St. Jude's Ranch for Children

St. Jude's Ranch to Open Transitional Living Program in San Antonio Friday

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children is very excited to announce the opening of our Transitional Living Program Home in San Antonio, Texas on Friday, April 3, 2009. This achievement has been a long-time goal of St. Jude’s Ranch, and due to the generous $100,000 grant received from Impact San Antonio in November 2008 it will soon be a reality. The event represents a new benchmark in the care we can provide to children across Texas and marks the first campus for St. Jude's Ranch in the Alamo city.

The event will feature appetizers, non-alcoholic beverages, house tours, St. Jude’s Ranch CEO Christine Spadafor and staff, members of Impact San Antonio, community leaders and special guests, and the opportunity to meet the kids currently in the Transitional Living Program. 2009 Rey Feo’s Prime Minister and the Rey Feo Court will also make an appearance.

Be sure to check back after the event for a recap and photos!

Texas Corvette Association's 17th Annual Open Car Show Coming Soon!

Do you love cars?  I mean do you really love cars?  Then join car enthusiasts from all over the hill country Saturday, April 18th for Texas Corvette Association's 17th Annual Open Car Show - now in it's third year as an official Fiesta Event - at the Main Square in Boerne, TX.

Proceeds benefit St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.  Admission to the grounds is free ($30 if you want to register a car) and the event is one you will want to be sure to check out if you are in the area.

With over 30 registration classes, hundreds of incredible cars, thousands of visitors, a silent auction, live music, vendors and food this year’s show promises to be our biggest yet with something for everyone!

Visit www.texas-corvette-association.org and click on the car show link for all the details - we look forward to seeing you there!

 

SJRC Transition Living Program Moving to San Antonio

After winning a $100,000 grant from Impact San Antonio we are moving our Transitional Living Program from our Bulverde Campus to a new home in San Antonio, Texas.  We have chosen a home in a terrific, central location in San Antonio, and are in the process of furnishing the home and relocating our Transitional Living residents. The Transitional Living Program provides therapeutic residential care for up to 12 young adults ages 16 to 21. It offers our older children the opportunity to become productive and self-sufficient adults while teaching them how to run their own household and become fully responsible citizens in the community. Moving the Program to San Antonio allows our kids to have closer proximity to major universities and community colleges as well as vocational schools and programs.  In addition they will have more employment opportunities, the ability to learn and utilize the public transportation system and access to services and programs such as PAL, Casey Family Services, City Corp, and Good SAMM services (GED and secondary education trade programs).  Stay tuned to our blog for more details as we get ready to celebrate our grand opening!

Nascar Gets A Special Visit from Our Kids

Some lucky Ranch residents visited Nascar recently thanks to Boyd Gaming who donated the tickets.  According to the kids, they were thrilled and had a blast - we heard "It was cool!" and "I didn't know how loud it would be." from two participants.  Visit the album for some more photos.

Save Those Nickels and You Could Win Tickets to Nickelback!

Introducing Nickels for Nickelback

How many nickels do you have lying around? 94.1 KTFM’s The Woody Show with Woody and Robynne in San Antonio, TX want to know! Not only do they want to know....they want them....all of them...for KTFM’s Nickels for Nickelback benefitting St.Jude’s Ranch for Children.

We are asking 94.1 KTFM listeners and the South Texas community to collect as many nickels as they can. We only want legal U.S. nickels (no other currency -- U.S. or otherwise will be accepted).

Once you’ve rounded up all those nickels - in bags, jugs or however you can hold ‘em - we want you to bring them all to a specially designated location (to be announced at a later date) on Friday, April 10, 2009 from 6:00am - 10:00 am. We will have a money counting machine there to count all of the nickels and after all of the loot is counted... the person with the highest total (as determined by the machine) will win the Nickelback Grand Prize Package!  All the details and rules can be viewed here.  Check back soon as we'll have updates and remember to save those nickels!

WOW! Thank you so much for all your cards!

We asked and you responded - wow did you ever respond!!  As you may know, our card donation window closed recently and we received so many cards it is unbelievable.  We can't thank you enough!  We received numerous cards of all types and are making our way through everything now.  We are also updating the cards with a newer design on the back and some will feature new greeting sentiments.  Stay tuned to our blog and our website as we will be announcing how you can purchase these cards online soon!