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| Students from the Zina Garrison
All Court Tennis Academy present a check to Jim Robb of Reliant
Energy, as Houston Mayor Bill White looks on |
Tennis Kids Raise Money for Elderly in Houston
July 29, 2004 - On July 15, students from the Zina
Garrison All Court Tennis Academy held a tennis tournament to benefit
Houston's elderly. The project was conceived by the students over a
four-week period as their summer community service project. The main
objective was to raise money to assist the elderly in paying their
energy bills during the hot Houston summer.
Kids from the Academy signed their own tournament
sponsors: Redstone Bank, Randall's, Smoothie King, A & E the graphics
complex all donated in-kind gifts. The City of Houston donated the
courts, What-a-burger donated breakfast tacos and coupons for giveaways
and Coca Cola provided all the beverages.
Mayor Bill White presented a proclamation declaring
July 15 "Zina Kidz Care" Day in Houston, Texas. He came out at the end
of the tournament along with Jim Robb, Vice President of Reliant Energy.
Several of our sponsors and NBC local anchor Rachel McNeil presented the
prizes.
Students then paid $10 each to play in their own
tournament, solicited money from family, friends, churches and Zina
board members. The total raised for Reliant Energy was $2853 to help pay
for seniors' summer light bills. |
