Events

Thank you to the First Presbyterian Church of San Marcos!

The church hosted a volunteer fair on Sunday, June 30, 2024 and HCCPB board member Karen Housewright participated. We are grateful for this opportunity to meet with church members and talk about our mission and goals. 

The First Presbyterian Church will be collecting supplies which are in great demand by the children and families we serve throughout July 2024. 

The Hays County Child Protective Board has selected Topaz Lurwick as this year's recipient of the Anna Ve Farr Heroes in Education award!

Topaz is an educator at Wimberley High School in Wimberley, TX under Principal Ryan Wilkes.

Like Anna, Topaz has a loving heart and a deep compassion for abused, neglected, under-resourced and special needs children.  Her efforts are not focused to one aspect of her work, but rather in all areas of awareness, connection, education, and support.

Topaz has taken the initiative to make connections in her community so that collaborations can swiftly impact children and their families.  She is an advocate and a refuge for many.  Topaz is most definitely a HERO IN EDUCATION!

On Saturday, April 27, 2024, Rainbow Room Manager, Abby Mendez-Villegas, and Board member, Karen Housewright, participated in the Dia del Nino event in city park.

On December 16, 2023, D&V Movers of San Marcos held a fundraiser benefitting the Hays County Child Protective Board.   They collected lots of baby items for the children in foster and kinship care in Hays County.  There were delicious hamburgers and a raffle with great prizes as well.

Thank you, D&V Movers, for your continued support!

Photo caption: Paul and Brittany Benoit

The Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards awarded the State of Texas Outstanding Community Resource Award for 2022 to Brenda and Kaare Remme.  Generous contributions from the Remmes allowed the Hays County Child Protective Board to open the Remme Rainbow Room which was named in their honor.

Photo caption: Derrell and Mary Moore

On December 4, 2022, D&V Movers of San Marcos held a fundraiser benefitting the Hays County Child Protective Board.   They collected lots of new clothes and other items for the children in foster and kinship care in Hays County.   There were delicious hamburgers and fries provided by AD's Kitchen and a raffle with great prizes as well.

Thank you, D&V Movers, for your support!

The Hays County Child Protective Board participated in the Hays County Health Department's free immunization fair for children going back to school, ages 18 and under.  The HCCPB interacted with the community, explaining our mission and passing out marketing items.

The San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Quilting Guild has donated 21 child-sized quilts to the HCCPB’s Remme Rainbow Room. SMUUF Social Justice Chair Jeannie Lewis presented the quilts to Board member June Chase Hankins, who expressed the Board’s appreciation: “Children arriving in the care of Child Protective Services have left the only homes they have ever known, often with no possessions other than the clothes they are wearing. Each quilt will be a warming, comforting item that belongs to the child alone. The Board is grateful, and I am touched by the Guild members’ devotion of their time and skill to comfort children in this way.”

In addition, SMUUF chose the Board for its June 2022 Donate-the-Plate contribution, donating $435. HCCPB appreciates the support received over the last several years from SMUUF, which has helped to fill the many gaps between what the state provides for children in the care of Child Protective Services, and what is needed to meet their basic needs.

In December 2021, our friends at Heldenfels Enterprises Inc. hosted a toy drive for the Remme Rainbow Room.  We were overwhelmed with their donations!   Thanks to the generous employees at Heldenfels, we now have lots of toys and other great items to share with the children in foster and kinship care in Hays County.

Thank you, Heldenfels, for your support!

In October 2021, we hosted a toy drive for the Remme Rainbow Room at various locations across Hays County.  Donations supported the children placed in foster and kinship care in Hays County.

Thank you for your support!

In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, our Board President and Vice-President (pictured here), along with other board members, spent time at Sam's Club in San Marcos sharing information with the community about the mission of HCCPB and the prevention of child abuse.

A special thanks to Sam's Club for letting us have a table and being a host for our diaper drive!  

On September 11th, we had a pop-up hygiene drive at two locations, one in San Marcos and one in Buda.  Thanks to the generous donations from the community, we were able to collect some much needed hygiene items for the children in protective care in Hays County.  

Thank you for your support!