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 3 April 2024 club meeting, Jennifer Covington, Development Director at New Braunfels Christian Ministries, was our guest speaker. “New Braunfels Christian Ministries works together with families, volunteers and community partners to affirm God-given value and multiply possibilities in our community. Whether it’s walking alongside the next generation and their families at Kids Club…
At our May 4 club meeting, Jim Wesson, Executive Director of New Braunfels Christian Ministries, was our guest speaker. The New Braunfels Christian Ministries has two programs, Volunteers in Medicine and Kids Club. The Volunteers in Medicine provide quality medical and dental care at no cost to local uninsured patients. Kids Club is a program…
1 July 2021 through 30 June 2022. Donations_and_Grants_2021-22_summary_report Total donations $22,981 People served 18884 Volunteer hours 1475
At our April 19th club meeting our guest speaker was Donna Dishman, CEO of Canine Classmates. Canine Classmates matches struggling and at-risk Pre-K through 5th grade students with mentors and trained service dogs in a one-on-one program that is positive, nurturing, and truly motivational. Canine Classmates operates in elementary schiools serving both Comal ISD and…
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…
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…