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January/February 2011

61st Harvest Party Raises $527,500 for Houston Bar Foundation

The 61st Harvest Party, co-sponsored by the Houston Bar Association, Houston Bar ssociation Auxiliary and Houston Bar Foundation, raised $527,500 in underwriting to benefit the Foundation, the charitable arm of the association. The event was held November 15 at River Oaks Country Club, with more than 1,000 HBA members and their guests in attendance. HBA Treasurer Brent Benoit of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell and HBF Chair Kent W. "Rocky" Robinson of Andrews Kurth LLP served as event co-chairs. The Houston Bar Foundation is now in its 28th
year of service to the legal community and the profession. The Foundation's primary beneficiary is the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, which provides thousands of hours of pro bono legal representation to low-income Harris County residents each year.


From left, Kathy Redden, president of the Houston Bar Association Auxiliary; Kim Kelly; T. Mark
Kelly, president of the Houston Bar Association; Debbie Robinson; and Rocky Robinson, 2010
chair of the Houston Bar Foundation.


Photo by Temple Webber Photography