The WT Enterprise Center is starting a new program for entrepreneurs to invest in their financial leaders. The Financial Leadership program is led by Eric Alexander. He was also so successful and brilliant as the CFO for Happy State Bank that he started his own business called Six Arrows Consulting. The program begins on Feb. 20, and is a 10-month program that will provide finance leaders with group sessions and individualized coaching to explore keys to effectiveness and strategies for personal and professional growth in their vital roles. The cost is $3,000 and space is limited to 15 participants. We have already filled six spots, so please feel free to call us at 806-651-8500, or apply online at WTEnterpriseCenter.com/FinLead now before it the deadline closes on Feb. 13.
SAFER INTERNET DAY U.S.
Every year, Safer Internet Day brings tools, education, and awareness to create a safer internet for both kids and adults. From cyberbullying and identity theft to fraud and human trafficking, the internet can be a frightening place. Safer Internet Day and ConnectSafely.org aim to make the internet a better place
The annual Opportunity School Board Valentine’s Day Cookie Sale is back ready to spread a little love around Amarillo and Canyon. Surprise your sweetheart, your co-workers or your child’s teacher with two dozen delicious thumbprint cookies wrapped in a decorative box. The cookies will be delivered by volunteers anywhere in Amarillo or Canyon on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, February 14. Each box is $25. Orders must be in by Friday, February 9 at 11:59 pm.*
TWO EASY WAYS TO ORDER*:
Click here to order cookies or call Opportunity School at (806) 373-4245.
Thanks to our generous Big Cookie Sponsors, all proceeds from the cookie sales will go to benefit the children and families of Opportunity School.
If you would like to be a Big Cookie Sponsor, click here.
Thank you so much for supporting high quality early childhood education for Amarillo children!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would like to help spread the joy of cookies, you can sign up here to help deliver Valentine’s Cookies, you can sign up here! Please be sure to include your phone number in the contact information when you sign up! Click here to volunteer.
*Orders of 15 or more boxes will be eligible for the sponsor logo to be added to the insert card which is packaged with each box. If you would like to have your logo or name included, orders must be confirmed early, by January 31. Call Brandie Roberts at Opportunity School to place large orders or to assist with a sponsorship.
Jill Goodrich | Executive Director
Opportunity School | 1100 S. Harrison, Amarillo, TX 79101
Phone: 806.373.4245 | Mobile: 806.679.5015 | *:jillgoodrich@opportunityschool.com
Friend us on Facebook or visit opportunityschool.com
The WT Enterprise Center is starting a new program for entrepreneurs to invest in their financial leaders. The Financial Leadership program is led by Eric Alexander. He was also so successful and brilliant as the CFO for Happy State Bank that he started his own business called Six Arrows Consulting. The program begins on Feb. 20, and is a 10-month program that will provide finance leaders with group sessions and individualized coaching to explore keys to effectiveness and strategies for personal and professional growth in their vital roles. The cost is $3,000 and space is limited to 15 participants. We have already filled six spots, so please feel free to call us at 806-651-8500, or apply online at WTEnterpriseCenter.com/FinLead now before it the deadline closes on Feb. 13.
Amarillo Museum of Art: Check out “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” through March 17 at the Amarillo mainstay. (2200 S. Van Buren St.; 806-371-5050)
The annual Opportunity School Board Valentine’s Day Cookie Sale is back ready to spread a little love around Amarillo and Canyon. Surprise your sweetheart, your co-workers or your child’s teacher with two dozen delicious thumbprint cookies wrapped in a decorative box. The cookies will be delivered by volunteers anywhere in Amarillo or Canyon on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, February 14. Each box is $25. Orders must be in by Friday, February 9 at 11:59 pm.*
TWO EASY WAYS TO ORDER*:
Click here to order cookies or call Opportunity School at (806) 373-4245.
Thanks to our generous Big Cookie Sponsors, all proceeds from the cookie sales will go to benefit the children and families of Opportunity School.
If you would like to be a Big Cookie Sponsor, click here.
Thank you so much for supporting high quality early childhood education for Amarillo children!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would like to help spread the joy of cookies, you can sign up here to help deliver Valentine’s Cookies, you can sign up here! Please be sure to include your phone number in the contact information when you sign up! Click here to volunteer.
*Orders of 15 or more boxes will be eligible for the sponsor logo to be added to the insert card which is packaged with each box. If you would like to have your logo or name included, orders must be confirmed early, by January 31. Call Brandie Roberts at Opportunity School to place large orders or to assist with a sponsorship.
Jill Goodrich | Executive Director
Opportunity School | 1100 S. Harrison, Amarillo, TX 79101
Phone: 806.373.4245 | Mobile: 806.679.5015 | *:jillgoodrich@opportunityschool.com
Friend us on Facebook or visit opportunityschool.com
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum: Take in “Ranching Remudas,” on view through July 27. (2601 E. Interstate 40; 806-376-5181)
Join Amarillo Museum of Art and Panhandle PBS for a series of films, art and free lunch
Join Amarillo Museum of Art and Panhandle PBS for an on-campus series of films, art and free lunch each Wednesday in February in the third-floor library at the Amarillo Museum of Art, located at 2200 S. Van Buren.
This event series explores Native American perspectives on identity, storytelling, the buffalo, and more. Designed to connect the Amarillo Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” with local and national Panhandle PBS content around the Ken Burns film, “The American Buffalo,” the series is free of charge and open to the public.
Each event in the series will begin at 11:45 a.m. with a free lunch while supplies last, followed by a 12 p.m. film screening and a 12:30 p.m. gallery talk on the exhibit, “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions.” Screenings include:
February 7: Ken Burns “The American Buffalo” – Segments of the Ken Burns film tracing the mammal’s evolution, its significance to the Great Plains, and its relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.
February 14: “Strong Spirit,” Episode One – Local Panhandle PBS production featuring the Goodnight buffalo herd at Caprock Canyons State Park and how bison impact the ecosystem.
February 21: “Homecoming” – New PBS film directed by Julianna Brannum extending the story of “The American Buffalo” to present by examining the return of buffalo to Indigenous lands today, with additional new content from Panhandle PBS on Native American representation in cultural and historical institutions.
February 28: “Strong Spirit,” Episode Two – Local Panhandle PBS production exploring the way Native Americans use storytelling to pass down tribal knowledge and traditions.
For more information about “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions,” contact the Amarillo Museum of Art at (806)371-5050 or amoa@actx.edu. For more information about “The American Buffalo,” or local content like “Strong Spirit,” visit panhandlePBS.org/AmericanBuffalo.
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed at these events does not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Humanities Texas.
“In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.
Local support for “The American Buffalo” was provided by the Carol K. Engler Foundation, the Jason Roselius Memorial Foundation, and West Texas A&M University. Corporate funding for “The American Buffalo” was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and its following members: The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation fund at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierly; The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment; John and Catherine Debs; Kissick Family Foundation; Fred and Donna Seigel; Jacqueline Mars; John and Leslie McQuown; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones. Funding was also provided by The Volgenau Foundation.
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HOPE CHOICE ANNUAL BANQUET
FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024
6:30PM
Doors Open at 6:00pm
AMARILLO CIVIC CENTER
Heritage Ballroom
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED AND REQUESTED BY
FEBRUARY 5th TO ATTEND.
We hope you will join us for our Annual Banquet as we showcase the heart and vision of the ministry through the voices of those touched by Hope Choice. Because of your support , people are being filled with hope peace joy and abundant life! We will be sharing exciting news of how we are expanding territory in 2024
Please make sure to attend as we ” rejoice in the Lord” for all He’s done and will do in the coming year!