Message-ID: <23222524.1075856146312.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:12:00 -0700 (PDT) From: enron.announcements@enron.com To: all.houston@enron.com Subject: Enron In Action 10.30.00 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Enron Announcements X-To: All Enron Houston X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Thomas_Donohoe_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Donohoe-T X-FileName: tdonoho.nsf Sports Tickets The following tickets are available through the Signature Shop for employees only - click here to order and have Available! them delivered to your office location. 1. Houston Hotshots vs. Utah Freezz, Saturday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the AstroArena, and tickets are only $24 per set. 2. Houston Cougars vs. Louisville Cardinals, Saturday, November 18 at 2:30 p.m. at Robertson Stadium. Discounted tickets come in sets of two or four tickets for only $14 per ticket. Contact Greg Grissom at ext. 58741 with any questions. Da Camera Da Camera of Houston, the acclaimed producer and presenter of innovative ensemble music, continues its free Free Performance lunchtime series, "A Little Day Music", with pianist Timothy Hester at the Wortham Theater Center on Wednesday, November 1 at 12:00 p.m. "A Little Day Music" concerts are presented on the first Wednesday of every month free of charge, and Da Camera encourages concertgoers to bring and enjoy their lunches while listening to the music. For more information, contact Da Camera's Community Outreach Department at 713-524-7601 ext. 15. Dino Dash Race! Lace up your "hi-ceratops" for the Houston Museum of Natural Science Annual Dino Dash Race on Saturday, November 4 in Hermann Park! The 5K Fun Run/Walk begins at 7:45 a.m. and the children's 1K non-competitive run is at 8:45 a.m. Children are encouraged to dress in their favorite dinosaur costumes. Participants receive t-shirts, a free admission ticket to the Museum and discount coupons for the IMAX and more! For more information, call 713-639-4797 or log onto www.hmns.org. Nutcracker Come shop and support the talented Houston Ballet! The Houston Ballet Guild's 20th Annual Nutcracker Market will Market be held at the Astrohall Novemeber 9-12. Merchants from around the country will showcase row after row of gifts for your early holiday shopping, so beat the crowd and join in on the Early Bird Power Shopping on Saturday, November 11 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Tickets are $25 dollars each and parking is complimentary. For ticket information call 713-535-3231 or email nutcrackermarket@houstonballet.org. Chinese Paintings Are you an art lover? Come to the Continental Center I Gallery (Continental Building, 1600 Smith, 2nd floor) and enjoy Show Chengyi Li, an artist from China, and his selection of personal works of Chinese art. The exhibit will run from October 30 to December 1. Enron employees receive a 10% discount on the artist's works. For more information, contact Maggie Li at ext. 56011 or click here for a preview! Enron Kids Holiday Come participate with Enron Kids, a program that helps provide books and equipment for schools in need. Sponsor a Fun student or team up with co-workers or your department to provide a bag full of holiday cheer to an HISD Burrus Elementary student! A shopping committee can shop for you if your schedule does not give you the time. Sign-ups are: November 14, 16, 17: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the Enron Building lobby November 15: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in 3AC 601 November 15: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Jefferson Bldg. Ground Floor Conference Room Gift drop-offs will be on December 4-8, and the holiday party for Enron Kids will be at Burrus Elementary on Thursday, December 14, with transportation available to sponsors. For more information, contact Geneva Davis at ext. 35517 or Lesli Campbell at ext. 35983. Breast Cancer October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so help this effort to fight breast cancer by visiting Awareness Month http://health.yahoo.com. Yahoo will donate $1 to fight breast cancer every time you visit their home page and click on the pink ribbon on the left side of the page. Fun at the Join Rob Walls, Enron's Managing Director & Deputy General Counsel, as a volunteer at the Brookwood Community's Carnival 15th Anniversary Celebration on November 4! The Brookwood Community is a non-profit, educational, residential work facility for adultswith functional disabilities. Volunteers are needed to help the staff with games, food booths, karaoke and face painting, as well as event set-up and tear down. If you're interested, contact Sylvia Patton at 281-375-2100 or visit www.brookwoodcommunity.org. Arena Initiatives Get excited about the new arena in town! If you are interested in volunteering or assisting with various arena activities in the upcoming months, contact Laurel Boatright at ext. 35097 for more information. Mammograms M.D. Anderson will be here the week of November 13-17 to administer mammograms. Call 713-745-4000 to Available schedule an appointment. Cost is $15 for employees, spouses, retirees and EDS; $16 if donating to The Rose (an organization that provides free mammograms for low-income women); $75 for contractors. Weight Watchers Weight Watchers @ Work is gearing up for another session! Cost is $169 for 16 weeks, and space is limited to at Work the first 50 employees who register via email to Bryan Blake. Classes start November 8 and meet every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. An email confirmation of your enrollment will be sent on October 30. As of the end of October, the Enron Matching Gifts program has already matched, dollar for dollar, more than $1.86 million this fiscal year to the causes that Enron employees believe in and support!