As some of you may know, mom is president of a 501C3 nonprofit organization called All Blind Children of Texas (ABCTX). Mom and Don were 2 of the organizers of this organization in 2004. In the later years of Don’s life, this organization was Don’s passion and remains Mom’s passion today.
Each year, Austin has a day of giving and ABCTX is included as one of the charities to support. The day of giving starts at 6:00 p.m. on the 20th of March and goes on until 6:00 p.m. on the 21st of March. You are invited to visit the www.abctx.org webpage to learn about the work this organization does. There is a link on that page taking you to the Amplify Austin website where you will immediately be connected to the ABCTX donation opportunity.
We hope you will visit the abctx.org website to learn about the exciting projects the organization supports. All of the dollars you donate go directly to services for children with visual impairments across Texas. ABCTX provides expanded core curriculum for blind children such as summer camps, creative writing programs, and the opportunity to compete in Sports Extravaganza which occurs each year in October in Dallas . Many parents have never seen their children have the opportunity to actually compete with others. This gives parents hope for their blind child.
When Don passed, he requested that contributions be sent to ABCTX in lieu of flowers. With his passing Don made one more generous contribution to blindness. The contributions made were approximately $5,000.00 causing many wonderful opportunities for blind and low vision children to be realized.
We hope that you will find it in your heart to help ABCTX continue to grow. Thank you, Mary Sue and Cindy
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