Category: Monthly Updates

    Our charity for disadvantaged AISD school students has accomplished many goals for the year and we continue to make changes to our processes as we learn new lessons.  Our Resource Comfort Closet participation increased from 2 schools to 4 schools – Crockett and Navarro high schools and Allison and Dawson elementary schools.  Our Sports Bra program has garnered more interest from the girls sports teams at the high schools and we gratefully continue to receive support from the non – profit I Support The Girls.  Our Clothing Distribution program was able to help 3 schools this year – Navarro HS and Allison and Dawson elementary schools. The parents and children were thrilled to pick out items especially prior to the winter months. The students were really interested in the hooded sweatshirts and jackets that were available.

   We are half way through the school year and will begin collecting clothing donations in January and add them to our December collections from the Eanes ISD elementary schools and high school.  We are looking for adult clothing for the high school students and will take shoes too and you receive a tax deductible receipt when you donate.  We are like Goodwill but we give away the clothes for free to those in need.  We will be collecting men’s suits/ ls shirts for Travis High School young men for their graduation and prom in the next few months  They truly appreciate the assistance as these items are expensive and not affordable to many.  Be on the lookout for our Annual Football Helmet fundraiser for Travis HS starting in January.  This enables the athletic director to stagger a limited amount of helmet purchases over the years as the older ones are retired.

    A BIG THANK YOU to EISD schools, the non-profit I Support The Girls, Kendra Scott Philanthropy, community donors and all our volunteers.  Without my right hand women Debbie D., Debbie P., Mary Lou B.,  Dona G. and Tina C. our non-profit would exist.  ALL of you make our charity run successfully.  We already have a date, March 13, to partner with Kendra Scott Philanthropy.   From 6-8pm that evening, we will receive 20% of the sales at her three Austin stores.  People can also purchase online from March 13-14 and enter the code that will be provided to our charity as the event gets closer.  We have several grant applications pending and are hopeful that some funding will be received.  Every donation helps our charity run.

     Our community truly helps other communities in need and they are very grateful for the support. That is our goal – mission accomplished!

Happy New Year!

Regards,

Greta

Another school year is coming to an end. Our Comfort Resource Closet pilot program at Crockett HS (S. Austin) has been a tremendous success. For this disadvantaged school, we provide toiletries, individual snacks and a limited amount of clothing due to storage constraints. A student coordinator sends me a list of items that need replenished each month. We are hoping to expand the program to disadvantaged middle and high schools in AISD in the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. Thank you to all of you who have donated winter clothes for our winter clothing drive for Allison Elementary (E. Austin) and Navarro HS (N. Austin). Why Allison Elementary? I pass this school every Thursday on my way to do charity work at Esperanza Community (homeless camp) on 183S. Why Navarro High School? They were the only disadvantaged AISD high school that had the space for clothing racks and tables for shoes. We are always in need of summer and winter clothes fo elementary and high school students.

If you can donate please do the following so my volunteers maintain their sanity: Label your bag as Elementary or HS & Summer or Winter. Next, boy or girl, then, size sm, med, lg or xl Also, sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 or 30×30 pants, etc I can take donations any time since I have a large front porch at my home in Barton Creek West.

If you need to, we can arrange a place and time to meet for me to gather your donations. Please private message me for my address. Also, if you are a college graduate and are now willing to give up your treasured college tee shirts or accessories, we want them! We distribute those to disadvantaged high school seniors who are entering the various colleges. That’s a wrap up for now. Thank you to all the folks who have volunteered for various tasks and those who have donated clothes. You are helping students who do not have resources for extras. Your donations are tax deductible and there are donation receipts on my porch for pick up. Have a good weekend!

Greta

The first photograph is of Mariposa Learning Center. We delivered infant clothes to them as part of our clothing drive since they are down the street from Allison Elementary. The second picture is the delivery of sports bras to Crockett HS that were donated by the I Support The Girls non-profit organization.

Pictured below: Homeless bags/kits that were donated by the Brookdale Senior Living Community in Westlake. They were eagerly taken by the men and women at the camp this morning. Thank you, residents, for your donations.