Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach

Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach exists to see that children born from unplanned pregnancies never suffer harm from abuse or neglect. By working with adults in a child’s earliest years, we make an impact for generations to come.

Services include:

• Pregnancy Support/Counseling Services
  • Guidance in accessing medical care/social services
  • Options Counseling
  • Transportation to appointments
• The Mama Club
  • Outreach to teen mothers
  • Parenting Education
  • Mentoring
• Adoption
  • Fully licensed adoption services
  • Low fees make adoption accessible to more families

For more information on Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach, please visit their website at www.pregnancyoutreach.org.

Angels for the Aged

Angels for the Aged formed as a non-profit organization after a group of dedicated volunteers came together with the desire to serve the residents of nursing homes in our area with love and compassion as the motivating force. It soon became clear that there was much we could do to bring joy and hope to the residents and many worthwhile activities have been conducted to date, including cook-outs, games, pet therapy, and musical entertainment.

If awarded funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative, we would provide music therapy to nursing home residents by providing music of their age, genre, or life experiences, like old gospels, thus stimulating memory and allowing them to reminisce in a way that research has proven can lower blood pressure. When music therapy programs are implemented in nursing homes, there is increased joy, happiness, and residents feel a greater sense of peace and community. A good music therapy program can increase well being in physical, mental, and spiritual levels.

To find out more about Angels for the Aged and the programs they offer, please visit their website at www.angelsfortheaged.org.

Armadillo Dash

The Armadillo Dash Half Marathon and 5K is a non-profit corporation with a 501(c)(3) status. For the last four years, the Armadillo Dash has donated funds from the race to Scotty’s House and Still Creek Boys and Girls Ranch. Due to the success and popularity of the race, we are thrilled to add the Boys and Girls Club of the Brazos Valley and the Brazos Valley Food Bank Backpacks Program to our list of beneficiaries.

Our goal is to continue to grow participation, create a commitment to healthy behaviors and exercise, and give back to the children in our community. The 2010 Armadillo Dash was a huge success and our biggest year yet where 1,570 runners did the dash! Our numbers for the race on March 6, 2011 already look outstanding and we are hoping to get over 2,000 runners. In order to reach our goals, we are asking for your support.

For more information on the Armadillo Dash, please contact Janet Briner, PMB 328, College Station, Texas 77845.

Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society

Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society (BEHS) is a non-profit equine welfare organization. We work with law enforcement agencies throughout the Brazos Valley and beyond to investigate horse abuse reports, educate owners when possible, and remove and rehabilitate horses when necessary. We provide assistance to law enforcement agencies in preparing neglect/abuse cases for court as well as expert testimony. Once horses and other equines are rehabilitated, BEHS adopts them to approved homes.

If awarded, BEHS will use funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative to help provide veterinary care to horses that come from neglect/abuse cases, who are abandoned, or who are found stray and come into the BEHS fostering and rehabilitation program. These horses are often malnourished and need routine veterinary care, gelding (neutering), and treatment of illnesses or injuries sustained before being removed from negligent owners or picked up in abandonment or astray cases.

For more information about the Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society, please visit their website at www.bluebonnetequine.org.
 

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Brazos Valley

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Brazos Valley, in association with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, is dedicated to help youth of all backgrounds develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders of our community and nation. The Club offers daily access to a broad range of programs that promote the health, social, educational, vocational, and character and leadership development of the girls and boys served. Club members are between the ages of 6 and 18.

If awarded, funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative will be used for our Project Learn components of the Club. Project Learn provides the framework for implementing all other educational programs in our Club. Project Learn is not a curriculum. It is a strategy – an approach to designing a program schedule that benefits members academically. Project Learn has five components:

• Homework Help & Tutoring
• High-Yield Learning Activities
• Parent & Community Involvement
• Collaboration with Schools
• Incentives

To find out more about the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Brazos Valley and Project Learn, please visit their website at www.bgcbv.org.

Brazos Valley Breast Cancer Support

Brazos Valley Breast Cancer Support assists women diagnosed with breast cancer and responds to unmet needs in our community regarding breast cancer awareness, detection, and treatment.

We partner with the American Cancer Society, Health for All, the Cancer Center, and Bryan Radiology Associates to assist patients without insurance or who cannot pay their deductibles. Additionally, we educate women in underserved populations about the importance of mammograms, and we pay for lymphedema sleeves, gas cards, and mammograms for patients on limited income.

For more information about Brazos Valley Breast Cancer Support, please contact Reba Ragsdale, P.O. Box 6373, Bryan, Texas 77805.
 

Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc.

Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. (BVCAA) was established in 1972 to combat poverty in the Brazos Valley. In 2010, we served over 87,000 people in our 12 county service area through initiatives that strengthened the economic security for local families and communities. Our services focus on empowerment and making those we work with self-sufficient. Our initiatives include:

• Meals On Wheels
• WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
• Affordable Housing
• Utility Assistance
• Case Management
• Community Health Centers
• Health Education

If awarded, the funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative would be used to support BVCAA’s Meals On Wheels program. This program is focused on promoting the dignity an independence of disabled, elderly, and home bound people in the Brazos Valley by delivering hot, nutritious meals accompanied by daily interaction with trained staff and volunteers.

For more information on BVCAA and a complete list of their programs, please visit their website at www.bvcaa.org.
 

Brazos Valley Counseling Services

The mission of the Brazos Valley Counseling Services (BVCS) is to provide mental health counseling that focuses on prevention and early intervention to improve client self-awareness and essential life skills. Counselors assist clients with a wide range of mental health needs, from depression to training for parents to marriage counseling. The counselors at BVCS hope to develop within our clients a greater self-awareness by examining life experiences that will build confidence and self-esteem.

If awarded, the funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative would be used to buy play therapy supplies. Play therapy is the typical means of providing counseling services to children 3-8 years of age. For a child, play is the safest & easiest way to express themselves because they don’t have the verbal ability/cognitive development to fully express their needs, emotions, and pain. Play therapy supplies can include games used by the therapists to assess/treat a child’s emotional needs. How a child plays can demonstrate their current emotional/psychological state.

For more information about Brazos Valley Counseling Services and the services they offer, please visit their website at www.bvhelp.org.
 

Brazos Valley Food Bank

The Brazos Valley Food Bank strives to alleviate hunger in the Brazos Valley by distributing food and educational resources. The Brazos Valley Food Bank is the “hub” of an anti-hunger relief network of 40 different agencies that feed those in need throughout Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties.

If awarded, the funds from Brazos Valley Bank would be used for the BackPack Program. This program provides food for children over the weekend in a backpack discreetly distributed every Friday throughout the school year. Schools are provided 30 backpacks per week to provide to children at risk of going hungry over the weekend when they no longer have access to school meals. During the summer months, scaled down Backpack Programs operate at recreation centers and other venues.

For more details on the Backpack program, as well as other Brazos Valley Food Bank programs, please visit their website, http://www.bvfb.org.  

Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History

The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is a non-profit institution dedicated to science, natural history, and cultural history. The museum’s current mission is to preserve and protect cultural and natural history for new exhibits, special events, preservation of artifacts, and educational programming. The Museum services the 210,000 children and adults in Bryan-College Station and the surrounding counties and draws visitors from all across Texas and the surrounding states.

For more information on the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, please visit their website at www.brazosvalleymuseum.org.
 

Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce

The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce is a volunteer driven organization that unites the business and professional leaders in the area to expand the economy of the area. The Chamber provides a venue through which members can get involved and accomplish collectively what no one business could do alone. The Chamber also holds programs and events to keep the business community up-to-date on information that impacts the local economy or to educate representatives on quality business practices. The Chamber relies solely on membership dues, fundraising activities, and donations to achieve their mission.

The Chamber would use the Recycling Initiative funds for it's building fund. Within the next few years, the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce must either make major renovations on it's current office space or locate or build a new location.  With plans for the future, these funds would be allocated for the physical needs of the Chamber and it's continued support to the local business community.

For more information about the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce, please visit their website at www.bcschamber.org.
 

Habitat for Humanity

Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating poverty housing & making the right to simple, decent shelter a reality. Since 1989, Habitat has brought together individuals, churches, & businesses to build 198 simple, affordable homes for low-income families living in substandard dwellings. Families purchase the homes at cost, through zero-interest mortgages, the principal payments of which are used to help build more homes for more qualified families.

For more information about the Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity, please visit their website at http://habitatbcs.org.
 

Bryan ISD Education Foundation

The Bryan ISD Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization which raises private funds for the Bryan Independent School District. Our mission centers on enrichment of academic opportunities for all BISD. Created in 1999, the Foundation is a governed by a 25 member Board of Directors who represent a cross-section of the Bryan/College Station community and who are committed to making a difference for more than 15,000 students and 2,200 staff members in BISD.

If awarded, funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative would be used to advance the goals of the BISD Education Foundation. Our mission centers on the enrichment of academic opportunities for all BISD students. These goals include:

• Encouraging academic excellence by providing funding not available through traditional local, state, or federal sources.
• Providing opportunities for teachers to develop innovative classroom projects through teacher grants.
• Investing in programs that have a positive impact on student success.
• Providing a perpetual source of funds through endowment gifts received from individuals, corporations, and other foundations.

For more information about the Bryan ISD Education Foundation, please visit the Bryan ISD webpage at www.bryanisd.org.
 

Central Texas Orphan Mission Alliance

The Central Texas Orphan Mission Alliance (CTOMA), founded in 2004, helps to meet the medical, and spiritual needs of orphans in the United States and abroad. We are a 501(c)(3) charity recognized by the IRS. Donations are tax deductible.

Alliance means that CTOMA is able to work with others to provide medical treatment to orphans where it is unavailable. We send medical supplies, medications, supplements, clothing, and toys worldwide, and missionaries around the world refer children in need of medical treatment. In Bryan/College Station, we feed 45 families per month all year and are opening a free medical health-screening clinic in February 2011.

If awarded, the funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative will be used to further our charity work for the needy in the Bryan/College Station area. The funds will provide services in our free health screening clinic to be opened soon at 4100 E. 29th Street here in Bryan.

For more information about CTOMA and their current programs, please visit their website at www.ctoma.org.
 

Chances Ministries

Chances Ministries is a Ministry that serves the needs of lower income families and poverty situations through weekly Worship services and The Chance Center, a Faith-Based residential program for women and single mothers from homelessness, addiction, abuse, and neglect. We provide a safe place for these women and families to be restored through daily Biblical studies, parenting classes, and life skills equipping them for life on their own so they can maintain balance in work, home, and family.

If awarded, the funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative will be used to expand our facility so that we will have a larger capacity of rooms and beds for those families in need. We also are in need of a passenger van so that we can better facilitate our women and children with their doctor’s appointments, job schedules, and demands of daily life. With these funds we will also be able to build a storehouse for clothing and shoes, household items, school supplies, and many other needs that families in our community many times go without.

For more information on Chances Ministries, please contact Wendy Baldwin, P.O. Box 4843, Bryan, Texas 77805.
 

College Station ISD Education Foundation

Established in 1999, the College Station ISD Education Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public corporation operating independently under its own board of directors. Our mission is to provide resources to inspire learning, enrich teaching, and recognize accomplishments of district students and teacher through partnering with community individuals and businesses. We provide opportunities to our teachers and students which are not available through tax revenues.

The funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative will be used to fund innovative teacher grants and/or student college scholarships. Our innovative grant program allows teachers to apply for funding of creative programs which are not supported by budgeted tax dollars. Up to $1,000 per teacher or $5,000 per department/campus can be awarded annually. We have awarded $414,447 in teacher grants and $135,350 in student scholarships since our inception.

For more information on the College Station ISD Education Foundation and their programs, please visit their website at www.givetokids.csisd.org.
 

College Station Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The College Station Kiwanis Club focuses its efforts on the youth of Bryan and College Station. We sponsor a Key Club at all four public high schools: A&M Consolidated, Bryan, Bryan Collegiate, and Rudder High Schools. Additionally, we sponsor a Builders Club at Rayburn Middle School, and a Circle K Club at Texas A&M plus Boy Scout Troop 102, Cub Scout Pack 602, and many more!

One of our newest ventures is the Texas Ramp Project whereby we organize the building of wheelchair ramps for those that cannot get in or out of their homes and cannot afford to build a ramp. Many times, without our service, these individuals end up in a nursing facility at the tax payers’ expense. We have recently built our 100th ramp in the Brazos Valley (7 county area) and hope to have the funds to do more. Additionally, we are looking to start 2 more youth service clubs – 1 at C.S. High.

For more information about the College Station Kiwanis Club, please visit their website at www.collegestationkiwanis.org.
 

Down Syndrome Association of the Brazos Valley

The goal of the Down Syndrome Association of the Brazos Valley is to provide information and support to anyone interested in Down syndrome. Our mission is to enlighten the public by promoting a positive understanding of Down syndrome in the community and be a source of support, information, and education for families and individuals.

Children with Down syndrome struggle with basic reading, writing, math and other academic skills they need to succeed in life. Intellectually, they simply can’t keep up with their peers and thus often fall behind in school. To give them an educational boost, the Down Syndrome Association of the Brazos Valley has created special programs geared just for them in reading, writing, and math. We are also working with both school districts to create special keyboarding classes for children with Down syndrome to give them a leg up on computer literacy. We hire special education professionals to teach these classes and utilize volunteers from Texas A&M as one-on-one helpers. Funds from Brazos Valley Bank’s Investment Recycling program would greatly enhance our ability to continue offering these classes in our community and expand them to reach more children and adults with special educational needs.

For more information regarding our educational programs please visit http://www.downsyndromeofbcs.com.
 

Fiestas Patrias Mexicanas

Fiestas Patrias Mexicanas of Bryan/College Station, Texas was established to promote education and provide scholarships to local high school students and adults for college. Funds are given through an annual celebration, which includes a parade and festival held in downtown Bryan.

If awarded, the funds from Brazos Valley Bank will be used to continue supporting the scholarships that are awarded to various students throughout the year. In the last 6 years, over $65,000 in scholarships has been awarded and an endowment at Blinn College has also been established.

For more information about Fiestas Patrias Mexicanas of Bryan/College Station, Texas, please visit their website at http://www.fiestaspatrias.org.
 

God's Little Creature Rescue

God’s Little Creature Rescue is an all volunteer, non-profit rescue group devoted to saving the lives of unwanted and abandoned dogs. They are a no-kill shelter that provides shelter, food, and medical treatment before finding them a loving home.

If awarded, the funds from Brazos Valley Bank will be used to purchase food, pay for medical treatment including rabies shots and spaying and neutering, which is required before the dogs are put up for adoption. The funds will also be used to make improvements to the shelter.

For information about God’s Little Creatures Rescue, please contact Della Carroll, 4734 FM 2223, Bryan, Texas 77808.
 

Health For All

Health For All is a non-profit free health care clinic that was founded in 1987. Through 100% local community support, we provide free doctor visits, medications, tests, x-rays, and health education for low income patients who do not have health insurance or qualify for government programs such as Medicaid or Medicare. Our clinic treats about 5,000 patients each year. By providing an alternative to expensive emergency room visits by the uninsured, Health For All saves area hospitals and taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

Funds received through the Brazos Valley Bank Investment Recycling Initiative will be used to provide medical exams, lab tests, x-rays, and chronic disease management counseling for low income patients who are uninsured and are not qualified for any government health care programs.

For more information about Health For All, Inc., please visit their website at www.hlth4all.org.
 

Junction Five-O-Five

Junction Five-O-Five is a private, non-profit community rehabilitation program that was organized in 1981 with the mission of enhancing the quality of life for adults with disabilities by providing them with the opportunity to join the mainstream in employment. Approximately 86% of our consumers are also at a low to moderate income level. For almost 30 years, Junction Five-O-Five’s services have led to the employment of over 1,100 adults with significant disabilities in our community.

Junction 505 offers a crew of dedicated employees to Texas Commercial Waste and City of Bryan Recycling Site. Funds would support the purchase of equipment and on-going support for our crews at these locations. These crews work diligently to make our community a clean, more inviting place to live and visit. Equipment and protective gear are necessary to make their work efficient and safe. On-going support services help to ensure our crews maintain their employment at a productive level.

For more information about Junction Five-O-Five and their programs, please visit their website at www.junction505.org.
 

Keep Brazos Beautiful

Keep Brazos Beautiful (KBB) has a 30 year history as a non-profit environmental education agency working directly within the Brazos County Community educating and engaging its citizens to take personal responsibility for keeping our county clean, green, and beautiful. We positively contribute to the economic vitality, health, well-being, and quality of life throughout Brazos county; not only through education, but by promoting individual responsibility, partnerships, and volunteerism.

If awarded the Investment Recycling Funds, KBB would be given multiple opportunities to expand its many educational programs within the local school districts by continuing to provide essential Environmental Education for our teachers and their students.  Our programs are like none other in Brazos County providing enriching classroom presentations, lesson plans with supplies, and school programming support all at no cost to our local educators.  KBB is dedicated to its mission and educating the communities of Brazos County to create a more beautiful place to live, work and play.

For more information about Keep Brazos Beautiful and their programs, please visit their website at www.keepbrazosbeautiful.org.

Museum of the American G.I.

The Museum of the American G.I. is a living history museum preserving the equipment, uniforms, and memories of the American Serviceman. The museum’s collection includes transport and tracked armored vehicles, artillery pieces, and other hardware components used in the 20th century. The museum’s annual “Open House” is one of the few places in the nation where spectators can experience the heart pounding action of a simulated battle, as restored American and enemy tanks charge through opposing lines.

The Museum of the American G.I. is the best kept secret in the Brazos Valley. We have the collection and the land for the museum facilities and activities. We need an on-site building to house the museum collection. Site work has begun. The foundation and the building shell should be completed by July 2011. The final completion of the building will require community support and donations. Monies received from the BVB Initiative program will be used to facilitate the building completion.

For more information about the Museum of the American G.I., please visit their website at www.magictx.org.
 

My Heart Guardian Angel Dolls

My Heart Guardian Angel Dolls (MHGAD) donates its uniquely designed angel dolls to facilities, organizations, professionals, and individuals who care for, treat, and/or rehabilitate children who are experiencing traumatic circumstances. The dolls are inspired by REAL children and whose memories/lives Elin Phillips wanted to honor. The dolls are meant to comfort or provide a distraction for children during their time of crisis.

If awarded, funding from the Investment Recycling Initiative will be used to manufacture more dolls. In order for MHGAD to continue, dolls must be available. Voices For Children was one of the original recipients of the angel dolls, and we've been asked by quite a few CASAs to be put on the waiting list for more dolls to give to the children they serve. Local first responders/police/ambulances are also on the list to donate to, so that children in immediate crisis can receive dolls. Scott & White is a recipient as well. And with their new hospital scheduled to open, MHGAD hopes to have dolls available for the pediatric wing. Funding will also be utilized in the promotion of the organization through literature and other promotional items.

For more information on My Heart Guardian Angel Dolls, please visit their website at www.myheartangels.org.
 

New Somang Presbyterian Church

The New Somang Presbyterian Church is a modest community of 30 members, whose purpose is to serve the Korean and Korean American population of the Brazos Valley. The purpose of our church is to keep the doctrine righteous, the faith righteous, and the life righteous. In addition to the main service, the church maintains a Sunday school for toddlers and primary school students, and the Young Collegiate Discipleship for all ages 5th grade and up.

Since its beginnings, the church has had difficulty paying the pastor’s wages. The church has not been able to provide for all of his living expenses. A portion of the funds, if awarded, would be used defray these costs. Our main concern lies with the youth. Our church addresses the role of Korean American students who most likely will build their futures in the United States. This requires them to make sense of their faith from multiple angles. The church would like to broaden their perspectives on the world around them, and at the same time, discipline their hearts and minds on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Because they are required to forge their own identities that are far different from those of their parents, the church’s youth program aims to ground them in the Bible and simultaneously allow them to freedom to form the church of tomorrow. We would use the funds to buy Bible study workbooks. Also, the youth group does not have a praise team. We would like to bring music into the service and give an outlet to our musically gifted students.

For more information about the New Somang Presbyterian Church, please contact Sung S. Kim, 2500 Central Park Lane #803, College Station, Texas 77840.
 

RED-C Apostolate: Religious Education for the Domestic Church

The mission of the RED-C Apostolate: Religious Education for the Domestic Church is to empower families in the Brazos Valley as they grow in holiness in the spiritual formation of their family members. RED-C Catholic Radio has been heard locally on KEDC 88.5 FM for over 7 months. Our non-commercial educational programming currently consists of both recorded and live call-in simulcast shows from across the country and will soon also host local shows. KEDC is a truly uplifting talk radio station.

If awarded the Brazos Valley Bank Investment Recycling Initiative funds, our RED-C Apostolate will purchase RED-C Catholic Radio studio equipment needed to do local live broadcasts over our community airwaves! Our KEDC 88.5 FM station is broadcasting nationally syndicated programs, but we currently have no local live shows. Our hopes for the future are to host local live call-in shows with local guests, and these awarded funds will be instrumental in making this happen.

For more information on the RED-C Apostolate and RED-C Catholic Radio, please contact Dennis Macha, Jr., 1604 Copperfield Parkway, Ste. 100, College Station, Texas 77845.
 

Saint Michael’s Episcopal School

Saint Michael’s Episcopal School is a day school for children of all faiths and nations, providing a classical, college preparatory curriculum, committed to academic excellence and the growth of each child in learning, character, and faith. We teach children in Grades K-12 and have an on-site preschool as well.

For more information about Saint Michael’s Episcopal School, please visit their website at www.stmes.net.
 

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The Bryan location provides needy families with food, clothing, and financial assistance in the form of rent and utility payments. Church service, Bible study, and youth activities are also available.

If awarded, the funds from the Investment Recycling Initiative would be used to provide emergency assistance to needy families in Brazos County in the area of food and/or rent and utility assistance. The Salvation Army is currently the number one provider of food in the Brazos Valley and we serve approximately 800 families a month. In addition, rent and utility assistance is a large part of our ministry and we receive a significant number of requests each month for these services.

For more information about the Brazos County Salvation Army, please contact Ginger Cavinder, P.O. Box 73, Bryan, Texas 77806.
 

Scotty's House

Scotty’s House is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and working directly with child victims of sexual and physical abuse in the Brazos Valley. Through its child-friendly facility and multidisciplinary team approach, Scotty’s House coordinates the work of medical and mental health providers, victim advocates, child protective services, law enforcement, and prosecution officials to reduce trauma and promote healing for child victims of abuse.

Through counseling, Scotty’s House will be able to interrupt the intergenerational nature of child abuse by providing intervention to the child and their non-offending family members. Through counseling, Scotty’s House will provide support to the child and their family to help ensure their participation throughout the criminal justice process, a component critically important to the successful prosecution of the offender. Scotty’s House would specifically use this funding to provide Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) to children who have been victims of abuse or violence. EAP incorporates a mental health professional, equine specialist, and horses in order to focus on mental health treatment goals and issues through activities designed to reflect real life issues. The power of EAP to help even the smallest children overcome the biggest obstacles life can throw at them is nothing short of amazing. We owe our youngest victims of violence every opportunity to begin the healing process. Horses help us heal the hearts of abused children.

For more information about Scotty’s House, please visit their website at www.scottyshouse.org.
 

Smetana Community Services

Smetana Community Services (SCSI) receives and maintains funds of real or personal property and applies the whole or any part of the income and principal exclusively for charitable purposes, whether directly or by contributions to deserving organizations and individuals. We are a non-profit organization that prides in rendering assistance to worthy charitable causes.

Smetana Community Services, Inc. would use the investment recycling funds in the following way: Provide funeral meals for needy families utilizing the Smetana Cemetery, electricity aid for our Community Center where all our functions are carried out, Donations to PCT. 4 VFD, Scotty's House, MHMR, School Functions, Hospice/Brazos Valley, Still Creek Ranch, KBTX Food Drive, Troops Support, Scholarships for Local Youth, Assistance to Local Accident Victims affected by fire, wreck, or illness and the Brazos Valley Food Bank.

For more information about Smetana Community Services, please contact Betty Hubacek, 2353 Silver Hill Road, Bryan, Texas 77807.
 

Still Creek Ranch

Still Creek Ranch is a non-profit 501(c)(3) basic care residential home for children age 8-18. Since 1988, we have accepted children from all over Texas who are victims of rejection, abuse, abandonment or broken homes and give them a second chance by providing a loving, structured home environment and a quality, private education.

For more information on Still Creek Ranch, please visit their website at www.stillcreekranch.org.
 

Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley

The mission of The Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley is to provide a child-centered, hands-on, interactive environment for learning and discovery for children. To meet its mission, the museum provides hands-on exhibits that promote a passion for lifelong learning, implements programs that enhance the educational system, offers family-oriented events that promote positive parent-child relationships, and partners with local organization to serve kids of the Brazos Valley.

To align with the Investment Recycling Initiative, The Children’s Museum will use funding to “recycle imagination” in the Brazos Valley. Specifically, the funds will support the museum’s Helping Hands scholarship program which allows children, families, and school groups to visit the museum at no cost. Therefore, the monetary support from Brazos Valley Bank would be recycled in the local community to underprivileged children who would not otherwise be able to visit the museum.

For more information of The Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley, please visit their website at www.cmbv.org.
 

The Prenatal Clinic

The Prenatal Clinic (Brazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic, Inc.) provides community based prenatal care and education to medically indigent, low-income women of Brazos County to promote positive pregnancy outcomes (healthy babies!). The goal of the Prenatal Clinic is to reduce illness and death associated with childbirth by reducing the number of low birth-weight infants and the rate of newborn mortality. Our belief is that every child should have the opportunity to be born healthy.

For more information on the Prenatal Clinic, please visit their website at www.bcsprenatal.org.
 

Voices for Children

Voices for Children recruits, trains, and supports volunteers from the community to be advocates for children in foster care. VCF’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (or CASAs) assist a child or sibling set who have been placed in the state’s custody because of abuse or neglect by interviewing the child and service providers; reviewing all relevant records; participating in mediations and staffing, as well as specific tasks as directed by the court. They represent the child’s best interest.

Any funds received will support operational costs associated with the recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteers as child advocates to be able to accomplish our goal of providing a CASA volunteer for every child from Brazos, Burleson, and Grimes counties in the state’s custody.

For more information on Voices for Children, please visit their website at www.vfcbrazos.org.