12/24/2025
Check out this newspaper article featuring Houston Poly from 33 years ago today, December 23, 1992! Full of Christmas spirit, it shows how our journey began, and we continue to strive to bring that same spirit to our community today. ✨❤️💚
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗨𝗡
Through “Adopt a Family”
𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲
Four years ago, a Tomball resident was so impressed with the Christmas spirit of Beckendorf Junior High School students working on their “Adopt a Family” project that he asked to donate a substantial amount of money to the program.
This year, as he has every year since, William Sumner, owner of the Houston Poly Bag Corp, is contributing $10,000 to help support the 35 families assisted by the 36 third period classes at the school.
The junior high’s program started through the sponsorship of the student council five years ago, with each class supporting one family. Information was given to each class concerning their needs during the Christmas season, and students and staff brought items such as food stuffs, toys, appliances and bicycles.
The student council then supplemented the food stuffs with a $15 gift certificate for the main meat dish. The teacher and several students in the class delivered the items to the families.
Sumner, who had a daughter in junior high school at the time, asked to participate because of the way the program was handled and because he felt the program helped his daughter and other students experience the true meaning of Christmas by caring for someone less fortunate.
Sumner’s donation enabled the junior high to give each family a $107 gift certificate to buy food at Klein’s Grocery Store and a $100 gift certificate to buy clothing at Weiner’s.
𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦.
William Sumner (seated), owner of Houston Poly Bag Corp., has provided large donations to help the Beckendorf Junior High student council assist less fortunate families for four years. From left to right are Carla Spencer, student council sponsor, and 1991-92 officers Jenny Adams, Peter Murrell, Kelly Leigh, Vickie Kneen, Amanda Brown, LeighAnn Sumner, and Ashley Carpenter.
*𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 23, 1992. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.
