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Odessa, Texas/August 4, 2023-Bring the kids and the entire family to the Odessa Police Department’s Annual Block Party, Saturday, August 5th from 10am to 2pm at Floyd Gwin Park located at 10th and North County Rd. West.
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Odessa, Texas/August 1, 2023-The Odessa Chamber of Commerce along with Chevron and other sponsors held the 8th annual 2023-2024 New Teacher Welcome for Ector County ISD. Over 60 businesses, banks, various church representatives and other organizations helped welcome the new educators.
(Grayson Hankins, President of the Board of Directors-Odessa Chamber of Commerce/Odessa, Texas)
Erica Belanger is a former banker, and now a first-year 4th grade teacher at Burnett Elementary. She’s excited about being able to bring her real-life experiences as a banker to the classroom to help her students succeed.
(Erica Belanger, New Teacher-4th Grade/Burnett Elementary-ECISD/Odessa, Texas)
At the beginning of the week, Ector County ISD held the New Teacher University. This is ECISD’s orientation for new teachers that are new to the school district.
(Scott Muri, Superintendent of Schools-Ector County ISD/Odessa, Texas)
Approximately 200 international teachers from 26 countries were welcomed at the Odessa Chamber of Commerce-Chevron reception at the MCM ELEGANTE HOTEL & FUNDOME.
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Odessa, Texas/August 1, 2023-Adam Lucio is a tennis coach at Odessa College and an Adaptive Sports Athlete. He was injured at 5 months and got his first wheelchair at the age of 4. Today, Adam is involved in several sports: Baseball, Basketball and football.
(Adam Lucio, Tennis Coach-Odessa College/Odessa, Texas)
Adam Lucio and his teammate Edward Gonzales are currently playing at the Wheelchair Softball World Series in Chicago with the Houston Hot Wheels, part of the National Wheelchair Softball Federation. 24 teams from across the globe are represented in the Wheelchair Softball World Series.
(Adam Lucio, Tennis Coach-Odessa College/Odessa, Texas)
The softball is larger than a regular softball to allow the Adaptive Athlete to maneuver the sports wheelchair effectively.
(Adam Lucio, Tennis Coach-Odessa College/Odessa, Texas)
Edward Gonzales, Adam’s teammate encourages others that are confined to a wheelchair to come out and become Adaptive Athlete.
(Edward Gonzales, Adaptive Sports Athlete-Odessa, Texas)
Adam Lucio and Edward Gonzales are also Adaptive Athletes with the Wheelchair Football League in direct partnership with the NFL, associated with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Odessa, Texas/July 30, 2023-On Saturday, July 29th, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Odessa held its monthly food distribution event. Cars began lining up at 7:30am from the Church’s west parking lot around Tanglewood street. Westminster Presbyterian Church provides this service to those in need within the city and county.
(John Wamsley, Pastor-Westminster Presbyterian Church/Odessa, Texas)
The food distribution event is scheduled on the last Saturday of the month with the exception for Thanksgiving and Christmas, food boxes are given out prior to the holidays. The boxes are loaded up on Thursday prior to the event.
(John Wamsley, Pastor-Westminster Presbyterian Church/Odessa, Texas)
Westminster Presbyterian Church members and volunteers from across the community that included a former University president, educators and employees from the local school district came out to help with the food box distribution event.
(Lesia Young, Volunteer-Westminster Presbyterian Church Food Box Distribution Event/Odessa, Texas)
(Barbie Dunston, Volunteer-Westminster Presbyterian Church Food Box Distribution Event/Odessa, Texas)
There is a registration form process that includes providing an ID and income status that can be taken while in the line.
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Odessa, Texas/July 28, 2023-The Odessa Chamber of Commerce hosted HOME TO TEXAS, an internship program created by the University of Texas at Austin was held at the Odessa Marriott. The fulltime internship program began in 2019 and is designed to bring young UTA students back to their communities.
(Dustin Harris, Senior Program Coordinator-Home to Texas Internship Program-University of Texas at Austin/Austin, Texas) This year, 7 different community members were interviewed in different categories such as: Municipal Court, Customer Service, and a School System to sponsor internships for local UT Austin students.
(Dustin Harris, Senior Program Coordinator-Home to Texas Internship Program-University of Texas at Austin/Austin, Texas)
Savannah Muñiz has a passion for science and is a 2d year Biochemistry and 2nd year Sophomore student at UT Austin and plans to go to medical school and seek a career in Oncology. Savannah is an intern through the HOME TO TEXAS program at the Odessa Marriott.
(Savannah Muñiz, 2d year Biochemistry and 2nd year Sophomore-University of Texas at Austin/Austin, Texas)
Aksahathh Mukkera is a Biochemistry student at UT Austin and is a full-time intern at the Odessa Chamber of Commerce.
(Aksahathh Mukkera, Biochemistry student -University of Texas at Austin/Austin, Texas)
William Cole is Government student with an emphasis on Political theory at the University of Texas at Austin. William is an intern in the City Attorney’s Office in Big Spring and plans to go to law school after taking a break after graduation.
William Cole, Government student with an emphasis on Political Theory-University of Texas at Austin/Austin, Texas)
HOME TO TEXAS and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce presented certificates to all full-time interns who engaged in the program.
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Odessa, Texas/July 28, 2023-Odessa College held the official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Odessa College Downtown Phase 1 project. The special event began at 8am with a light breakfast followed by the ceremony. The new downtown site will be open to the public starting on Tuesday, August 1st.
(Jaqui Gore, Vice President Advancement, Business and Governmental Relations-Odessa College/Odessa, Texas)
Odessa College Downtown was designed for entertainment and education and includes two stages and an amphitheater, a splash pad, seating areas, and parking for food trucks.
(Jaqui Gore, Vice President, Business and Governmental Relations-Odessa College/Odessa, Texas)
Long time residents of Odessa, have always heard-” You raise your family in Midland, and you raise hell in Odessa.” Mayor Joven believes that this attitude is slowly changing due to partnerships with Odessa College, the City of Odessa, the ODC and the Medical Center Health System and other institutions changing the image of Odessa.
(Javier Jove, Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas)
Odessa College is experiencing 8 thousand plus in college enrollment. Odessa College Downtown will be a location that OC students can enjoy and generate more enrollment growth.
(Gregory Williams, President-Odessa College/Odessa, Texas)
Phase 2 will be the Odessa College Business and Entrepreneur Center. The project is now in progress raising funds.
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