friends. Then one brisk Sunday morning in February, she walked through the doors of the church and it was as though I had never left. She had moved to Oklahoma but had returned to visit her family. I couldn’t wait to speak to her, so immediately after service I asked her to lunch. We caught up and reminisced about old times. We laughed and we flirted. We didn’t miss a beat, even though we had not seen each other in over 10 years. It was at that moment, on a magnificent Sunday afternoon, I knew I was still in love with her. This was the woman I was meant to marry. I made sure I acquired her phone number before she left, so we could stay in touch. I was determined not to allow history to repeat itself, before I had accepted her “no” reply and moved on, but not this time. I knew in order to accomplish this, there were some obstacles I would have to overcome; after all she did live ten hours away. I put my game plan in motion and I was ready for a rematch. The first issue I had to tackle was the...
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...My Hero is Joel Dave Gonzalez My hero is Joel Dave Gonzalez was born on August 17, 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas. His parents were Consuelo B. Garcia and Edward Gonzalez. He attended Corpus Christi schools and attended Victoria High . That is where he played the saxophone in the school band. Everyone called him JD. Shortly after he graduated in 1964 he enlisted with the United States Air Force so he can travel to places regardless of dangers, because he wanted to take part of what he believed in such as being there for our country. He spent four years in the Philippine’s where he was a chef and in charge of feeding all of the soldiers and officers. After he was discharged from his service in 1968 he wanted to be near his family and friends. That is when he made Port Lavaca, Texas his home....
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...In addition, I can take a walk to the shop and find some foodstuffs and also perform some household chores. Even so, my Father is a disciplinarian thus we have rules and regulations that must be observed and one of those principles is that we must be in the house during the holidays to study. Our outings are usually weekends and during the weekdays we have 4 hours of playing in the park very close to the house. And if you think mother will save you from the punishment that follows the breaking of any of the rules you are wrong. In addition she was stricter than father; it appears to me that my parents are inseparable. Moreover, from time to time, I do sneak out of the house to visit Houston Memorial Store. Although the store is close to my home, Houston Memorial Store is unarguably the most stocked stores in all of Houston. It was built in 1960, as a retail store with over 30 outlets scattered around Houston Texas. Moreover, I always enjoy watching Mr. Wood attends to customers; he is 6ft tall, blue eyes, brown hair and athletic expression. And He seems like a footballer. Although Mother told me Mr. Wood has been working in the store as a salesperson before I was born, now a kind of senior sales person. And on the said day I saw an old lady 5ft7” tall, long gray hair, and full of expression. And she wore a pair of glasses, and looked just like Grandmother. My heart sank, she held an electric blender close to her chest, from the look on her face I know that a cascade of arguments...
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...volunteering because it is not always done voluntarily. Sometimes, community service can be mandated through the courts for a variety of reasons. Service learning is use to help educate an individual while servicing the public. All of these types of service are important when it comes to serving your community. I have volunteered and participated in community service before, voluntarily, but this was my first time partaking in service learning. Even though each type has a different definition they all have the same focus and end result, which is to help out in your community. The Houston Food Bank is a non-profit organization that receives food and other essential items, then it distributes them to help aid in the fight of hunger. The Houston food bank’s mission is to help provide relief to needy families/people by providing them with food and other essential items. This will help ensure that the hungry get fed. The food is brought to the food bank through various sources in the food industry. The majority of the food is distributed to smaller food pantries within Texas. The Houston food bank not only distributes food to smaller food pantries but, to name a few, it also provides meals to seniors, they provide meals in a backpack for school age and have an on-site food pantry for needy people/families to shop out of. Food in not the only thing that can be donated. Nonfood...
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...vehicle, including problems, may not have been reported to CARFAX. Use this report as one important tool, along with a vehicle inspection and test drive, to make a better decision about your next used car. Price Calculator™ Adjust the value of this 2008 Volvo S40 2.4I based on the information available in this report 1) Retail Book Value 2) CARFAX Price Adjustment™ 3) Adjusted Retail Value Begin by entering the retail book value $ 0 - $70 Below retail book value Enter retail book value here Ownership History The number of owners is estimated Year purchased Type of owner Estimated length of ownership Owned in the following states/provinces Owner 1 2007 Commercial 2 yrs. 9 mo. Texas Owner 2 2010 Personal 1 yr. 11 mo. Texas Owner 3 2012 Personal 1 year Texas Owned in the following states/provinces Estimated miles driven per year Last reported odometer reading 23,597/yr 65,247 7,650/yr 83,534 --86,944 Title History CARFAX guarantees the information in this section Salvage | Junk | Rebuilt | Fire | Flood | Hail | Lemon Not Actual Mileage | Exceeds Mechanical Limits Owner 1 Guaranteed No Problem Guaranteed No Problem Owner 2 Guaranteed No Problem Guaranteed No Problem Owner 3 Guaranteed No Problem Guaranteed No Problem GUARANTEED - None of these major title problems were reported by a state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). If...
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...On June 1st 1999 I was born to two lovely parents in Maryland and couple years later I had a brother. My parents were both born and raised in Pakistan which meant that they had grown up with a completely different culture than the culture in America. My family has played a major role in who I am today. They have passed on many of the same values that they shared on to me. To me religion, family, culture and education are the most important aspects of life and have greatly influenced my upbringing. My dad who’s a businessman has taught me to become hardworking and to always happy and my mom who’s a housewife has taught me how important family is. Having a younger brother has constantly encouraged me to become my best so he could have a good...
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...In This GUIDE Welcome to Houston Methodist St. John Hospital ___________________________ 2 About Us_______________________________________ 3 Travel Directions____________________________ 4 Telephone Directory ______________________ 5 During Your Stay ________________________ 6-8 Visiting Hours__________________________________ 6 Parking_________________________________________ 6 Cell Phones_____________________________________ 6 Calling Your Nurse______________________________ 6 Telephone ______________________________________ 6 Fire Safety______________________________________ 6 Smoking________________________________________ 6 Electrical Appliances___________________________ 6 Mail and Flowers_______________________________ 6 Gift Shop________________________________________ 6 Spiritual Care___________________________________ 7 ATM_____________________________________________ 7 Patient Meals___________________________________ 7 Snacks__________________________________________ 7 Guest Trays_____________________________________ 7 Vending Machines_____________________________ 7 Cafeteria________________________________________ 7 Financial Expectations for Admissions________ 7 Wireless Internet Access_______________________ 7 Valuables_______________________________________ 8 TV_______________________________________________ 8 Television Channel Listings____________________ 8 Your Privacy & Information___________15 Do You Have Pain? ________________________16 ...
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...didn’t want them here. Furthermore, according to Marisela from “My Immigration Life,” coming to America was one of the best things that happened in her life. She says, “I thank Americans for the opportunities that it has given me and will be forever grateful” (Marisela, My Immigration Life). As shown, immigrants had different lives once they got to America. Describe the personal experience of Pedro Flores. According to PBS, Pedro is from Mexico but he works far away from his family. He works as a meatpacker at Garden City, Kansas. One day, he was riding a cab and the driver told him that the crops are dying. Other citizens decided to move to America because of this. Since Mexico’s crops are dying, they wanted to move to the U.S. The Flores family hopes that “they can get the required papers to come and go to America as they please.” They didn’t want to cross the border “illegally.” Pedro finds out that his sponsor’s income combined with his isn’t enough to bring his family to the U.S. Calling everyone they knew, they asked if they could be their sponsor for their visas. Someone was finally able to approved their visas. They have everything they needed to come to America. Ventura Flores felt homesick because everything was different. But months later, she was finally happy because she was “surrounded by family like in Mexico.” Describe the personal experience of Juana Gallego. Juana Gallego left Mexico and moved to Texas in 1923. “Industrialization and the Mexican Revolution significantly...
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