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| The 2011 Fall Provisional Class partnered with other
organizations to bring Serve Our Schools to life. The
project brought together community volunteers to better four campuses in
McAllen ISD. Volunteers painted, landscaped, and even organized
the libraries. Junior League of McAllen members assisted with
public relations, volunteer coordination, and material donations like
plants and drinking water. They spread word about the event
through the media and countless presentations to civic and nonprofit
groups. The event took place on September 17th.
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| The 2011 Spring Provisional Class designed
a class project entitled Backpacks of Hope to benefit the foster
children of A World for Children - a faith-based, non-profit child placing agency licensed
by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The
goal of the project was to allow these children the opportunity to excel scholastically despite
unfortunate circumstances and financial difficulties. A
wine tasting fundraiser was held at Nuevo Santander Gallery on June 23rd
and more than $6,000 was raised to buy backpacks and school
supplies. On August 15th, one hundred backpacks stuffed to the
zippers with school supplies were delivered to the children at their
back-to-school bash.
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The 2010
Fall Provisional Class organized an auction of original artwork entitled
Art to Heart to benefit displaced children in the
community. Local talent was asked to create specially designed
wooden hearts which were generously donated and publicly
auctioned. The purpose of the project was to encourage everyone to
give from the heart for the benefit of others in need. The hearts
were displayed on November 5th at the McAllen Art Walk and auctioned on
November 10th at Roosevelt's. The proceeds were divided and presented to Buckner Children’s Home,
Spaulding for Children, The Rainbow Room, and Estrella’s House.
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| The 2010 Spring Provisional Class
organized a Healthy Kids Fun Run as their class
project. This two mile walk/run was held on April 24th at
McAuliffe Elementary Park in McAllen. Over 130 kids from various
elementary participated in the event. Proceeds benefited the Physical Education
department at Gonzalez Elementary which had the most students
participating in the run and the Junior League of McAllen's Kids in the Kitchen program.
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| The 2009 Fall Provisional Class selected the
Ronald McDonald Family Room at the Edinburg
Children's Hospital as the recipient of their class project
entitled Stock the Pantry. The
Ronald McDonald Family Room offers a place of refuge within the hospital
to families with sick or injured children. Families can take
advantage of a kitchen area, shower facilities,
sleeping rooms, laundry facilities, internet access, reference books,
and much more. The goal of the class project was to stock the
pantry
of the kitchen in the family room with 3,000 items.
Altogether, with tremendous support from the community, the class collected 4,205 items ranging from food stuffs
to cleaning supplies! |
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| The 2009 Spring Provisional Class organized
Kids in the Kitchen as their class project. |
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| The 2008-2009 Provisional Class
chose Art for Autism as their class project. Autism is
a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first
three years of life and affects a person’s ability to communicate and
interact with others. Children with high functioning autism
can be taught at an early age to express themselves through different
forms of therapy - one expressive therapy that has proven to be quite
beneficial is art therapy. The Provisional
Class' goal was to both promote awareness of autism and to provide local families with a tool for engaging their
children with autism. They gathered together art supplies for
over 200 children newly diagnosed with Autism. |
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The 2007-2008 Provisional Class chose Sweet Dreams - Pajama and Book Drive as their class project. For many
underprivileged children, nighttime often means a hard end to an equally
hard day. Many go to bed wearing their street clothes…or wearing
nothing at all. The pajama and book drive
helped to create a warm and nurturing
environment for youngsters living under difficult circumstances. The
class collected
608 pairs of new pajamas and 1200 new and gently used books which
they distributed to Court Appointed Special Advocates, the Rio Grande
Children's Home, and Spaulding for Children. These items will
supply the children served by the recipient organizations with "sweet
dreams" for well over one year! Gonzalez
Elementary participated in the drive as part of its "Make a
Difference Day".
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| The 2006-2007
Provisional Class organized A Children's Health and
Safety Awareness Fair entitled Passport to a Healthy You as their class project. Over
1200 people attended the
fair which featured: nutritional classes, first aid training, dental
exams, speech and hearing screenings, blood
pressure checks, height and weight checks, diabetes screenings, sleep
education, bug bite education, stop-drop-and-roll classes,
proper car seat installation, fingerprinting and photo ids, physical activity stations, healthy refreshments, and
much more. In all, 38
booths were available at the event and 33 sponsors were secured to
underwrite the cost! |
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The 2005-2006 Provisional Class chose
the Children's Advocacy Center as the recipient of their class project
entitled The Power of Teddy. The goal of the
project was to collect 840 bears (the number of abused children that are helped
by the Children's
Advocacy Center each year) to help these children emotionally as they
deal
with the difficultly of the many tasks required by our criminal and civil justice
system. Over 1800 bears were
presented to the Children's Advocacy Center by the class!
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The 2004-2005 Provisional Class collected art supplies for the Arts in Medicine
program at The Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children's Cancer & Hematology
Clinic.
Among the items collected during the drive were:
a double-space drying rack, classroom carry-alls, paint cup
carriers, ink pads sets, no-spill paint cups, paintbrush holders, ten
gallons of fully washable liquid tempera paints, ten color sets of
beginner brushes, scissor centers, and an oversized bulletin board. |
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The 2003-2004 Provisional Class
created a project entitled Packed with Love. Members collected
items needed by the abused and neglected children who are removed
from their homes by CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). These items include suitcases, backpacks,
blankets, pajamas, hairbrushes & combs, shampoo & conditioner,
toothbrushes & toothpaste, and teddy bears. This project benefited 206 foster
children.
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