Fort Bend ISD August 2023

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year of impacting their schools and empowering others to follow their lead of serving others. Students will be meeting monthly and coming up with new ways to impact where they are and to encourage others to do the same. Fort Bend ISD Athletics is truly Building Tomorrow’s Future Today! If you would like to know more about this program, please reach out to the Athletic Department and we would love to share more with you. There are many ways in which you can partner with us to help support these amazing leaders. Special thanks to Katie Anselmo and her team for giving life to this project that was inspired by the Director of Athletics of FBISD, Dena Scott. We can’t wait to see what impact these student athletes will make this year, and we can’t wait till next summer when we get to do it again!

them in ways they haven’t ever imagined. The day was capped off by each of the 12 schools coming together to build beds for families in need. FBISD Athletics partnered with Cultivating Families to learn about the need for providing beds for kids within the foster care program. With their help, these amazing students and their coaches took lumber that was donated from Home Depot in Sugar Land and worked together to build 15 beds so that kids within the foster care system could have a place to sleep. With many of the student athletes never having used a power tool before, they bonded together to assemble beds in what was a highlight they will remember for life. The work isn’t done! Now these leaders will head back to their schools to help continue to build the culture of serving and leading. This amazing day is a launchpad for what will be an amazing

field is just as important as what you do on the field. By encouraging the student athletes to dig deep into their own potential and being able to lean on their team and teammates, they can bring out the best in themselves and each other. Following a most excellent Company located in Sugar Land, the group came back together to learn from the one and only, Chip Baker. Using his background of being a former teacher and coach, he knew exactly how to capture their attention. His message was heard loud and clear. It called the student athletes to Live, Learn, Serve, and Inspire! It is safe to say that the student athletes were empowered after hearing from him to Go Get It. With his words of committing your life to be bigger than just yourself, each of the participates were asked to do something that would impact food break provided by Jupiter Waffle & Pizza

ON WEDNESDAY JULY 26, OVER 120 STUDENT ATHLETES FROM ALL 12 OF FORT BEND ISD HIGH SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER. Selected by their respective campus coaches, these young people gave up some of their summer vacation to attend a day of learning about ways to impact the world by using tools that they already have. Each one of them have a platform for being an athlete that helps influence everyone whom they encounter. The morning started off with a great message of hope, encouragement, and useful information on what it takes to develop their character with inspiration from Stephan Mackey. He is the founder of the dynamic program called 2Words, which is a staple within all FBISD’s Athletic Programs. Using two simple words, Mackey stresses the fact that what you do off the