We Planned for 20 Care Packages; We Packed Nearly 100!
Before the Women’s Leadership Summit officially kicked off Monday morning in San Antonio, we already had a reason to celebrate. We’d set a goal of packing 20 care packages for The Children’s Shelter. By the time we finished, we had nearly 100.
Women in Title sponsored the summit’s community giving activity, and attendees dropped in that morning to pack bags for babies, young children and families served by The Children’s Shelter. In the days leading up to the summit, donations had already been filling up the garage of Brittney Soles, our San Antonio Chapter Chair. It was pretty cool to see all those supplies turn into nearly 100 bags ready to go.
The San Antonio organization behind the bags
LaRhesa Moon, CEO of The Children’s Shelter, joined us Monday morning and shared how the organization got its start and what its work looks like today. One detail that stuck with us was how long the shelter has been part of San Antonio. It began serving children in 1901, 34 years before the Social Security Act established federal funding to help states provide financial assistance to children in need.
Today, The Children’s Shelter operates a 32-bed emergency shelter for children from birth through age 10. It also provides foster care and adoption services, mental health support and programs that help parents build stability for their families.
A connection that started before the summit
Our San Antonio chapter was already involved with The Children’s Shelter, and Brittney recently joined the shelter’s board. Having the summit in San Antonio gave us a chance to bring more of our WiT community into the work Brittney and the chapter are doing locally.
Thank you to everyone who donated supplies or dropped in Monday morning to pack a bag. And thank you to LaRhesa for taking the time to tell us about the children and families those bags would reach. We came in hoping to fill 20. You helped us fill nearly five times that many.
Learn more about The Children’s Shelter and how to support its work.