2011 Events Announced
Serving Fort Bend County Youth with Integrity and Compassion
Mission Statement
At Fort Bend Cares our mission is to financially support organizations and programs that serve Fort Bend County with an emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
Fort Bend Cares Names Jill Curtis Executive Director
Fort Bend Cares is pleased to announce our 2011 Dinner Party on February 12, 2011 and our Golf Classic on April 11, 2011.
Plans are already underway for two great events.
2010 Fort Bend Cares Grant Recipients
- Big Brothers-Big Sisters-Fort Bend
- Casa de Esperanza - Fort Bend
- Child Advocates of Fort Bend County
- Communities in Schools
- DePelchin Children's Center
- East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry
- ESCAPE Family Resource Center
- Fort Bend Community Partners Rainbow Room
- Fort Bend Family Health Center
- Fort Bend Lawyers Care
- Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse
- Fort Bend Women's Center
- Memorial Hermann Foundation
- Parks Youth Ranch
- Pooh's Panda Special Needs Academy
- S.I.R.E.
- Soaring Eagles Ministries
- YMCA of Greater Houston Area
Jim Rice, Chairman of the Fort Bend Cares Board of Directors, announced the appointment of Jill Curtis as the charitable foundation’s first Executive Director. “We are excited to be taking this step forward for Fort Bend Cares. Jill has the leadership and organizational skills to guide this organization in the future,” said Rice.
Jill has served on the Board of Directors since the organization’s inception in 2004 and has chaired the Grant Committee for the past two years. She has volunteered extensively in leadership positions at Fort Bend ISD and numerous non-profit organizations such as Fort Bend Education Foundation, Child Advocates, Alzheimer’s Association, and Habitat for Humanity and with local churches.
“I am honored to have been selected as the Foundation's first Executive Director,” said Curtis “and I look forward to working with our Board of Directors and our committed volunteers in an expanded capacity to serve our community."
Fort Bend Cares was founded six years ago by long time residents of Fort Bend County who sought to assist numerous charitable organizations that were addressing the needs of disadvantaged youth in our county. Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations that support children and youth in areas dealing with physical, health, educational, recreational and emotional needs. Since its origin, Fort Bend Cares has bestowed grants totaling approximately $570,000.
Jill has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel Management from Cornell University. She and her husband, Sandy Curtis, an environmental attorney with Chevron, have lived in Sugar Land since 1990. They have two children, Alycia, age 21 and Brian, age 19.
“I am honored to have been selected as the Foundation's first Executive Director,” said Curtis “and I look forward to working with our Board of Directors and our committed volunteers in an expanded capacity to serve our community."
