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The Social Buzz
Congrats to two of our members, Sarah Palmer and Kristen Henry, who were both named as Eleanora Magazine’s 2019 Texas Women to Watch!
Thank you to our volunteers who hand delivered school supplies to the children at local elementary schools on behalf of SA YES, a local nonprofit providing school supplies to Title 1 elementary schools.
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Congrats to our fellow member Jennifer Donegan who recently received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative for her schizophrenia research. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.
In July, our awesome SA Works volunteers helped at Habitat for Humanity by installing and painting siding on a home. "Happy thoughts can't build houses, volunteers can!"
JLSA teamed up with Girls Inc. to host a summer camp full of STEMbased activities and experiments. Science Camp aims to provide girls ages 6-12 with the confidence, knowledge, and skills to pursue their interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
Winter 2020 Our President Yvonne Addison and our Paving New Paths Chair Lorena Peña discussed all things Fall Fest and Paving New Paths at KENS5!
Special visitor, Jamie Martin from KJ97, stopped by the JLSA office to create a promo video for this year’s Fall Fest featuring our VP of Fund Development, Amanda Crouch, and Fall Fest CoChair, Brooke Haley.
Shout out to our SA Works volunteers who teamed up with other hard working organizations to help spruce up the Cibolo Nature Center & Farm!
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