Making Dad Famous

 

Today on the Howard Community College campus, the 4th Annual Roy Peart Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser.

From the Roy Peart Foundation Facebook page:

Support a Legacy and Our Kids!

I’m excited to share an upcoming event dedicated to honoring my father's legacy while supporting our youth. If you can’t make it to the event, please consider making a donation to help us continue this important work. Every contribution makes a difference!

Donate here: http://howardcc.edu/roypeart

Thank you for your support!

If the name Roy Peart doesn’t immediately ring a bell, I’m pretty sure that his daughter’s name will. Althea Hanson is the force behind both the Foundation and the chef/entrepreneur at the helm of Althea’s Almost Famous food truck and catering business in Howard County. Consider yourself invited to stop by HCC today to sample some of her mouthwatering cuisine and support her annual scholarship fundraiser.

Enjoy authentic Jamaican cuisine on the #HowardCC Quad (in front of HVPA) to support Althea's Almost Famous 4th Annual Roy Peart Memorial Fundraiser! The beloved Mr. Roy Peart worked at the college for 18 years, supporting students and staff. - - HCC social media 

Longtime readers of this blog know that I’ve written about Althea’s Almost Famous (possibly as many as ten times) frequently over the years. I’m a sucker for her Jamaican beef pies and I always perk up when I see that she’s going to be at the Oakland Mills Farmers’ Market or a local festival. Even better, she’s raising funds to support a scholarship for young people studying theatre, music, or dance. 

Could this be any more perfect? Of course it could: she’s honoring her father, who worked at HCC for eighteen years.

“My dad would never pass up an opportunity to sing or dance at the arts events that Howard Community College (HCC) used to put on. When he passed away, we thought about giving back to students in the arts. We knew that would have made him happy," said Althea Hanson, founder and CEO of Althea's Almost Famous, a food truck and catering business with Caribbean-inspired food. - - HCC Pathways, Fall 2022

So, stop by HCC today to pick up some delicious food to support her cause. Or, if you can’t, consider sending a donation here:

Roy Peart Memorial Scholarship

Question of the day: if you could create a scholarship to honor one of your parents, what would it be for? Or - - if someday your kids wanted to honor you with a scholarship, what do you think it might support? 

Let me know.

Village Green/Town² Comments

Dream On

 

No April fooling this year. Only dreams and fantasies. 

Imagine you have woken up to the following:

1. There are multiple HoCoLocal venues for hosting high school proms and a state of the art indoor performance venue 
2. All wrongs against Elkridge have been retroactively righted 
3. People who comment on the County Executive’s social media are kind and thoughtful 
4. Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods is completed and everyone loves it
5. All of the stores at the Mall are exactly the stores that you would pick
6. Public transportation can take you anywhere you want to go and it’s convenient and fun
7. Schools have no more capital improvement needs 
8. There’s a good supply and variety of places to live
9. People love their libraries and support them actively 
10. Ellicott City is no longer in danger of flooding

I don’t have it in me to be witty or engage in any suitable pranking today. I wonder why?

If you’d like to contribute to the list, feel free to add your suggestions in the comments. 

Village Green/Town² Comments

I had a dream last night

What a lovely dream it was

I dreamed we all were alright

Happy in a land of Oz

Why did everybody laugh

When I told them my dream

I guess they all were so far

From that kind of scene

Feeling mean

- - John Sebastian, “I Had a Dream”