Community Builders: Gail Longmore-Chung

The work of many women who help to build our community often go unnoticed. I will be doing a series of blogs to recognize the work of some exceptional women in my community and their impact on my life.

If you look up the word “hardworking” in the dictionary, you may see a picture of Gail Longmore- Chung. This lady is constantly working no matter what the time of day. She gives her time and energy generously to the Caribbean Community. She is actively involved in organizations such as the Jamaica Foundation of Houston, the Montego bay Domino Club, the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce.

Ms Longmore- Chung is also very family oriented and she extends her motherly love to many young people in the Caribbean Community. When I first met Ms Chung, she was one of the people who constantly called me to check up on my progress through college, always alerting me of opportunities for community service, connecting me to resourceful people, sharing advice on how to get things done.

Ms Longmore-Chung is the person that is constantly working behind the scenes while you are sleeping to make sure that things appear to go smoothly during an event. Her commitment to civic responsibilities has earned her the respect  of the Caribbean community in Houston. She ensures that new members of organizations like the Domino Club on which she has served as an executive board member, experience the warm hospitality of the group and stay connected through community service activities and projects. Ms Longmore-Chung is the type of person who will go the extra mile to ensure that new members of the domino club are surrounded with supportive people and are treated like members of her own family, which is the general atmosphere of the Missouri City Domino Club.

As someone who has benefitted from her kindness, I just want to recognize her efforts and let her know how much she is appreciated not only by me but by all the other people whose lives she has touched.