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Houston FACES of Change partnerships inducted into the prestigious HISD "Hall of Fame"

Crescent Real Estate Equities was one of four partners inducted into the HISD Partners Hall of Fame Wednesday, November 30, during a ceremony honoring corporate and community partners of the Houston Independent School District. Jim Wilson, senior vice president property management Houston region, accepted the award on behalf of Crescent. Jim made a brief speech in which he thanked the many Crescent employees, customers and business partners who donate their time and material goods to enhance the lives of students and teachers in Houston schools.

Since 1997, Crescent has partnered with seven HISD schools and contributed more than $800,000 and over 12,000 hours of volunteer hours. Projects include installing wiring for computer labs, funding for field trips, e-mentoring programs, landscaping, new playground equipment, book drives, school supplies, office equipment, and much more. Current Houston FACES of Change partnerships comprise Houston Center partnered with Crockett Elementary, Greenway Plaza partnered with Patterson Elementary and Post Oak Central and Five Post Oak Park partnered with A. A. Milne Elementary.

Representatives from more than 350 corporate and community organizations, along with 250 school representatives, attended the partnership appreciation breakfast on Wednesday, which was emceed by the KPRC-Channel 2 Houston news anchor. The four Hall of Fame inductees were Baylor College of Medicine Teen Health Clinic, Crescent Real Estate Equities, Gallery Furniture, and Jewish Women International. Each organization received a beautiful etched crystal vase in recognition of their contributions.

Congratulations to all the Houston FACES of Change volunteers for this well deserved acclamation!

Patterson Elementary School "spruces" up -- with the addition of some "shady characters" As Patterson Elementary School's corporate sponsor through Crescent's FACES of Change® program, and a supporter of Trees For Houston, Greenway Plaza volunteers were invited to participate in a School Tree Planting on Saturday, January 29, 2005. Friends and family of Greenway's FACES of Change program and Trees For Houston along with students and teachers from Patterson Elementary planted twenty 15 gallon trees along the west perimeter of the school which have all taken root and are doing magnificently. The Trees for Schools project presented educational programs to Patterson and other Houston area elementary schools that are designed to demonstrate the benefits of preservation and the basic physiology of urban trees. The educational program encourages lasting urban forestry awareness by creating a more informed community through education and heightened awareness of the importance of trees in an urban environment.
Greenway Continues Partnership with Patterson Elementary School The 2004-05 partnership was kicked off with the Harvest of Literature Festival of fun and learning. Over 800 students from Patterson Elementary School enjoyed the school's annual "Harvest of Literature Festival" with Greenway Plaza's FACES of Change® volunteers on October 28th. More than 18 volunteers from Greenway Plaza took part in the day's activities where the students delighted in the opportunity to dress up and take part in games and activities. Patterson Elementary a literature magnet school in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) has an enrollment of 825 students attending kindergarten through fifth grade. More than 25 percent of the students speak limited English.		The game "Wheel of Literature" (above) was created as a loose spin off of the show Wheel of Fortune and was built by FACES volunteers Doug Hager & Alex Hernandez.

Previous Events at Patterson

Greenway Plaza is Named Winner of Heart of Intown Award
Greenway Plaza and its customers have been awarded the Heart of Intown Corporate Award for its FACES of Change business-to-school partnership with Houston Independent School District. Given annually by the Houston Intown Chamber of Commerce, this honor is awarded to businesses who display a superior commitment to the Houston community. The award was presented February 12th during the Heart of Intown Awards Luncheon & Annual Meeting at the Houston Renaissance Hotel. We would like to thank the folloWing customers and service partners for their commitment to FACES of Change and the students at Patterson Elementary: Bisys, Cornerstone Consulting Group, First American Title, FKP Architects, FuelQuest, Haworth, Omicron, PBK Architects, Qwest Communications, Renaissance Houston Hotel, Rimkus Consulting Group, Standard Parking, ABM Janitorial, Cactus Builders, Hou-Scape, TREK, Underwriters Indemnity, and Weinstein, Spira and Company.

To volunteer for FACES or to participate in the E-mentoring program in the fall, contact us at 713.966.3980.