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US Men's Clay Court Championships Downtown Exhibition Event - Today at 12=
=20
PM!!!

Today at 12 PM, downtown Houston is hosting a exhibition tennis event on=20
Texas Avenue in front of Bayou Place featuring Jan-Michael Gambill in honor=
=20
of the=20
US Men's Clay Court Championships being held at Westside Tennis Club this=
=20
week.  The event is free and will last approximately 45 minutes. =20

Please join us for a brownbag concert on Friday, May 4 from 12:00 =01) 1:00=
 p.m.=20
at Two Allen Center in the Forum (7th floor).  Da Camera presents, =01&The =
Ying=20
Quartet=018 performing selected 20th Century chamber pieces.

Also, De Camera is offering a 20% discount to Enron employees to Da Camera=
=01,s=20
200/01 season finale concert, =01&Celebrating Patronage=018 on Saturday, Ma=
y 6 at=20
The Wortham Center.

If you are interested, please RSVP to Jessica Nunez at X31918

Do you hate to garden in the summer because everything you plant dies?  Lin=
da=20
Gay, Director of the Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Humble, will=
=20
teach us about plants that not only survive, but thrive during the dog days=
=20
of Houston summers. Topics will include tropical-looking plants for sun and=
=20
shade, gingers, fragrant plants, and drought-tolerant plants.

WHEN:  Tuesday, May 8th, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Forum, 12th floor of 2 Allen Center

Houston area singles interested in jazz, dessert and classical music can me=
et=20
and mingle on Friday, May 4, 2001.

The evening of entertainment begins at 5:30 p.m., with live jazz by the Blu=
e =20
Monks at Sambuca Jazz Cafes at 909 Texas Avenue.  Complimentary hors=20
d'oeuvres and a cash bar are available at the pre-concert party.

At 7p.m., you're off to Jones Hall across the street for dessert at the Rou=
nd=20
Bar before the Houston Symphony performance at 8 p.m.

David Robertson, Musical America's Conductor of the Year 2000, will lead=20
Beethoven's idyllic romp through the countryside, Symphony No. 6, Pastoral.=
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The  program concludes with Prokofiev's patriotic Alexander Nevsky,=20
originally written for the Eisenstein film of the same name, and the=20
legendary Battle on the Ice, featuring the Houston Symphony Chorus.

Tickets are $35 and include the pre-concert party at Sambuca, dessert at th=
e=20
Round Bar in Jones Hall and reserved concert seating.  Pre-paid reservation=
s=20
are required and space is limited.  Singles only please.  Make your=20
reservations on-line at www.houstonsymphony.org or call 713 238-1477.


Project Mom @ Friendly Haven on Saturday, May 11th.... in Honor of Mother's=
 =20
Day!
Join Enron employees at Friendly Haven, a housing assistance program=20
supported by AFH (AIDS Foundation Houston), for a volunteer project designe=
d=20
to celebrate Mother's Day.  Approximately 40 single mothers comprise Friend=
ly=20
Haven's residents and we would like to make the day special for both them a=
nd=20
their children. =20

Enron volunteers are needed to facilitate a children's craft activity for=
=20
Mother's Day presents and also serve a special brunch to all of the mothers=
=20
in the program.  This project can be utilized as a team building opportunit=
y=20
for a department with 15 - 25 employees or individual volunteers may sign u=
p=20
by contacting Janice Riedel at x37507  - for more information on AFH, visit=
=20
http://www.aidshelp.org/programs/housing.htm.

ChildBuilders, Houston's Advocates for Mental Health in Children,  is hosti=
ng=20
a special lunch time event on Tuesday, May 8th from 11 AM - 2 PM, in honor =
of=20
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week at Hermann Square, featuring actors=
=20
performing vignettes on issues and parenting.  Zydeco music, free soft drin=
ks=20
and deserts will also be available. =20

Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and are needed to publicize the even=
t,=20
fill balloons, set-up tables and chairs, serve drinks and deserts, and to=
=20
assist with clean-up.  To sign up for these jobs, please open and read the=
=20
attachment for more specific job descriptions and email the sign-up sheet=
=20
with your name, phone number, and email address to Dottie Bates at=20
dsquareb@msn.com or call (713) 932-8440.

http://home.enron.com:84/messaging/signup.doc


VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 15TH  ANNUAL HOUSTON HOOP-IT-UP MAY 5-6!

The best way to get yourself jump-started for a full year of Hoops.  Become=
 a=20
part of this jammin=01,hoops scene with over 1,200 teams & 4,800 players.  =
Join=20
us at Greenspoint Mall for a basketball-crazed atmosphere.  Games and speci=
al=20
events being played simultaneously on 110 courts so the basketballs will be=
=20
flying HOOP-IT-UP is where you play for FUN.  EVENT BENEFITS THE =01&ESCAPE=
=20
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER=018

SATURDAY =01)  MAY 5TH 8:00 =01) 6:00 PM
SUNDAY =01)  MAY 6TH 8:00 =01) 5:00 PM

For more information please call =01&Hoop-It-Up Hotline=018: 713-521-4535 o=
r
E-Mail: Hoopitup@Texas.Net=20



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