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Anyone who has spent a summer in Houston knows that cooling temperatures are, indeed, a reason to celebrate!

Wesley Community Center is having their End of Summer Celebration 

Thursday, August 22, 2013, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Saint Arnold Brewery!

Everyone is invited to come together in friendship and support to "Cheer for a Cause".

As the long, hot days of summer draw to a close, we call upon our friends—old and new—supporters, and community members to join Wesley Community Center to build and strengthen our connections and raise critically important general operating funds for our Early Learning Programs, Youth Development Programming, Senior and Social Services, Community Outreach and Economic Development services and the many individuals, children and families they benefit.

They will be celebrating the growth and transformations afoot at Wesley Community Center with a fun, exciting and refreshing happy hour. Saint Arnold's Brewing Company will offer six of their best brews on tap for your enjoyment.  Quench your thirst with an ice cold brew or sample a variety. The famous Saint Arnold’s famous sweet, flavorful old-fashioned famous Root Beer will also be available. Lady Bird Food Truck will be onsite serving an array of  summer bites so you can quell your hunger, sit back and enjoy the cool vibes from the music of the Junior Jazz Quartet. Brewery tours will be available that evening and you will be able to check out the ol’ tank farm. There will also be raffel prizes for those sports loverr out there. That is the biggest hint we can share but you absolutely want to be there!

Wesley House, established in 1904, in Houston’s Northside Village neighborhood by the women of First United Methodist Church with the goal of improving the quality of life and strengthening outcomes for the community’s mothers and their young children. 109 years later, Wesley Community Center continues to strengthen the lives of children, youth, women and families on Houston’s Northside and in various low-income neighborhoods throughout the metropolitan area.  Wesley Community Center engages individuals, children and families with a comprehensive array of programs and services along the circle of life—from early childhood education, youth development programming, senior and social services, community outreach to economic development services—and is dedicated to realizing human growth, developing positive outcomes, and working to fulfill its mission to help people help themselves and each other. In 2012, Wesley Community Center served a total of 27,786 Houstonians.

Great cause, right?? See you Thursday!

Hundreds of folks will come together in person, on line, offline, to support local charities by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness. Twestival™ uses social media for social good. All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers, and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go directly to the benefiting nonprofit organization to aide their service projects.

Twestival Houston brings together Houston’s vibrant new media community for a good cause, giving those who communicate through Twitter the opportunity to meet each other face to face and enhance the relationships they have built online, while raising money for a deserving charity through sponsorships and donations.

The Impact of Twestival

Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but work from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact. Since 2009 over 200 cities have participated by hosting offline events raising close to $1.2 million for 137 causes; most notably for Concern Worldwide’s education programs and Charity:Water, which brings clean water to communities all over the world. Houston’s last local Twestival raised over $3000 for Houston Area Women’s Center in 2009.

If you'd like to get a bit more info about the history of Twestival read: Twestival. Two years on.  Twestival Local 2011: Neighborhood Centers Inc. Neighborhood Centers Inc has been working in the Houston area for over 100 years. They built the first community center and still operate under the idea that the people will thrive if their community offers the resources to aide in success. They offer financial counseling, education, healthcare and community building in 6 program areas, 58 affiliate centers and 6 major community centers throughout Houston and Harris County.

Funds will go toward community-based initiatives, providing classes and activities to educate youth and families through six community centers, focusing on youth development, health & wellness, financial strength and more.  Bands Tyagaraja 8:45 - 9:15

Benjamin Wesley 8:05 - 8:35

Gretchen Schmaltz 7:25 - 7:55

Luke Lukas 6:45 - 7:15  Tickets, Raffle and Door Prizes Individual Entry Tickets $10 Children 5 and Under FREE Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each or 6 tickets for $5 Door prize tickets must be purchased with entry fee:  Entry fee + 1 Door Prize Ticket $20  Entry fee + 2 Door Prize Tickets $25

Alley Theatre Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company DiverseWorks YMCA

Mercury Baroque Margarita Texas Cactus Music Do713.com The Houston Museum of Natural Science Warehouse Live Glass Wall The Restaurant Delectable P.I.E.S. Joan Son Elaine Mesker-Garcia Kristy Gillentine Brooke Browne Payton’s Treasures on Etsy.com Sultan of Zanzibar Bird’s Beads on Etsy.com Frenetic Theatre  Other Entertainment Gaming Center by ExtraLife Houston Children’s Activities by Playworks Craft Center by SewCrafty Facepainting by Funshine Entertainment  Major Sponsors Saint Arnold Brewing Company Vitamin Water MMM Cupcake Blinds.com Danelle Guilbeau, REALTOR Legacy Community Health Services The Black Sheep Agency DFJ Mercury Culture Pilot The Loop Scoop DISH Houston  Important Links http://houston.twestival.com http://twitter.com/twesth http://facebook.com/twestivalhouston  http://www.amiando.com/TwestivalHouston2011.html 

CLICK HERE for the Food DISH to understand the need so many Houstonians had to take off of work this morning! HINT: It was the front side of a hangover =)

Thursday was a big night in Houston! There was the Keller Williams Cares event at Momentum Audi to raise money for an agent who is fighting breast cancer. There was the Young Professionals FLOCK event at the Houston Zoo. There was the SPCA event at Zaza....all in all it was a fun and wonderful evening.

The above video was compiled by local photographer Todd Parker whom DISH has come to love and adore (and his DISHIE wife Cindy)! The still pics will be on the Party DISH soon but in the mean time enjoy this video from the FLOCK event! We were right next to the Giraffes and one of the baby elephants painted a picture that was auctioned off that evening. The food was provided by Grotto and Saint Arnolds was there too! GOOD BEER!!!!