Donations and Grants made in Lion’s Year 2021-22

At our May 3rd club meeting, Laci Bird of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children Texas was our guest speaker.   SJRC Texas, a non-profit organization, provides care for children affected by trauma, abuse, and neglect.  SJRC Texas offers emergency placement, therapeutic residential care, community foster care, pregnant and parenting teen services, and adoption- creating forever families…

At our 21 February club meeting, members of the Crisis Center of Comal County organization were our guest speakers.   Club members brought supplies that the Crisis Center needs to support their clientele.  And the club also donated $2000 to the Crisis Center. Crisis Center of Comal County “Our mission is to embrace survivors of crisis…

Our club donated $500 to the Toys for Tots drive held by the Navy Junior ROTC at Smithson Valley High School. NJROTC at Smithson Valley HS

At our 16 March club meeting, representatives of the PAWS 4 Hearts organization talked about the goals of their charitable organization and serving the New Braunfels and surrounding area by providing therapy dogs for physical and emotional support. President Glenn Herman presents a check for our $500 donation to PAWS 4 Hearts.  

Scouts and leaders from local Troop 119 again helped our club with our annual fund raiser at Wurstfest by participating in the operation of the Opa and Oma parking lot.  Our club donated funds raised from the parking lot operation to the troop.  Presentation of the donation was made at our 3 January club meeting.

At our 3 January club meeting, our guest speaker was Jacob Huereca, CEO of the non-profit organization Connections.   Connections started in 1981 as an organization to support at-risk youth in Comal County and has expanded to serve 17 counties with counseling, prevention programming, an emergency children’s shelter and a youth transitional living program. Connections  One…