Texas Road Trips

The Lone Star State is home to a plethora of thrilling activities suitable for the whole family. Here are just a few stretching from Galveston to San Antonio. Now, round up your friends and family, and hop in the car. Fun is just a short road trip away! Upcoming Events at Six Flags Fiesta Texas With more...

Co-Dependency: Affluenza Explained

Kids’ Corner | By Patrick Biron – With all of the headlines focused on “affluenza,” it is important for all parents and caregivers to consider what might lead to such circumstances. Their legal defense that the child’s upbringing was “too affluent” for the youth to be held accountable...

Fort Bend Aggie Moms’ Club Raises Funds for Student Scholarships

The Fort Bend Aggie Moms’ Club is conducting their Fifth Annual Raffle, which raises funds to provide scholarships to deserving Fort Bend students attending Texas A&M University, College Station or Galveston campuses and Texas A&M-Blinn TEAM students. This year’s first place prize is a 2016...

George Ranch High School Football Champions

Congratulations to the Longhorns of George Ranch High School, the State Champions in 2015 Class 5A Division I Football! Houston Touchdown Club Coach of the Year Ricky Tullos’ team won the title in convincing fashion, defeating Mans-field Lake Ridge 56-0 before a largely maroon-clad crowd in NRG...

Get Motivated to Get Organized 5 Simple Tips to Complete a Closet Makeover

It’s that time of year when you think about getting organized for a fresh new start. But how many times have you thought about finally clearing out your closet, decided it’s just too overwhelming, and simply shut the door only to think about it later? Once you make a commitment and get on board with the...

Three Medicaid Long-Term Care Programs You Should Know

By Kelley M. Bentley – Medicaid is a health insurance program for the elderly, disabled or indigent.  Since Medicare benefits do not provide adequate long-term care either in a nursing home or at the patient’s home, families often turn to the Medicaid program to pay for such care. Here are three...

The GEMS of Fort Bend Provide Over $18,000 to the Fort Bend Family YMCA

The 2015 GEMS and special guests  attended the check presentation ceremony to the beneficiary of the 2015 GEMS of Fort Bend event, Fort Bend Family YMCA. absolutely! focus media Publisher Patti Parish-Kaminski presented the organization with proceeds from the Generous, Enthusiastic Men Serving event held in...

Holiday Happenings in Richmond and Rosenberg

Gather up your families and spend time together making special memories to last throughout the year. Richmond and Rosenberg are helping make the holidays special with several spectacular Christmas events in the heart of Brazos. Ho, ho, ho!   Project Noel For more than 40 years, the Richmond State Supported...

First Lady Cecilia Abbott Welcomes Rosenberg as New Texas Main Street Community

On October 20th, First Lady Cecilia Abbott visited Rosenberg for the Texas Historical Commission Texas Main Street Program’s 2015 First Lady’s Tour, an annual event celebrating Texas Main Street communities and welcoming the Texas town as the program’s newest member. Abbott’s Rosenberg visit was held...

It’s Fair Time!

By Barbara Magana Robertson – It’s Fair time in Fort Bend County, and you know what that means: fried foods, family fun and friends having a grand time. The 79th Annual Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo will run from September 25th to October 4th at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds. For some families,...