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District 9 Trustee Justin Henry Column October 2022
As the school year continues, students are thriving in Dallas ISD’s newly renovated facilities, advanced scholastic programs, and flexible learning opportunities! Numerous schools within the district have delivered rapid engagement in athletics, student-led clubs, and careerbuilding opportunities this year. Students and staff are excited to continue the school year.
Athletic Highlights
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, E. B. Comstock Middle School took home an outstanding victory over rival Zumwalt in football. The community provided overwhelming support for the team and their win is hopefully a foreshadowing of what is to come for the remaining season.
Congratulations to South Oak Cliff High School for their explosive win on Friday, Sept. 16th, 2022! With a remarkable game-winning field goal by Diego Varela, the crowd erupted with excitement and cheer.
School Milestones
On Sept. 19, members of the community joined CityLab High School in celebration at Dallas City Hall for the school’s 5th Anniversary Exhibition. The exhibition displayed student projects and initiatives over the past five years. The projects included the Marilla Street Activation Project in Downtown Dallas, the City Lab Kiosk from the AIA Retrospective show, and much more!
In addition, City Lab students received the award for “Most Interactive Installation – [Park] ing Day 2022” from Doug Prude of Downtown Dallas Inc. Parking Day is described as “a global, public, participatory project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people.” Congratulations, CityLab, for your participation in making the world a healthier place!
Community Partnership
Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School showed their appreciation to American Airlines and The Gabriella apartments for conducting a supply drive for their school as the new school year got underway. Students and staff were grateful for the donated paper, scissors, crayons, ad other school supplies.
Chef Gabrielle McBay at Aunt Bette’s Community Food Pantry
(Dallas – TX, October 20, 2022)Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry at St. Philip’s School and Community Center is hosting Cookin’ with Aunt Bette. This live event will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022 from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm at Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry, named in honor of Bette Perot, a fierce advocate for hunger relief. The pantry is located at 1502 Pennsylvania Avenue, adjacent to St. Philip’s campus.
The second iteration of this biennial event will include presentations from key ambassadors and stakeholders of Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry; an unveiling of its expansion plans; and a live cooking demonstration and tasting led by Los Angeles-based Chef Gabrielle McBay, an alumnae of St. Philip’s. Aunt Bette’s currently serves over 850 South Dallas households. All clients in attendance and in the week following will receive recipe cards for the dishes served at the tasting, the chefs’ selected food items, and Aunt Bette’s reusable tote.
Meet Our Chef:
Chef Gabrielle McBay, a 2004 alum of St. Philip’s School, is from Dallas, TX, and now based in Los Angeles. With over ten years of experience in the culinary industry, her cooking style is soulful, contemporary, and chic with fresh everything. Gabrielle has been featured across notable media platforms including Food Network, Essence, Forbes, Black Enterprise and the New York Times. Her extensive resume details some of your favorite artists, athletes, and reputable brands including Instagram, Netflix, Food Network, Uber, Nike, and Neiman Marcus. McBay is also the self-published author of You Have Food at Home, Peace, Love, and Good Food, and Table for One. Her love for good food in front of and behind the camera is enjoyed by thousands around the world.
Special guests
Katherine Perot-Reeves of the Perot family and Erica Yeager, Chief External Affairs Officer of North Texas Food Bank are expected to be in attendance.
About Aunt Bette’s Food Pantry:
St. Philip’s established a food pantry on its campus over a decade ago in an effort to expand its hunger programming outreach to include more families and children. The establishment of Our Community Pantry in 2015, was a direct result of an unprecedented collaboration between city, corporate, and non-profit entities, including St. Philip’s, North Texas Food Bank, In the City for Good, and the City of Dallas. This collaboration provided an opportunity to revolutionize the way Hunger is addressed in South Dallas, and beyond.
In July of 2019, St. Philip’s School and Community Center assumed management of the operation and volunteer recruitment of the pantry from North Texas Food Bank. In September of 2019, the pantry was renamed Aunt Bette’s Community Pantry in honor of Bette Perot, a lifelong steward of service.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the pantry continued to serve clients and provide emergency pick-up options to neighbors in need by pivoting from client-choice shopping to a drive-thru with pre-packaged groceries. Recently, the Community Pantry returned to the client-choice model, allowing shoppers to select their favorite items, much like a grocery store, and currently serves over 850 households, 1,750 individuals, and distributes 700,000 pounds of food annually!
About St. Philip’s School and Community Center
St. Philip's School and Community Center is a private Christian school in southern Dallas serving over 260 students in grades PK2 through 7th grade (ages 2-13), and a multi-faceted dynamic community center providing a myriad of vital educational, social services, athletic and neighborhood development programs to over 4,000 children, youth, and adults annually. The organization, which has been deemed "the miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue," has a mission to transform South Dallas, our city, and the world by FAITH, EDUCATION, and SERVICE.
The event is invitation only, however, all media are invited to cover the event.
Linda Henderson is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of “Henderson Chicken” and “Mrs. Linda Seasoning”; a minority, female owned business. Mrs. Linda has more than 25 years of experience working in the restaurant and hospitality industries. She began at an early age with, “Linda’s Dessert Express”, where a strong passion for the restaurant business began. Mrs. Linda’s interest in the restaurant business didn’t stop at ownership; her experiences have led her to fulfill her ‘Dream” of becoming Henderson Chicken’s franchisor. Currently, Henderson Chicken has numerous franchises located throughout Texas, Louisiana and The Caribbean.
Mrs. Linda’s appreciation for her community has led to partnerships holding summer camps for youths that focuses on business etiquette, employment training and leadership. She also has several programs which targets feeding and clothing the homeless, assisting and directing disabled veterans, along with clothing and providing essentials for families and children who are in need of assistance. Mrs. Linda has an annual Easter brunch that feeds the homeless called, “Resurrection Sunday Brunch”!
Linda attended the University of North Texas with a major in Business Administration and a minor in Marketing. She is a loving wife, a proud mother and nurturing grandmother!
“It’s like a dream come true” were the remarks coming from Gladys Lee two weeks ago when she was recommended and officially approved to become the first African American female AIA golf Representative.
For over twenty-nine years, Gladys has been committed to improving the lives of people of all ages through the game of golf. The Roaring Lambs International Junior Golf Academy, a nonprofit 501(c)3 charitable organization established in 1986; a community-based organization focused on meeting the needs of multi-cultural adolescents ages five to eighteen, whose backgrounds are economically and socially diverse. Her commitment is to teach and promote golf to encourage women and adolescents to strive to be the highest caliber golfers in their class, while providing constructive outlets for anyone, regardless of race, creed, color or religion. Lee founded the program in 1986 in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, and currently there are chapters based in Phoenix, Arizona; Detroit, Michigan; and Atlanta, Georgia. As a LPGA professional, her mission is to continue expanding the Roaring Lambs Junior Golf Academy nationally, and training students who desire to learn golf whether they aspire to be players, teachers, golf course managers or merchandisers.
There are many golf programs today that teach outstanding values and give adolescence the opportunity to develop, grow and focus on the commitment it takes to become future leaders, regardless of the sports or careers they choose. The opportunities Roaring Lambs Junior Golf Academy has provided for the past twentyfive years are expertly designed to train and assist young people to become competitive golfers, outstanding citizens, and future leaders of America.
As a teacher and mentor, Lee’s ability to nurture and motivate people through the sport of golf, in cities across the nation, has been extremely satisfying. Since 1986, thousands of boys and girls have gone through the Roaring Lambs golf program providing the opportunity to acquire the ability and desire to play golf in high school, graduate with honors from high school, and receive scholarships to play collegiate golf.
In addition to years of experience and professional expertise, Lee has received numerous awards and special recognition. Prior to her golf aspirations and establishment of Roaring Lambs Junior Golf Academy, she worked for more than twenty years in the aerospace industry in a broad range of manufacturing operations such as shift manager, inventory control, procurement, and quality control for major aerospace manufacturers such as Lockheed Aircraft, Northrop Electronics, and Texas Instruments where she acquired valuable experience in human resources development and social services .
Subsequent to her corporate experience, Lee became a production coordinator for Dick Clark Productions (American Bandstand/ Miss Hollywood Pageant’s) in Burbank California where she was encouraged by Carrie Clark, who introduced her to the concept of “Golf is More Than a Game”, to follow her passion and aspire to new heights in golf.
Lee’s experience and expert involvement with golf includes Texas Chapter Director of Americans Advancing Minorities in Golf Association (AAMIGA); Golf Instructor at Tarrant County College, and organizer of Roaring Lambs, Global Fairway Seekers and Arizona Lady Pro / Amateur Golf Association, adult umbrellas of Roaring Lambs International Junior Golf Academy.
She is a Professional LPGA Teacher/Coach in addition to having a PGA Golf teaching certificate and assistant coaching certification with The First Tee; She is a member of the United States Golf Association, USGA GHIN Handicap Chairman, and a proud member of The Archer-Ragsdale Arizona Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated. In addition, Lee is a member in NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owner’s); EWGA (Executive Women’s Golf Association); Tee Diva’s & Dudes Golf Association of Los Angeles; and, The Desert Mashie Golf Association in Phoenix Arizona.
Lee states “my greatest achievement’s and honor’s include playing golf three day’s with Byron Nelson’s wife ( Peggy) while Byron rode in a cart with us giving me one on one lesson’s critiquing my performance_ afterwards having lunch together. Second highlight was to have Tiger Woods recognize the Roaring Lambs as one of the Top Junior Golf Program’s in the U.S.A. which led to being featured on the NBC Tom Brokaw segment of “ Making A Difference”. Third spending three day’s with Dr. William Powell at Clearview “ America’s Golf Course” in Canton, Ohio. Fourth my Induction into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame in 2003, where I have served on the Board since 2006._ Receiving my LPGA Professional Golf Card and Professional Status has to be counted as one of my greatest achievements.”
Lee further states she is most proud of her position as the Head Golf Coach for both boy’s & girls at Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear Arizona. It was The Athletic Director of Estrella that recommended her for the AIA position.
Lee has two children Kathy Hubbard and Byron Robinson, both of Dallas and for which she is truly thankful. She sincerely would like to thank all of her mentors such as LPGA co- founder Marilynn Smith, former USGA President Judy Bell, William Dickey, Founder and President of Bill Dickey Scholarship Association; and George Colebrook, President of Desert Mashie Golf Association, who has encouraged , prayed and continue in support of her dream…… Roaring Lambs International Junior Golf. Gladys Lee’s Favorite Quote.
God being number one, family second, golf is my love, golf is my life.... Golf is More Than a Game!!
For additional Information Contact:
Gladys M. Lee LPGA Member Class A Mother/Friend/Teacher/Coach 214-212-9475 Coach.leelpgapro@gmail.com www.roaringlambsjrgolf.com
