Thank you Takeda for making a HUGE difference in the lives of our kids!! The following comes to us from Erika Curtis our Community Relations Coordinator in Texas:
"I recently went to the Westin at La Cantera to speak to about 60 of Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America’s top sales reps. I gave them a brief overview of who we are and what we do and all of our programs. They were gathered for a retreat and decided to do a service project for SJRC again for the 4th year. They made Christmas bins for every kid here in Texas . Each bin was decorated and personalized for our kids and full of games, toys, puzzles, and hygiene products.
Following this event, they then came to the New Braunfels Campus and delivered all the bins, took a tour and met our little kids and Pregnant and Parenting teen moms and their new babies. They loved being able to see firsthand what an amazing job we are doing with our kids and what a powerful difference we are making in their lives.
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As you have probably read in previous posts, St. Jude's Ranch for Children enjoys a wonderful relationship with Texas Corvette Association in San Antonio, TX. Each year the club holds their annual car show in April and proceeds are donated to the Texas campuses of St. Jude's Ranch for Children. This year's April show was profiled in the November issue of Corvette Enthusiast Magazine and SJRC was mentioned! The three page article includes a great history of the show and what it's all about as well as some amazing photographs. You don't want to miss this one! Read more about it here and download the article in PDF.
Saturday, August 29th was an exciting day at our campus in New Braunfels, TX. Over 40 Valero volunteers descended on the Emergency Shelter and made a very large impact! The group did arts and crafts activities with the children, read books, played games and then got to work. They cleaned and scrubbed the learning and play areas in the activity building, organized the donation room and the clothing closet and then proceeded to clean out and reorganize the curriculum room. What an incredible group and what amazing results!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Here's a few more comments from their project leader to our community relations coordinator Erika:
Erika,
Everyone had a really great time for such a wonderful organization. you all have a nice facility and the children there are lucky to have you all. Thanks for letting us spend some time helping.
If you haven't been, you need to plan on attending this year's For the Love of Kid's and Harley's. It's a foot-stomping, heart-pounding Texas night full of fun, great music and incredible people all for a great cause! Click here for more information and be sure to get your tickets now! Stay tuned to our blog for more details!
The St. Jude's Ranch for Children Gift Shop's latest Afternoon Delight performance in our summer series was a huge
success! Sadly, it is also the last one of the summer. We were fortunate to have the
lovely husky yet sultry sounds of blues songstress Coren Zai. An exceptional
vocal coach in her own right, this little lady charmed the afternoon. With a
little rain as her backdrop the setting couldn't have been more perfect. Customers shopped and enjoyed
coffee compliments of Colorado River Coffee. We had a great time and couldn’t have asked for a better closing to a summer series. Thank you to all who participated and supported this series. Have a great rest of the summer!
