For more than 80 years, Easter Seals has helped people with disabilities in communities nationwide. From creating the first national voluntary agency to speak and act on behalf of children with disabilities in the 1920s, to leading the creation and implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the 1990s, Easter Seals continues to be an integral part of life, helping more than a million people gain greater independence each year. One in every five Americans has a disability, and Easter Seals is there with expert help, hope and humanity. Please visit our web site for more information at www.easter-seals.org
Ronald McDonald House Charities provides comfort and care to children and their families by supporting Ronald McDonald Houses in communities around the world and by making grants to other not-for-profit organizations whose programs help children in need.
Ronald McDonald House Charities has a network of over 174 Local Charities serving in 27 countries. McDonald's Corporation is committed to giving something back to the community by supporting RMHC initiatives. Please visit our web site for more information at www.rmhc.com
San Antonio Sports Foundation. Dreams For Youth is an Olympic athlete development program that provides access to sports for thousands of underprivileged youth in San Antonio every year. The San Antonio Sports Foundation created Dreams For Youth with the realization that sports can be a vehicle that changes lives and creates unique opportunities for children everywhere. The program also offers constructive athletic experiences that place youth on a path to greater athletic and personal achievement.
Currently, Dreams For Youth provides training in six Olympic sports: badminton, gymnastics, fencing, swimming, diving, and volleyball. The program reaches an ethnically and economically diverse population and creates access to quality coaching, facilities, equipment, and competitions that are necessary for maximizing the athletic talents and abilities of area youth. In addition, these opportunities challenge participants to experience life beyond their neighborhoods.
While equal participation opportunities for underprivileged youth is the program’s principal purpose, great emphasis is placed on sportsmanship. School attendance and grades are tracked for increased and improved performance. Through Dreams For Youth, dedication, commitment, and teamwork are just a few skills that the youth obtain that easily transcend the playing field to other paths of life. Please visit our website at www.sanantoniosports.org
Mission Statement: St. Jude’s Ranch for Children rescues abused abandoned and neglected children of all races and faiths from the vicious cycle of child abuse. We provide healing and nurturing in a safe home-like environment where children can learn life skills to start new lives with new chances, new choices and new hope.
Vision Statement: To break the vicious cycle of child abuse by providing home and healing wherever children are hurting.
Core Values: Our actions are inspired by the following core values:
- Joyful trust in the Lord
- A sense of humor
- Honesty, Trustworthiness and Loyalty
- Exceptional service to children, staff, donors and community
- Professionalism through discipline, accountability and fiscal responsibility
- Rearing children to achieve their full potential
- Providing healing one child at a time
- Building a better society
Please visit our website at www.stjudesranch.org for more information.
