Health Wealth and Happiness Toastmasters

12/26/2025

🎁 Health, Wealth, and Happiness Toastmasters wish you a safe and happy Holiday Season and Happy New Year!!!

🎤 Our next meeting will be Friday, January 9, 2026 @ 7:15am!

✨ See you in 2026!
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Want to Communicate Confidently? Join us at our hybrid meeting, all are welcome!
📆 Fridays at 7:15am CST
🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502...
📍 Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor Conference Room: 1331 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057
📧 Email us: [email protected]

12/02/2025

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Zaida F. O'Connor, PhD, DTM for receiving the prestigious award as Distinguished Toastmaster! 🏅

Dr. Zaida is a dedicated member of Toastmasters International since 2013, and is the Chairperson of Global Gavel Youth Clubs. Her leadership roles include serving as Club President and Area & Division Director. She participates in District conferences and local events, including the Youth Leadership Project.

Dr. Zaida is currently retired after 40 years of service in education and computer science. She worked as an administrator for colleges and universities, and taught Computer Science & Office Tech courses at community colleges. She is also an author of academic research & books. Dr. Zaida has a Doctorate Degree in Computer Science and Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology and Visual Communication.

In her spare time, she loves boogie boarding, Zumba, camping, cooking, and spending time with her family, friends, and dogs. Her favorite quote is "People don’t care how much you know until you show how much you care."

11/24/2025

🦃 Health, Wealth, and Happiness Toastmasters wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!

*** Important Announcement: There will be NO meeting on Friday, November 28, 2025! ***

Our next meeting will be on Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7:15am.
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Want to Communicate Confidently? Join us at our hybrid meeting, all are welcome!
📆 Fridays at 7:15am CST
🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502...
📍 Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor Conference Room: 1331 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057
📧 Email us: [email protected]

10/23/2025

Scared Speechless?! 😱

Don't worry, there's no tricks here... just Toastmasters!

This Halloween, skip the haunted houses and join us for something even better:
🧟 A spooktacular Open House with Health, Wealth, and Happiness Toastmasters! 🧛‍♂️

You’ll enjoy:
🦇 Fun, friendly speakers
🎃 Halloween-themed Table Topics
🍬 Community, connections, and maybe candy!

Whether you’re a guest or a ghoul, you're welcome to join the fun! 👻

📅 When: Friday, October 31 @ 7am CST
📍 In-Person: Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor, 1331 Augusta Dr., Houston, TX 77057
💻 Virtual: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502?pwd=L1hST0toYnpFNVphQnNNcTFUaGJwUT09
🎭 Costumes welcome (but totally optional!)

06/30/2025

🎉District 56 of Toastmasters International held its End of the Year-Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the South Shore Harbour Country Club in League City, TX! 🎊

🏅Toastmasters from all around the community gathered to celebrate their personal and club achievements. Members of the Health, Wealth, and Happiness Club were honored with awards. It was a fun and motivating celebration! 🏆

⭐️ We are looking forward to another successful year! ⭐️
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Want to Communicate Confidently? Join us at our hybrid meeting, all are welcome!
📆 Fridays at 7:15am CST
🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502...
📍 Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor Conference Room: 1331 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057
📧 Email us: [email protected]

06/30/2025

🗽In observance of Independence Day, there will be no meeting on Friday, July 4th.

Have a safe, fun, and enjoyable holiday!

Our next meeting will be on Friday, July 11th at 7:15am CST.
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Want to Communicate Confidently? Join us at our hybrid meeting, all are welcome!
📆 Fridays at 7:15am CST
🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502?pwd=L1hST0toYnpFNVphQnNNcTFUaGJwUT09
📍 Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor Conference Room: 1331 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057
📧 Email us: [email protected]

05/07/2025

Health tip for the day!

04/03/2025

🎉🌹Congratulations to Arlene Rose for taking 3rd Place in the Humorous Speech Contest and representing our Health Wealth and Happiness Toastmasters Club at the Division R, Area Contest on Saturday, March 29, 2025!! Well done!! 🌹🎉

03/15/2025

Come support our Club Speech Contest winners at the District 56, Division R Area Speech Contest! 🎉
📆 When: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 8:30am-3:30pm
📍 Where: Trini Mendenhall Community Center, Room 206: 1414 Wirt Road, Houston, Texas, 77055

🎙 International Speech Contestant, Rashmi Kelkar
🎙 Humorous Speech Contestant, Nurse Rose

⭐️Their speeches are captivating and inspiring! You won't want to miss this Area Contest!
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Want to Communicate Confidently? Join us at our hybrid meeting, all are welcome!
📆 Fridays at 7:15am CST
🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502...
📍 Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor Conference Room: 1331 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057
📧 Email us: [email protected]

03/05/2025

📢 Health Wealth and Happiness Toastmasters recently held our Club Speech Contest on Friday 2/28/2025!

🎉 It was a great success- THANK YOU to our Contest Chair- Brent Jatko, for organizing the event, and to all the judges, functionaries, participants, and guests!!!

🏆 International Speech Contest, First Place: Rashmi Kelkar
🏆 Humorous Speech Contest, First Place: Nurse Rose
🏆 Humorous Speech Contest, Second Place: Kristen Gutierrez
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Want to Communicate Confidently? Join us at our hybrid meeting, all are welcome!
📆 Fridays at 7:15am CST
🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502...
📍 Trotter Family YMCA, 3rd Floor Conference Room: 1331 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas, 77057
📧 Email us: [email protected]

02/13/2025

Fellow Toastmasters and Guests:
Our meeting on Friday, February 14th at 7:15 am CST will be on Zoom ONLY.

🖥 Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96718230502?pwd=L1hST0toYnpFNVphQnNNcTFUaGJwUT09

Questions?
📧 Email us: [email protected]

01/31/2025

Tony Robbins Time to Rise Summit this week. It is free. Here is a link to more information. As the founder of Health Wealth and Happiness Toastmasters, I find it very important to learn to reach your full potential. Tony Robbins will help you do that. Fortunately, you can watch the recordings of the Time to Rise Summit first two days. Third Day Live is on Feb 1st.

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