We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and that your new year is off to a fascinating and prosperous start!

 This is a short reminder that the January Chapter meeting has a special purpose and will be at a special location:

 Wednesday January 11, 2012;  7:00 PM – 9:00PM

• Houston Department of Public Works Building,  1002 Washington Ave, Houston 77002
• Green Building Resource Center:  Check out - www.codegreenhouston.org
•  Steve Stelzer, Architect & Program Director will give a short talk on “Green” Happenings in Houston.  Tour his GBRC.
• The rest of the evening will be a free social/networking event; drinks (wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages) & light snacks provided by the Chapter.
•  Kickoff of our membership drive.  Please bring a friend or acquaintance that might be interested in joining.  Please remember we need many disciplines other than engineering.
• We will have displays & information about EWB & our Chapter. 

Please join us on Nov 8th at 7pm at the St. Arnolds Brewery at 2000 Lyons Ave near downtown. We will be raising funds for the EWB- Central Houston Professional group projects in Kenya, Bolivia and Uganda. Tickets can be purchased in advance at this website: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/199042

Please come out and support the amazing work that is being done to provide clean water technology and more by your fellow citizens of Houston.

It has been about a week since we successfully had the Kenya Fundraiser “Haba Na Haba”. The EWB-Central Houston Chapter is very thankful to have hosted over 100 guests at the Houston Museum of African American Culture.

Thank you to:

Lineart Studio (http://www.lineartstudio.n​et/) for helping us with our website and flyer.

Lance at Sliced Bread Photography (https://www.facebook.com/S​licedBreadPhoto) for designing the flyer artwork and offering to be the photographer at our event.

Ten Thousand Villages (https://www.facebook.com/T​enThousandVillagesHouston) for donating $40 of merchandise.

Ziad Noshie and Family at Almaza Jewelers ( www.almazajewelers.com) for donating wine for our silent auction.

Aaron Brothers Art & Framing (www.aaronbrothers.com) for donating some ethnic frames for our raffle.

Randalls (www.randalls.com) for donating to our fundraiser.

Will, (http://www.etsy.com/shop/l​ittlewillie?ref=ss_profile) for providing a painting for our silent auction.

Space Montrose, the store right next to Cafe Brasil (www.whosinspace.com) will have a vendor table, selling some really cool stuff, with a portion of the proceeds going to our project!

Houston Museum of African-American Culture (http://www.hmaac.org/) for donating the use of your facility for our event!

Central Market for donating a gift basket for our raffle!

Luda Baklanova for bringing one of your paintings to our silent auction!

Francis Totter for bringing 3 paintings to our silent auction!

And thanks to everyone who participated as a volunteer and came to the event.

EWB-Central Houston is seeking student mentors!

If you’re a busy professional interested in Engineers Without Borders and enjoy sharing your experience with others, then student mentoring may be for you!  The student chapters of Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin are currently in need of professionals to mentor their projects.  If you have experience in structural design, water distribution systems, water treatment, sanitation systems, electrical systems, solar power systems, or health education, please contact info (at) ewbhouston.org today!