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 Youth and One Family at a Time
Our club donated $1000 to Connections.
At our 17 August meeting, our club donated $200 to the Ronald McDonald House of San Antonio.
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 1 March club meeting, Nate Raschke, Workforce Coordinator at the New Braunfels Food Bank, talked about the services that organization provides for our community and the counties of Comal and Guadalupe (nbfoodbank.org). Over 7000 individuals are served monthly. Mr. Raschke also discussed the various opportunities for members of the community to volunteer at…
Members of the local Boy Scout Troop 119 help us work the Opa parking lot at Wurstfest. In appreciation for their help our club donated our profit from this part of our fund-raising activities at Wurstfest. Pictured above is our President Glenn Herman with some of the scouts of Troop 119 for the presentation of…
1 July 2021 through 30 June 2022. Donations_and_Grants_2021-22_summary_report Total donations $22,981 People served 18884 Volunteer hours 1475
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.