Tamina Community Center

About Us

Tamina Community Center was organized in August of 1998 as a non-profit organization by the state of Texas.

Located in the historic Tamina community of Montgomery County, Texas, the Center provides children, their parents and the entire community with access to valuable educational resources and other services.

1997

•  In the Summer of 1997, Shirley Grimes started the summer park program where fifteen to thirty children would meet throughout the summer. 
  

2001

•  The Tamina Community Center had it's grand opening and received new computers courtesy of Montgomery College. These computers would go on to help adults and teens in the area prepare for their GED test.
  

2002

•  Received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major from St. Paul Baptist Church in the Woodlands that was presented by Tim Melton, sportscaster from KTRK-TV Houston.

2003

•   Shirley Grimes was awarded the 'Making Things Brighter' award from Entergy.
  

2004

• In 2004, the Tamina Community Center was awarded the Savvy Award from Foley's and the Houston Chronicle, the Community Quarterback Award from the National Football League,  was featured in Parade Magazine, and received $36,000. 
•  The Tamina Community Center moved out of two bed room trailer into a new building that was donated by a group of concerned and caring men from the local area. 

2007

•  KPRC-TV awarded Mrs. Grimes the Jefferson Award for her work in the area and joins other Jefferson Award recipients such as Cesar Chavez, Barbara Bush, Bill and Melinda Gates and many others. She later traveled to Washington D.C. the following year to represent the city of Houston at the Jefferson Award National Ceremony.
  

18965 Main St, Conroe, TX 77385  |  (281) 465-4646