St. Jude's Ranch for Children

Pre-Order Your Copy of Bear Crimbo Now

For those of you who may have missed out this past holiday, you can plan ahead for 2009 by pre-ordering your copy now.  Bear Crimbo is a delightful and heartwarming Christmas story of love, friendship, and hope between Bear Crimbo, Rita Robin, Bobby Spider, and Alfie Mouse - four friends who are helping Bear find something he lost. 

This story will touch you and remind you of the importance of expressions of love, the strength of real friendships, and how one hug can make a big difference in a child’s life.  The best part of all is that for every purchase of this book from the publisher's website, a portion of the proceeds (approximatelly $6) will go directly to St. Jude's Ranch for Children. Stock up now and you'll be helping some deserving children while making your Christmas shopping easier.

Did you purchase this book?  We'd love to hear what you think - please post a comment.

3rd Annual Buckaroo Ball Planning Well Underway!

For those of you who may not be familiar with the Buckaroo Ball, it is an event you don't want to miss!  The annual signature event for both the Bulverde and New Braunfels campuses in Texas is a western-themed evening full of spectacular dancing, auctions, dinner and more.  This year's event marks the third annual Ball and the planning committee is well on its way to making it the biggest and best yet - I'm told there will even be an Old West Casino this year!

We'll keep posting updates throughout the process so be sure to mark your calendars and check back here often to read about the latest details as well as sponsorship and ticket information.

WHAT:  3rd Annual Buckaroo Ball
WHEN: Saturday, May 30, 2009

WHERE:

Rio Cibolo Ranch in San Antonio, Texas

Got Labels? Help Us Reach Our Goal - We Are So Close!!

Good afternoon readers - guess what?  I just checked and we are VERY close to having enough Campbell's Soup Labels to get another van for our kids.  We really need your help now to bring it home (literally)! 

We are about 70% to our goal and need about 500,000 more lables. I know that sounds like a lot but you'd be surprised how fast these labels add up. In fact, I bet you have several of these items in your pantry already so I know we can do it!  Will you help us?

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

• A brief list of the items that qualify is below and the full list is here. You can also read more about the program on our website. Will you help us?
• Email this blog link to your family and friends so they can print the list and post in their home.
• Do you already collect the labels? We'd love to hear from you - how do you save the labels?  Your tip might help someone else and make it easier for them to save as well. 
• Look for the icon on the following product labels, cut them out and send them to us at the address below. 
• Keep checking back - We'll be posting updates here on our blog of how our progress is going.  Thanks in advance to all our readers - I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS!!

ELIGIBLE PRODUCT LIST (be sure to look for the icon on specially marked packages and view the full list here for more details):

• Campbell's 10 oz soups
• Campbell's Chunky Soup bowls
• Campbell's Chunky Chili bowls
• Campbell's Soup at Hand
• Campbell's Supper Bakes
• Campbell's Select Soups
• Campbell's Soup to Go
• Campbell's Beans Products
• Campbell's Low Sodium Soups
• Campbell's Kitchen Classic Soups
• Campbell's Fat Free Soups
• Campbell's Tomato Juices
• Campbell's SpaghettiOs
• Campbell's Gravies
• Campbell's Ready to Serve Suops
• Campbell's Soup and Recipe Mix (need entire box bottom panel)
• Campbell's Healthy Request Soups
• Campbell's Select Gold Label Soups
• Franco-American Gravies
• Franco-American SpaghettiOs
• Pepperidge Farm Soups
• Pepperidge Farm Breads, Croutons, Rolls & Stuffing
• Pepperidge Farm Cookies, Crackers, Goldfish Cookies, Snack Mixes
• Pepperidge Farm Frozen Garlic Breads, Cakes, Turnovers, Dumpling and Puff Pastry
• Swanson Broth
• Swanson Canned Chicken
• Selected Market Day products
• Prego Pasta Sauces (send in lid)
• V8 juices (select sizes - send in lid)
• V8 Splash and V8 Splash Smoothies (select sizes - send in lid)
• V8 VFusion 100% juice (select sizes - send in lid)
• Campbell's Food Service (various items/sizes - refer to complete list for details)

SEND LABELS TO:

St. Jude's Ranch - Campbell's Labels Program
100 St. Jude's Street
Boulder City, NV  89005