October 29, 2007
For immediate release. Please announce the following event update:
F.O.R. Community Center Open House – A Ribbon Cutting Event!
Friends of the River San Bernard are happy to announce that we have a new “home” on the river. To introduce this home to everyone, the entire Community is cordially invited to celebrate the House Warming of the Friends Of the River San Bernard Community Center , 20450 C.R. 510B, (the old Holiday Shores Community Center) with a ribbon cutting ceremony (officiated by the Brazoria Chamber of Commerce) on Friday, November 9th at about 3:30 p.m. The open house will be from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. to accommodate as many people as possible.
The F.O.R. Community Center house warming will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. when the doors of the Community Center will open wide to accommodate the honored guests of the day – the community. Guests can tour the newly renovated building and grounds acquired from the Brazoria Lions Club who deserve a special THANK YOU for making the Community Center dream a reality. While touring the facility, our friends of the river are invited to enjoy some eats and soft drinks and visit for a while.
The Community Center consists of a building (complete with a kitchen, bathrooms and a great room), a 1.2 acre park, a parking lot, a playground, outdoor benches and picnic tables, and a dock. F.O.R. will use the facility to hold Board, Committee and public meetings, boat parade award dinners and other community F.O.R. functions. The center can also be rented for business meetings and corporate affairs, weddings and rehearsal dinners, showers, family reunions, retirement and anniversary celebrations and other community functions.
The Community Center was acquired August 1, 2007 and since then, a lot of paint, carpet, electrical wiring, tile, lighting, air conditioning, yard work. dock work, soap, sweat, blood and tears were spent by members of the community while making this Community Center something to be proud of. Most of the work, and a lot of the materials were donated by members of the community and F.O.R. would like to sincerely thank them all for all their contributions – whether they were large or small – they were all important. Nothing can be complete without all the parts working together.
F.O.R.’s “house” is finally in order, so come by and enjoy the house warming on November 9th. It’s always nice to have a home to welcome Friends to.
For more information, contact Artie Burnett at 979-798-7565, or Pat Webb at 979-964-4503 or monitor www.sanbernardriver.com