Clint Capela helps Ser Niños Elementary students pick out toys for the holidays.
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Clint Capela helps Ser Niños Elementary students pick out toys for the holidays.
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Ser Niños students pose with their new coloring books from the Nan Cares Toy Drive.
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Ser Niños students pose with their new coloring books from the Nan Cares Toy Drive.
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Nancy Almodovar helps kids pick out new toys.
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Nancy Almodovar helps kids pick out new toys.
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Clint Capela and Nancy Almodovar spread holiday cheer.
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Clint Capela and Nancy Almodovar spread holiday cheer.
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The Chris Paul Family Foundation, Academy Sports, and the Urban Enrichment Institute gifted new bikes and helmets to 200 children.
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The Chris Paul Family Foundation, Academy Sports, and the Urban Enrichment Institute gifted new bikes and helmets to 200 children.
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The Chris Paul Family Foundation, Academy Sports, and the Urban Enrichment Institute gifted new bikes and helmets to 200 children.
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The Chris Paul Family Foundation, Academy Sports, and the Urban Enrichment Institute gifted new bikes and helmets to 200 children.
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Charles Paul, Urban Enrichment Institute executive director Charles L. Savage, and Robin Paul
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More than 30 members of Chris Paul’s family joined the fun, and many flew in from Paul’s hometown in North Carolina to participate.
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More than 30 members of Chris Paul’s family joined the fun, and many flew in from Paul’s hometown in North Carolina to participate.
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Charles Paul, Urban Enrichment Institute executive director Charles L. Savage, and Robin Paul
Christmas got a little brighter for a few hundred Houston kids who nabbed presents from Rockets stars Clint Capela and Chris Paul this holiday season. The former teamed up with luxury realtor Nancy Almodovar of Nan & Company Properties for her fourth annual “Nan Cares” Toy Drive, donating more than 600 toys to children at Gulfton-area charter school Ser Niños Elementary.
Capela and Almodovar personally delivered the goods on Dec. 18. That weekend, point guard Chris Paul’s charity, the Chris Paul Family Foundation, partnered with Academy Sports to surprise 200 children ages 5-11 with new bicycles and helmets. Though CP3 couldn’t be there himself, more than 30 of his family members (including parents Charles and Robin) joined in the good cheer, and most flew in from Paul’s hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to participate.
The gifting took place at the Urban Enrichment Institute—formerly the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program—which has worked closely with Paul’s foundation in the past. UEI is designed to empower boys to become responsible men and productive members of their families and communities.
Later that night, the Rockets won their game against the Spurs, 108-101. Happy holidays, indeed.
Abby Ledoux traded Canada’s border for Mexico’s when she moved to Texas from northwestern Vermont in November 2017 to join the staff at Houstonia.
An alumna of Emerson College’s journalism program in Boston, Abby was previously associate editor of three weekly newspapers in her home state of Vermont. There, she covered everything from Bernie Sanders to the heroin epidemic and won numerous state and regional awards for her work, including the Vermont Press Association’s 2014 Rookie of the Year. She was also an investigative reporting fellow at the New England First Amendment Coalition.
Today, Abby is excited to explore Houston’s vibrant, diverse culture (and shopping scene). Aside from fashion and design, she’s passionate about politics, hip hop and Mexican food. She believes leopard is a neutral and red lipstick can fix almost anything.
