LOCAL Houston | The City Guide APRIL 2016 | Page 11

The City of Pearland opened a 7,000 linear-foot nature trail extension to the city’s recreational Trail System. The trail provides a location for environmental education and a place for residents to enjoy nature at its best. www.pearlandtx.gov Photography by Lindsey Taylor April 30 – 11th Annual Houston NAMIWalks, benefiting the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Houston. The family-friendly 5K walk will bring together as many as 3,000 participants starting at 8:30am at Sam Houston Park, 1000 Bagby Street. Individual and team advance registration is now open at www.namiwalks.org/greaterhouston. Proceeds fund NAMI’s free programs to help individuals and families dealing with both adult and childhood mental illnesses. If an unplanned Spring Break last month gave you an idea of what summer vacation could look like without proper planning, Sarah Gish’s The Summer Book Online is going to save your sanity and save your kids from impending boredom. The popular, highly anticipated guide is the largest, accurate, searchable database in the city. The online directory is chock full of day camps covering subjects as diverse as robotics, invention, video game design, foreign languages, piano, soccer, surfing, chess and creative writing. www.thesummerbook.com april 16 | L O C A L 11