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Creating Strong Families is the mission of the funds that provides services the help families who are food insecure, seeking a place to stay or looking for employment. These types of funds support services for families in every stage of life, including veterans and senior citizens. Strong families equal a strong community.
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Existing Funds
BULVERDE SENIOR CENTER
The mission of the Bulverde Senior Center DBA Bulverde Spring Branch Activity Center (BSBAC) is to enhance the lives of seniors through programs involving education, exercise, social activities, health and communities service in an environment that provides opportunities for seniors to remain active and self-sufficient.
With membership increasing yearly, awareness of our services and the demand for our services such as Meals on Wheels and Fellowship Meals has increased as well. This program is the core for keeping our seniors healthy with the ability to stay in their own homes as well as providing much needed socialization, fitness, social and educational opportunities for those that can attend services provided at the Center.
BSBAC receives no city, state or federal funding. All support is received through fundraisers and gracious donations from foundations and community members/businesses. We continue fundraising to cover our expenses by reaching out to local businesses that are involved in the community.
CANADA/KELLY VETERANS FUND
The Canada/Kelly Veterans Fund was started in honor of Ben H. Dorcy III (Navy – WW2), Ronnie G. Canada (Army – Vietnam), Ernst A. Schubert (USMC – Korea), and Donald H. Offerman (Air Force – WW2 and Korea), and countless other Comal County veterans of America’s conflicts.
Due to its proximity to many military bases, New Braunfels and Comal County have become home to over ten thousand veterans and their families. With the rapid increase in our population, the number of veterans in our community will continue to grow. We take pride that our community is a great place to live and raise a family, so it should follow that we be the leaders in providing the best services possible to veterans in our community.
The Veterans Fund is a charitable fund of the New Braunfels Area Community Foundation, and its mission is to support and aid Comal County veterans and their family members in need. Funds will be dedicated to provide quality care for veterans’ and their families’ physical and mental well-being and their overall quality of life. The Fund will also support existing veterans’ services and attract new veterans’ services to the New Braunfels area, which will ultimately benefit all veterans in our community.
The fund was created by Cody and Shannon Canada and Ryan and Cate Kelly with the support of many others in our community. Please join us in thanking our veterans and their families who have given so much for all of us.
COMAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
Comal Emergency Relief Fund
The McKenna Foundation committed $50,000 in seed funding to create the Comal Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) for direct crisis financial and other assistance to New Braunfels and Comal County families affected by COVID-19. Fundraisers hope to raise at least $250,000 to support the entirety of the community efforts through other philanthropic, governmental, church, business and individual donations. A local individual philanthropist has also committed $50,000 to the CERF, motivated by the reality that people need help and a centralized navigation point will ensure everyone has access to the care they need.
The CERF is a fund of the New Braunfels Community Foundation. Additional tax-deductible donations of any amount are needed to reach the community goal of $250,000 and can be made online HERE or by calling Brit King at (830) 606-9536.
Funds raised will be utilized through an inter-agency response effort of local nonprofits that centralizes support and helps families navigate community resources during a time of crisis at a Multi-Agency Response Center (MARC), located at the McKenna Events Center at 801 W. San Antonio Street. Financial support will be based on each family’s individual needs and COVID-19 related job loss, reduced income and any federal or state relief assistance that may be available.
The Comal County Habitat for Humanity, Family Life Center, Salvation Army, New Braunfels Food Bank, CRRC of Canyon Lake and Hill Country MHDD have partnered with McKenna to provide the following resources at the MARC:
• Mental health professionals
• Financial assistance for rent or mortgage payments
• Financial assistance for utility bills
• Direct food assistance
• Assistance acquiring P-SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
• Spiritual support
More information, including services, eligibility, how to access an appointment and necessary documentation are available at www.comalcountycares.com. Phone assistance with information or eligibility is available at (830) 606-9512.
Help families in our community. Donate to CERF TODAY!
CRRC OF CANYON LAKE ENDOWMENT FUND
Who is CRRC of Canyon Lake, Inc?
The Community Resource and Recreation Center was incorporated as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization on Jan. 23, 2003. CRRC was created when the Canyon Lake Action Center and the Canyon Lake Community Recreation Center joined together to accomplish the various needs of the Canyon Lake community. The CRRC mission statement, “to serve the residents of Canyon Lake by providing vital social service resources as well as life-enriching recreation and educational opportunities,” fulfilled both organizations’ desire to serve.
CRRC provides a food pantry, emergency financial assistance, and Thrift Store vouchers. CRRC provides a durable medical equipment lend program and partners with the Comal County Senior Center for meals on wheels. An active senior group meets weekly at the CRRC, and meeting space is available for many other organizations and events including health seminars, club meetings, voting, safe driving classes, and private parties. The Recreation Center has active Silver Sneaker I & II programs, Silver & Fit, yoga classes, adult and girls’ volleyball, adult and kids’ basketball leagues, pickleball, Zumba, Karate, Dance and other classes.
Learn more www.crrcofcanyonlake.org.
FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER NEW BRAUNFELS ENDOWMENT FUND
In the 25 years since it started, the national Family Promise program has helped 450,000 men, women and children. Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels is the 182nd affiliate and is the only shelter for families with children in the county and surrounding area. The program offers an opportunity for volunteers of all faiths to reduce homelessness and transform lives. Our mission is to mobilize the faith community to help low-income families achieve and sustain independence. For more information, please call (830) 214-0024 or visit www.fpgnb.org.
Hope Hospice Promise Fund
Hope Hospice provides exemplary care, comfort and education to all affected by life-limiting illness, grief and loss.
To learn more, visit https://www.hopehospice.net/about-us/.
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Isaac D. Walkup Mental Health Awareness Fund
The Isaac D. Walkup Mental Health Awareness Fund supports mental health awareness and mental health programming in the community.
Isaac Donald Walkup was Born Oct. 8, 1985, in Dallas, Texas. In January of 1990, the Walkup family moved to Bentonville, Ark. where Isaac went to school through his 10th grade year. In 2002, they moved to New Braunfels, Texas where Isaac attended Canyon High School for his junior and senior years. The 2004 graduate received a Summa Cum Laude BS in Exercise and Sports Science from Texas State University in August of 2009.
Then came Army First Lt. Medical Special Services in March of 2012 followed quickly by an Army-Baylor doctorate in Physical Therapy in August 2013. It was also at Army-Baylor where he received a dual Masters of Hospital Administration and Business Administration. He was proud to serve our country and make a difference at all his assignments that included SAMMC, Kuwait, Johns Hopkins, and Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Isaac was laid to rest with full military honors on Jan. 17, 2022, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
Even the most accomplished, decorated person can suffer in silence. No one in Isaac’s life was aware of what he struggled with once he was home, and the uniform came off. The funniest, smartest man in the room was also struggling with a deep pain that he didn’t know how to talk about or to whom. With your help, we are determined to provide support for other men and women like Isaac who need help, but who also need discretion and genuine, unbiased guidance through counseling. Our men and women in uniform not only need the services offered on a civilian level, they have earned it and they deserve everything we can offer. No one should suffer in silence.
MARTY LINDLEY FOUNDATION FUND
The Marty Lindley Foundation was created on September 1st, 2013, in consideration of Marty’s medical prognosis by her MD Anderson surgeons, after her fifth surgery for leiomyosarcoma cancer. To honor God, the foundation encourages the support of the New Braunfels area medical community and the research to develop a cure for leiomyosarcoma cancer. The Marty Lindley Foundation supports the New Braunfels Volunteers In Medicine Clinic and the Adult Sarcoma Research Center at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. The foundation may also seek to inform sarcoma patients of the importance of receiving medical treatment at a cancer center specializing in sarcoma cancer. Additionally, the foundation may contribute to other health and wellness non-profit organizations.
Jeff Lindley, MLF Chair, said, “As a newly established foundation, the MLF has applied to become a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization. Since June, our many supporters have donated over $65,000. The Foundation is a great responsibility. The NBACF offers the MLF a unique opportunity to expose our foundation to a whole other realm of potential philanthropist/donors. The Board understands the NBACF also helps perpetuate the Mission and Purpose of the MLF, by assuring future monies will be available to donate to our perpetual non-profits, the New Braunfels Volunteers In Medicine Clinic and the Adult Sarcoma Research Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Read more: MartyLindleyFoundation.org OR
SS AMERICAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FUND
The mission of the SS American Memorial Foundation is to memorialize and honor the sacrifices of all those who have rendered loyal, faithful, heroic, and self-sacrificing service at home and overseas, while members of our armed forces or through civilian capacity. The Foundation seeks to bring military and civilian families together by helping to relieve the burdens of family separation and hardships, through direct assistance for basic needs, historical education, and patriotic avenues.