October 4, 2004

KERRVILLE— The Cailloux Foundation announced that $256,950 in grants have been awarded during the third quarter of 2004. The awards range in size from $3,000 to $100,000.

The San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) in San Antonio, Texas was awarded a $100,000 grant toward an $8,000,000 capital campaign to construct a new warehouse and administrative facility. The design of a new 90,000 square foot warehouse will help streamline procedures and allow the organization to process more than 40 million pounds of food annually. Founded in 1980, the SAFB acquires surplus food from grocers, restaurants, food manufacturers, and farmers and currently distributes it to more than 140,000 individuals each year. The organization serves Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, La Salle, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Wilson, and Zavala Counties.  Kerr and surrounding counties receive 6.5% of all food distributed by the SAFB. Food is distributed through 328 partner agencies including area organizations such as Christian Assistance Ministry, The Salvation Army, and the Kerr County Vincentian Organization.

 A $33,750 award to the Kerr County Vincentian Organization (KCVO) in Kerrville, Texas will provide a new truck with mechanical lifting capacity. This truck will allow the KCVO’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul volunteers to transport up to 3,000 pounds of food in a single trip from San Antonio to Kerrville and pick up large donated items for their thrift store. These volunteers operate the food pantry, the thrift store, give financial assistance to the poor, and visit the sick. The local Conference was established in 1957 as a subsidiary of the St. Vincent de Paul of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The local organization became a separate nonprofit known as the Kerr County Vincentian Organization in 2000.

 The Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Bandera, Texas to fund their new Junior Staff Program.  A limited number of youth from grades eight through 12 will observe and assist in all aspects of Club operations, learn CPR, and receive lifeguard training. These young people will learn job skills and be encouraged to consider a future vocation as they provide valuable volunteer hours to the Club.  The organization was formed in 1994 and became affiliated with the Boys & Girls Club in 2001. After school activities include homework assistance, story telling, goal setting, sports, games, and various art classes. The Club presently has 380 children enrolled.

 The Little Miracles Day Care Center in Rocksprings, Texas was awarded $20,000 to replace an oven and range, purchase a laminating machine for fundraising projects, provide operating funds for the summer program, and for four employees to attend training for Early Head Start licensing purposes. The Center was created in 2003. Programs include pre-school day care, after school activities for school age children, mother’s day out programs, and summer care programs. There are currently 53 children enrolled. The Center provides the only licensed childcare available in Rocksprings.

 A grant of $20,000 was awarded to the Friends of the Kimble County Library of Junction, Texas to provide emergency support for the Junction Summer Youth Program. This program is a comprehensive agenda of enrichment and educational activities including reading, math, computer science, art, outdoor education, and physical education for disadvantaged youth in Junction. More than 175 children from six to 13 years of age participated in the 2004 summer program.

 The Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant for operating funds to Young Life Kerr County in Kerrville. These funds will help meet the costs of program growth and staff required to manage programs in West Kerr County. In 2001, the organization began providing outreach programs in West Kerr County. Volunteers provide much of the program labor. YLKC programs include weekly club meetings and Bible study, as well as weekend and summer camping opportunities. A total of 450 youth participated in 2003.

 A grant of $18,200 was awarded to the House of Hope Foundation of Kerrville for operating support. The organization was created in 2000 as a sanctuary for women recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. It offers a home-like environment based on the principles of the Twelve Step Program with spiritual guidance, and professional help by certified counselors. Services include assistance finding employment, help in furthering education and job skills, help with personal financial planning, and help with transportation. An estimated 164 women will be served in 2004 in two separate houses in Kerrville.

 A grant of $10,000 was awarded to the American Cancer Society- Kerr Unit in Kerrville. Grant funds will be used locally to provide information, volunteer services, educational materials, and products such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, colostomy supplies, prostheses, and wigs, for patients in Kerr County. The organization assisted 877 individuals in Kerr County last year. The American Cancer Society was founded in 1913 to disseminate knowledge concerning the prevention of cancer; to investigate the disease; and to compile statistics. The Kerr Unit was established in the 1960's. 

The Texas Heritage Music Foundation (THMF) of Kerrville was awarded $7,000 to provide educational materials and transportation to 1,100 children to attend the annual Texas Heritage Living History Day. More than 50 performers, historians, and educators at the event represented cowboy, vaquero, farmer, buffalo soldier, and Native American themes. THMF was created in 1987 to preserve and perpetuate traditions in Texas music, to trace influences in Texas music, and to document the role Texas music has played in society. An academic seminar for papers and presentations on Texas heritage is held after Living History Day. Events around Living History weekend draw approximately 4,000 participants.

  A $5,000 grant to provide support for an estimated 110 dialysis patients and transplant recipients in Kerr and Gillespie Counties was made to the National Kidney Foundation of South and Central Texas in San Antonio. The funds will be used to assist low income patients pay for medications, transportation, and other services related to dialysis and transplant in times of need. The number of patients in need of support in this area has doubled in the last year in part due to rising drug costs. The organization is an affiliate of the National Kidney Foundation and serves 46 counties in the state including Kerr and Gillespie Counties.

 The Foundation made a $3,000 award to Kerrville Elderly Residents Enhanced of Kerrville to provide for the personal needs of disadvantaged elderly citizens in Kerr County nursing homes. The all-volunteer organization was formed by family members of nursing home residents. They provide items such as eyeglasses, clothing, sundries, and enrichment activities that indigent nursing home residents can not afford.

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