Thankful for Our Legacy Redux

Most of us are probably still eating Thanksgiving leftovers, so we're calling an audible and giving thanks again this week. Today we're thankful for the amazing way everyone has handled the ongoing construction at our Southwest Clinic. Our employees have come together to make sure that our patients have the best experience possible, and that everyone continues to receive the best care we know how to give.

We remain incredibly thankful for our patients and their upbeat, can-do attitudes. Our patient numbers have remained steady, a true testament to your belief in Legacy and confidence in our services. Legacy couldn't be successful without such a diverse, welcoming, and supportive group of patients, and for that we are sincerely thankful.

So let us show our appreciation for your continued patronage with new pictures of the Southwest Construction project.

We start with a room we've all come to know and perhaps even love. It's now been painted a bright, cheerful blue, so the horror movie comparisons are clearly a thing of the past.

The rooms in the previous two pictures were featured in our October 23 post (in the second to last picture). The new paint really livens them up, and you can see what I believe fancy designers call an accent wall in the middle.

A picture of the room above can be found in our post from October 28. That purple wall didn't exist back then.

Thanks for keeping up with our progress, and for checking out the new pictures. We're thankful for all of our readers, and can't wait to show you the finished product!

Thankful for Our Legacy

Legacy Community Health Services wants to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving this year! It's been a big year for us and we want to thank all the hard-working health professionals, volunteers, and Legacy employees that have helped us continue Building on our Legacy.

Here's some of the latest pictures of the Southwest Clinic in the process of being made-over:




We're so thankful for our new flooring!

Legacy Southwest Mid-Month Construction Update

The renovation of the Legacy - Southwest Clinic is moving forward, and we have a few new pictures to keep you updated on the modernization of our southwest Houston facility. None of our services have been interrupted because of the project - so, a big thanks to everyone's hard work and commitment to carrying out Legacy's mission during these renovations.

The room above may look familiar from earlier posts. It now looks much less like a horror movie set and much more like a new-and-improved clinic. Most of the walls are complete with nothing left but the new paint. Below - final work is being done to the floor to make way for the new tile. Most of the new title has already been installed.

Below, a room dries in preparation for new floor tiles.


Stay tuned for more updates on the Legacy - Southwest Clinic makeover!

Caroline Hinze completes her Girl Scout Gold Award

Left to right: All Bellaire students: Devin Barrera, 16, senior; Allie Baumgarten, 17, junior; Caroline Hinze, 16, junior; Alex Fowler, 15, sophomore; Natalie Dorman, 16, junior; Anna Hiram, 17, junior; Lessica Lartigue, 15, sophmore.

Caroline Hinze, a 16-year-old cheerleader from Bellaire High School, decided to make a doctor’s visit a more positive and fun experience, so she renovated the children’s playground area at the Legacy Southwest Clinic located at 6441 High Star.

Hinze assembled a group of family and friends and together they moved mulch, sanded and primed to get the playground facility ready for the final improvements that were completed on Oct. 22.

She needed 60 volunteer hours to complete her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor for a girl scout.

Caroline Hinze said, “I’ve been a girl scout since I was 5 years old in kindergarten. Only 5 percent of all girl scouts ever complete the Gold Award. In addition to Girl Scouts, my schedule at Bellaire High School is filled with cheerleading and Bellaire Belles. What I’ve learned is time management.”

ExxonMobil Spends Day Caring for Our Legacy

More than 5,000 volunteers have already completed more than 650 projects as part of the 2011-12 United Way Days of Caring. One of those projects took place on Thursday, November 3 at Legacy- Lyons when 35 volunteers from ExxonMobil came out to help beautify our new space. They left amazed at the difference a few plants, a lot of paint, and 60 pounds of mulch can make when paired with hard work and the determination to do something grand.

An outside bench before

An outside bench after

Volunteers spread mulch and save a tree.

Lynne Tyer gives a lunchtime presentation on Legacy. Katie Daggett also spoke.

Getting ready to paint a hallway

A freshly painted administration area.

The volunteers went through a lot of paint, y'all.


The ExxonMobil team

Deborah DeBram, our contact at ExxonMobil, called the day after her group's project to let us know that they wanted to come back and finish the job.

"We've never done this before," she said, "but we were so incredibly impressed with the services Legacy provides for the underprivileged that my group asked me if they could take a second day to finish the project. It speaks to the presentations by Katie and Lynne, and to the standards ExxonMobil sets for completing our projects, that every single employee wants to help in any way they can."

Thanks to everyone at Legacy involved with hosting this great group, and to the ExxonMobil employees for helping to make our Lyons location a warm, inviting place!