Join us as we celebrate "Lee's" Birthday and Retirement from Medical City Hospital after Twenty Years of Service in the Health Industry. At the NMWHM Pam Grier Community Garden - 3534 East Berry Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76105 from 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm. To RSVP please call 817-922-9999 or email at info@cowboysofcolor.org

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A WORKSHOP FOR ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS
This seminar will give you effective tools for caregiving and communicating with a loved one with dementia. You will also learn causes of certain behaviors and some of the best ways to cope with them.

Saturday, February 11, 2012
2: 00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
3400 Mount Vernon Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76113
info@cowboysofcolor.org

National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum is affiliated with the Let's Move Museums and Let's Move Gardens national project led by First Lady Michelle Obama

Actress Pam Grier lends her name to western heritage museum

The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum has named its first garden in honor of 1970s' film star Pam Grier.

Groundbreaking on the Pam Grier Community Garden, which will be part of the museum's new site at 3520 E. Berry St. in Fort Worth, as held on July 23, 2011, in conjunction with the museum’s celebration of the National Day of the American Cowboy. The garden will feature a variety of vegetables and flowers that will be used to nourish and beautify the surrounding community.

"We feel very fortunate to have been able to share our vision with Ms. Grier and partnering with her on our mutual vision of empowering the youth in the community by teaching them the benefits of healthy eating and providing a hands-on experience that will teach them how to take control of their own health and wellness when it comes to food and nutrition," said museum Executive Director Gloria Austin in a statement.

Presently located at 3400 Mount Vernon Ave. in Fort Worth, the museum currently is under way with a capital campaign to raise funds for its planned move to the nine-acre site that also will feature prairie lands and walking trails.

"The expansion of the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum has been a passion and commitment of ours for a long time," said museum co-founder Jim Austin. "To have Pam Grier share that enthusiasm and lend her name to the community garden adds a tremendous amount of appeal to the museum’s future facility."

The museum features displays on prominent figures in American history, including African American, Native American and European trailblazers from the Old West and the Buffalo Soldiers. The museum's Hall of Fame acknowledges the contributions of those individuals.