Message-ID: <25015758.1075855490321.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT) From: enron.announcements@enron.com To: all.houston@enron.com Subject: Enron In Action 04.30.01 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Enron Announcements X-To: All Enron Houston X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Frank_Ermis_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Ermis-F X-FileName: fermis.nsf US Men's Clay Court Championships Downtown Exhibition Event - Today at 12= =20 PM!!! Today at 12 PM, downtown Houston is hosting a exhibition tennis event on=20 Texas Avenue in front of Bayou Place featuring Jan-Michael Gambill in honor= =20 of the=20 US Men's Clay Court Championships being held at Westside Tennis Club this= =20 week. The event is free and will last approximately 45 minutes. =20 Please join us for a brownbag concert on Friday, May 4 from 12:00 =01) 1:00= p.m.=20 at Two Allen Center in the Forum (7th floor). Da Camera presents, =01&The = Ying=20 Quartet=018 performing selected 20th Century chamber pieces. Also, De Camera is offering a 20% discount to Enron employees to Da Camera= =01,s=20 200/01 season finale concert, =01&Celebrating Patronage=018 on Saturday, Ma= y 6 at=20 The Wortham Center. If you are interested, please RSVP to Jessica Nunez at X31918 Do you hate to garden in the summer because everything you plant dies? Lin= da=20 Gay, Director of the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Humble, will= =20 teach us about plants that not only survive, but thrive during the dog days= =20 of Houston summers. Topics will include tropical-looking plants for sun and= =20 shade, gingers, fragrant plants, and drought-tolerant plants. WHEN: Tuesday, May 8th, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. WHERE: The Forum, 12th floor of 2 Allen Center Houston area singles interested in jazz, dessert and classical music can me= et=20 and mingle on Friday, May 4, 2001. The evening of entertainment begins at 5:30 p.m., with live jazz by the Blu= e =20 Monks at Sambuca Jazz Cafes at 909 Texas Avenue. Complimentary hors=20 d'oeuvres and a cash bar are available at the pre-concert party. At 7p.m., you're off to Jones Hall across the street for dessert at the Rou= nd=20 Bar before the Houston Symphony performance at 8 p.m. David Robertson, Musical America's Conductor of the Year 2000, will lead=20 Beethoven's idyllic romp through the countryside, Symphony No. 6, Pastoral.= =20 The program concludes with Prokofiev's patriotic Alexander Nevsky,=20 originally written for the Eisenstein film of the same name, and the=20 legendary Battle on the Ice, featuring the Houston Symphony Chorus. Tickets are $35 and include the pre-concert party at Sambuca, dessert at th= e=20 Round Bar in Jones Hall and reserved concert seating. Pre-paid reservation= s=20 are required and space is limited. Singles only please. Make your=20 reservations on-line at www.houstonsymphony.org or call 713 238-1477. Project Mom @ Friendly Haven on Saturday, May 11th.... in Honor of Mother's= =20 Day! Join Enron employees at Friendly Haven, a housing assistance program=20 supported by AFH (AIDS Foundation Houston), for a volunteer project designe= d=20 to celebrate Mother's Day. Approximately 40 single mothers comprise Friend= ly=20 Haven's residents and we would like to make the day special for both them a= nd=20 their children. =20 Enron volunteers are needed to facilitate a children's craft activity for= =20 Mother's Day presents and also serve a special brunch to all of the mothers= =20 in the program. This project can be utilized as a team building opportunit= y=20 for a department with 15 - 25 employees or individual volunteers may sign u= p=20 by contacting Janice Riedel at x37507 - for more information on AFH, visit= =20 http://www.aidshelp.org/programs/housing.htm. ChildBuilders, Houston's Advocates for Mental Health in Children, is hosti= ng=20 a special lunch time event on Tuesday, May 8th from 11 AM - 2 PM, in honor = of=20 Children's Mental Health Awareness Week at Hermann Square, featuring actors= =20 performing vignettes on issues and parenting. Zydeco music, free soft drin= ks=20 and deserts will also be available. =20 Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and are needed to publicize the even= t,=20 fill balloons, set-up tables and chairs, serve drinks and deserts, and to= =20 assist with clean-up. To sign up for these jobs, please open and read the= =20 attachment for more specific job descriptions and email the sign-up sheet= =20 with your name, phone number, and email address to Dottie Bates at=20 dsquareb@msn.com or call (713) 932-8440. http://home.enron.com:84/messaging/signup.doc VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 15TH ANNUAL HOUSTON HOOP-IT-UP MAY 5-6! The best way to get yourself jump-started for a full year of Hoops. Become= a=20 part of this jammin=01,hoops scene with over 1,200 teams & 4,800 players. = Join=20 us at Greenspoint Mall for a basketball-crazed atmosphere. Games and speci= al=20 events being played simultaneously on 110 courts so the basketballs will be= =20 flying HOOP-IT-UP is where you play for FUN. EVENT BENEFITS THE =01&ESCAPE= =20 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER=018 SATURDAY =01) MAY 5TH 8:00 =01) 6:00 PM SUNDAY =01) MAY 6TH 8:00 =01) 5:00 PM For more information please call =01&Hoop-It-Up Hotline=018: 713-521-4535 o= r E-Mail: Hoopitup@Texas.Net=20 Have News to Share? To post news or events in Enron In Action, please e-mail your information t= o=20 EIA@enron.com=20 no later than 12:00 noon the Thursday prior to the next Monday=01,s mailing= .