Houston, TX (May 21, 2008) – The McReynolds Middle School students who participated in the Yellow Cab/Taxis Fiesta mentoring program celebrated a year of hard work and achievements with dinner, a Houston Astros home game and a Dynamo home game, thanks to the program’s community partners, Mambo Seafood and the Houston Astros.
Established in 2005, the Yellow Cab and Taxis Fiesta mentoring program matches at-risk students with a Yellow Cab or Taxis Fiesta staff member as a mentor. During the school year, the mentor and student meet biweekly for lunch. The mentors identify the students’ needs, and arrange for tutoring if needed. Their main goal is to inspire the students to seek a brighter future. “We are very proud of the students in our mentoring program,” said Robert Rugg, president of Yellow Cab. “It is gratifying to see them develop study skills and habits as well as an appreciation for how education can benefit their lives.”
On Tuesday, May 20, the 90 students who completed the program joined their mentors for dinner, compliments of Mambo Seafood Restaurant. Then they were treated to Minute Maid Park tour, which was arranged for and underwritten by Don Sanders of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc., a Houston-based financial services holding company. To conclude the evening, the group enjoyed great seats, donated by the Houston Astros, for the home game against the Chicago Cubs.
Mambo Seafood Restaurant, sponsor of the May 31st Houston Dynamo home game against the New York Red Bulls, generously donated 100 tickets to the students and their mentors. Yellow Cab is the official transportation sponsor of the Houston Dynamo.
About Yellow Cab
Yellow Cab is Houston’s only computer dispatched taxi fleet. With more than 1,200 independent contractor-operated cabs in the Houston area, Yellow Cab’s taxi service is available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. All cabs are equipped with digital cameras as well as Global Positioning Systems. For more information, visit www.yellowcabhouston.com.
