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Vol. 48, No. 52 » December
24 - 30, 2008 |
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Texans
Moms adopt Family for Christmas
By Yolande Lezine
Forward Times Sports Writer
Six Houston Texans players moms adopted
a family of eight for Christmas for the La Rosa Family
Services 2nd Annual Holiday Party and Adopt a Family
Program, held at the Harris County Building , located
at 6300 Irvington.
The project was a combined effort of Karen Johnson(Andre),
Mary Williams(Mary), Emily Jones(Jacoby), Sadie Cochran(Earl’s
sister), Martha Ryans (DeMeco), and Debbie Schaub (Matt).
The Rosemond Family, a single-parent
home with seven children were so excited to meet the
four mothers in attendance at the event, but it was
the kids who were more exited about the gifts that they
had brought.
“We were able to take the families
wish list and a list of things that they needed to shop
with,” Karen Johnson said. “There was no
particular price limit on anything, we just decided
to buy what we wanted.”
The mission of La Rosa Family Services
is to assist victims of domestic violence and abuse,
to prevent future abuse, and to promote the health and
safety of children by raising community awareness, empowering
individuals, and offering positive alternatives to families.
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Black Newspaper’s
Yuletide Gift
Giving
honor to Jesus the Christ’s spirit of humility,
Houston Forward Times chose an inclusive heading. And
we certainly would be remiss to omit Kwanzaa’s
festivities (December, 26, 2008- January. 1, 2009) into
an ever expanding Yuletide Season that has been commercialized
to extend from Black Friday to New Year’s morning…to
wish all concerned Happy Holidays. Even so, when one
gives gifts-- that ideally keep on giving-- the reason,
or the season, is only tradition. Accordingly, Christmas
is an excellent time for FT to share our gift of empowerment
with the community, via news and issues germane to Black
America’s survival.
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DIDDY FILMS 'CSI MIAMI'
APPEARANCE: Rap mogul guest stars as a defense attorney;
episode to air during Feb. sweeps.
Sean "Diddy" Combs added another line to his
acting resume last week. The entertainment mogul finished
filming a guest role on CBS' hit drama "CSI: Miami"
for an episode scheduled to air in February 2009, reports
People.com.
Diddy said he agreed to take the role of defense attorney
Derek Powell only after meeting with network executives
and telling them, "I don't want to play no musician,
I don't want to play a criminal – none of those
stereotypical things. I want to play a lawyer."
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Johnson
hosts 80-second Shopping Spree
By Yolande Lezine
Forward Times Sports Writer
Houston
Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson held “The Amazing
Christmas Race” shopping spree at Toy-R-Us , located
at 1212 Old Spanish Trail near Reliant Stadium.
The event, which was sponsored by The Andre Johnson
Foundation, gave 12 kids, ages 8-16 the opportunity
to go on a shopping spree second to none, and they only
had 80 seconds to do it.
The kids, who were selected by Child Protective Services
ran as fast as they could with their baskets and filled
them with the latest, top-selling toys and games. Hannah
Montana, High School Musical, and Barbie were the favorites
amongst the girls, while the boys were into electronics,
board games, and action figures.
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