Summer in the Shops...

Here is some summer advice from our citizens...

 Wear bright colors...

 Keep drinking that water...

 Keep your friends near..

 Focus on your work...

 Work with a smile...

 Spread our story with visitors...

 Help your friends...

 Teachers make your day even better...

And take time to sit on the porch swing!

New Gallery Furniture Showroom to Host Store and Classroom for Brookwood!

On Tuesday, June 3rd, Jim "Mack" McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture, officiated at the groundbreaking for the newest store to be built in Richmond, Texas.  At this event, Mack announced that this new furniture showroom will host a classroom for day citizens and a store for the citizens to sell their products!

The Brookwood Handbell Choir, along with many Brookwood citizens and staff members were on hand for the groundbreaking.  Brookwood founder, Yvonne Tuttle Streit and Executive Director Vivian Streit Shudde were part of the program, with Mrs. Streit helping shovel the first dirt with a golden shovel.

Furniture Gallery is hoping to open this store in late November or early December. The store will also include a full service restaurant, an indoor playground and tree house for children, and a full-service moving company.

Below are some pictures from the morning's festivities:

 The Brookwood Handbell Choir performs

Citizens carried the flags while the Handbell Choir played our 

National Anthem.

 The groundbreaking took place with golden shovels

Mrs. Streit and Mr. McIngvale chat after the ground breaking ceremony.

Thank you Mack and Gallery Furniture for this unique opportunity!

Our Horticulture Enterprise Keeps Busy Year-Round...

There are so many jobs in our Horticulture Shop that our citizens handle so well!

Here are some of them:

 Sorting packets

Moving plants

 Growing beautiful flowers

 Keeping the Retail Greenhouse fully stocked

 

Taking plant clippings to grow more plants and sorting more seed packets

 Planting new plants

Labeling the plants

And helping around the shop!

We are so proud of our citizens and all their hard work!

This Says it All...

 Our Gift Shop in Brookshire is full of treasures from our citizens 

ready and waiting for you!

Church Without Walls...

St. Peter's United Methodist Church included Brookwood once again as part of their "Church Without Walls," where members venture out into the community for fellowship and service.  The Worship center was full of music all morning, followed by a reception in the Cafetorium.

Have you visited our Old Town Spring Store?

I was able to drop in a couple of weeks ago and I was so impressed!  It is a lovely store

with so many great Brookwood gifts and plants to offer.

Our staff is ready to serve you!

 The lovely garden area shows off our citizens' plants and garden statuary.

This handsome display cabinet showcases some of our pottery and stonecasted items.

You will find all of this at:

Brookwood at Old Town Spring

318 Gentry

Spring, TX  77373

Call 281-288-9114 for hours.

The Ripple Effect...

It only takes one person to make a difference...

Please invite your friends out to visit Brookwood soon!  

                                                                           

Behind the scenes...

Our staff take on supporting roles daily with our citizens.  Below are some pictures of our staff...

Helping to stock our Garden Center, behind our Gift Shop...

Assisting with production...

Offering a comforting hug...

Keeping up with orders in Shipping...

Developing new products for the citizens to work on...

And offering a helping hand in the work shops!

Please call 281-375-2100 to make reservations for tours and lunch.  

And be sure to shop in our beautiful Gift and Garden Center!

 Remember, all purchases support our citizens!

Do you remember this?

This is the "Old Farm House," from Brookwood's early days...

While this building is gone, I am pretty sure we still have the same old trees!  This will take some of you back to the origins of Brookwood, founded in 1985.

To read more about our beginnings,visit this webpage:                                                                                                   http://www.brookwoodcommunity.org/about/community-history/

Do you hear what I hear?

I hope you have all had the opportunity to hear the wonderful Brookwood Handbell Choir in performance!  Their work is so uplifting.

The Brookwood Handbell Choir at the Brookwood Worship Center.

Led by Joyce Henderson, they have performed at many venues, including at a Houston Astros game, at the Houston Symphony, at the Houston Grand Opera, at many area churches, at Brookwood (of course!) and at other locations in the Houston area.

To learn more about them, check out their webpage at:
     http://www.brookwoodcommunity.org/community-life/the-handbell-choir/

Bees Buzz Through Brookwood Campus...

According to the Houston Chronicle, scientists are excited about bees making a comeback...We can attest to that, as we witnessed our second recent bee colony passing through the Brookwood grounds.  Here, the bees collected on an electrical box in a formation known as "bearding."  (Thanks to Brookwood Teacher 

Hunter Hamilton for that term, as he showed me the latest bee colony moving through!)  

Our maintenance team roped off the area to keep citizens, staff or 

guests from getting too close to these travelers.

It is easy to see why this formation of passing bees is called "bearding."

To read the recent article from the Houston Chronicle online, follow the link below:

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/Scientists-abuzz-over-bee-rebound-5486833.php

Brookwood Citizens Star in Golf Event Video!

You may have heard that your favorite citizen recently took part in a video session in our

Worship Center.  Rosie Israel and Chris Martin, videographers from 1.618 Designs, are making a 

Pro-Bono Golf Event Video to encourage more folks to participate in that important fundraiser

and the citizens are playing an important part in that video!

 Volunteer assistant Dana working with citizen Chelsea during the video shoot, 

while Rosie operates the video camera.

 Rosie videotaping the citizens

Chris working the sound for the session.

We are so thankful to have such wonderful community members
who volunteer their time and talents to help the Brookwood citizens!

...Keep posted for a future link to this video.  It's going to be great!

Brookwood Volunteer Association Hosts Citizens & Staff for Lunch...

The Brookwood Volunteer Association held their annual business meeting and lunch for the citizens and staff of Brookwood on Tuesday, May 13th.  Showing their appreciation, the citizens performed a play called "Elvis Has Left the Building...and the Volunteers Have Arrived!"  

 BVA President Gloria Hogue greeting the volunteers.

 Grant impersonating Elvis

 Jenny dancing with the other ladies in the "Screaming Fans" Group

 Vicki Elvis performing another song

Below are pictures of the citizens with friends and family members of the Volunteer Association...

Thank you to all of our wonderful Volunteers for a
lovely luncheon and for all you do for Brookwood!