OCTOBER 2, 2002

KERRVILLE—The Cailloux Foundation announced that $499,000 in grants have been awarded during the third quarter of 2002. The awards range in size from $2,500 to $330,000.

 The Fredericksburg Community Health Center of Fredericksburg, Texas was awarded a $330,000 challenge grant to help purchase land and construct a new health clinic. The Center will serve the working poor in Gillespie, Blanco, Mason, Kendall, and Llano Counties. The organization has been in operation since 1992. They currently provide a monthly diabetes clinic, referrals to specialists, and a weekly evening clinic staffed by volunteer doctors and medical professionals. The new building will provide the space for expanded services in providing primary health care for those without health insurance. The Center will be seeking contributions for the remaining funding for the project.

 The Foundation provided a $78,000 grant to Lutheran Social Services of the South (LSS) of Austin, Texas to help purchase and renovate a building for use as a group home for girls in Fredericksburg. LSS is the largest provider of children’s residential care in Texas and has placed more than 5,300 children in adoptive homes. The organization will also be opening a foster care services office in Fredericksburg.

 A $25,000 grant was awarded to the Hill Country Christian Counseling Center of Kerrville to help convert a residential building into counseling offices. Counseling services were established in 1992 through the Kerrville church community. Services provided include individual and family counseling, play therapy for children, premarital counseling, vocational counseling, and retirement counseling. Fees for counseling services are based on a sliding scale and are available to individuals from Kerr County and the surrounding area.

 The Hill Country Crisis Council of Kerrville, Texas received $25,000 for operating expenses. The Council was chartered in 1984 and has a long history of serving victims of domestic violence. In 2001, the organization assisted more than 350 people in crisis. The service area for the organization now includes Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, and Gillespie Counties.

The Foundation provided Camp Eagle of Rocksprings, Texas a $20,000 grant to provide disadvantaged children from the Hill Country a week-long camping experience. The Camp was established in 1999 on a 1,384-acre site along the Nueces River. They served 3,850 people from church groups around the state in 2001.

 Little Miracles Child Care Center received a $18,500 grant to help create a daycare center for low-income families in Rocksprings. The Center was chartered in 2001 with the goal of creating a safe and enriching environment for children. Programs include after school activities for children and parenting classes for parents.  

The Foundation granted $2,500 to the National Kidney Foundation of South and Central Texas of San Antonio, Texas to provide information and support services to dialysis patients in Kerr and Gillespie Counties. These funds will go to low income patients in small awards to help pay for medications, transportation, and services related to dialysis and kidney transplantation.  

Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux created The Cailloux Foundation in 1994. The Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate their vision through the betterment of individual lives, with emphasis on the needs of disadvantaged children. Mr. Cailloux was co-founder of Keystone International and was instrumental in the company becoming a leader in the manufacturing and marketing of industrial valves for general industry. In 1981, Mr. and Mrs. Cailloux moved from Houston to Kerrville, Texas where they became very involved in charitable endeavors in the Texas Hill Country and around the state. The Foundation continues these endeavors by quietly awarding grants to eligible nonprofit organizations mainly in the Hill Country.

 The application process for the Foundation consists of an initial letter of inquiry from a nonprofit organization to help Foundation staff determine if a project fits within its guidelines. If a project does fit the guidelines, a full grant application is provided for the agency to complete. Please read the application process section on this site for more information regarding inquiries to the Foundation. n