100 Year celebration to be held in Katy, Texas
Katy, Texas – The Katy Kids Festival being held at the Villagio Town Center in Cinco Ranch on October 24th will be the site of a Texas PTA Centennial celebration. Texas PTA is celebrating a milestone birthday…100 years of making every child’s potential a reality.
It was in 1896, that Mrs. Ella Caruthers Porter established the first “Mother’s Club” in Hillsboro, Texas; a club designed to bring mothers together to share ideas. “When I was little more than a child myself, I found myself the mother of three precious little girls,” Mrs. Porter said. “I was overwhelmed with the responsibility and with my utter unpreparedness of motherhood…There were few helps to be had at that time in the way of literature or printed material, so I conceived the idea of calling together a few other mothers who would no doubt be interested in child study and the betterment of the home.”
Mrs. Porter published an advertisement in the local newspaper and officially started one of the first “Mother’s Clubs” in the nation. She then went on to establish the Texas branch of the National Congress of Mothers (National PTA) in 1909, chartered at the State Fair of Texas.
This centennial year has been a remarkable birthday year for Texas PTA, starting with a huge crowd of supporters at the Texas PTA Day at the Capitol in February, and ending on an equally high note as PTA members and their families gather this month in cities and towns across the state, in Hillsboro, Texas on October 19th and in Katy, Texas to celebrate on October 24th.
Katy’s Centennial celebration invites families attending the Katy Kid’s Festival to enjoy a Texas PTA line up of arts presentations that include Story Time Theater and Drumming with Nina out of San Antonio, Dan –Egger- Belandria from Austin, Texas Mime Theater, Korean Dancers, Hip Hop dancers from URGEWORKS from Houston and local Katy performers on stage noon- 4 pm. Katy ISD Council will be conducting a bike safety check, and offering environmental awareness and recycled art activities for the children. At 2:00 pm Texas PTA President Jan Wilkerson will be on stage, Katy PTA leaders will be acknowledged and Birthday Cake donated by H-E-B will be served. Katy Kids festival also features numerous vendors, artists, fun food, and kid friendly activities offered all day long 10-6 pm
“This will be an exciting day as we celebrate our Texas PTA Centennial Birthday in Katy.” Says Jan Wilkerson, Texas PTA Board President, “My hope is that our next 100 years will be as successful and productive when it comes to advocating for our children as our first 100 years!”
This is an historical milestone for Texas PTA, and everyone is encouraged to come out to help celebrate a “Happy Birthday!” at the Katy Kids Festival being held at the Villagio Town Center, NE Corner of Westheimer Parkway and Peek Road in Cinco Ranch 77450.
