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Join us for a Cocktail Fundraising Party Benefiting the Education Francaise Greater Houston

EFGH & Catherine Couturier Cocktail Fundraiser

 

Education Française Greater Houston & Catherine Couturier Gallery

are pleased to invite you to a 

Cocktail Fundraising Party

Friday, November 30 from 7 to 9pm

 

French Education Greater Houston (EFGH) is a Texan nonprofit organization 501c(3), founded in 2010 by a group of volunteer parents. Its primary purpose is to provide extra curriculum affordable French language education programs for children aged 4 to 16 years old within Houston Independent School District and surrounding districts.

The cost of entrance is $30 per person for non-members, and $20 for EFGH members. All money raised will benefit the EFGH Annual Fund.

Payment by cash or check at site upon arrival.

Henry Cartier-Bresson Rue Mouffetard

Henri Cariter-BressonRue Mouffetard, 1954

Gelatin silver print; signed, printed c. 1995; 14 x 11 inches

 

Catherine Couturier Gallery opened in 1996, and has since evolved into the premier photography gallery in Houston, with a specialization on mid-century French street photography and portraits of children. The gallery will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of photographs during the evening to the EFGH Annual Fund.

Cocktails will be served by a mixologist bartender and offered by our sponsor Pisco Porton. 

Reservations and questions: fundraising@efghouston.org

 

EFGH Pisco Porton

 

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