DECEMBER 26, 2001

KERRVILLE— The Cailloux Foundation announced that $621,500 in grants have been awarded during the fourth quarter of 2001. The awards range in size from $11,500 to $250,000.

The Children’s Association for Maximum Potential (CAMP) in Center Point, founded in 1979, was awarded a $250,000 grant to build a new 6,500 square foot dining hall. In 2001, 150 volunteer physicians, nurses and therapists provided medical care for more than 600 severely disabled young campers. In addition, 280 dedicated teen volunteers provided daily care and program activities for the young campers last summer.

A $250,000 grant was awarded to New Horizons in Goldthwaite, Texas to replace the organization’s sewer and water plants. Since 1971, New Horizons has provided services for abused children. The organization is currently providing emergency housing, needs assessment, child        placement, group homes, residential treatment, and family preservation        programming for 114 boys and girls from the Hill Country and West Texas.

The Foundation provided a $25,000 grant to the Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show in Kerrville. These funds will be used to augment sales at the 2002 stock sale. Young people from Kerr and 30 additional counties participate in the annual stock show and sale. The Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show is an all-volunteer organization and has provided services to area youth for 59 years.

The Medina Community Library in Medina has been awarded a $25,000 grant for books, videos, audio visual equipment, and programs for children. The Library was organized to provide a public resource and cultural center for Medina and the surrounding community. Volunteers created the organization last year and the volunteer services of a certified County Librarian Grade II have been enlisted.

A $25,000 grant was awarded to Schreiner University in Kerrville for the Hill Country College Fund (HCCF). $20,000 of the award will go directly to need-based scholarship awards and $5,000 will go toward the HCCF Endowment Fund. In 2000, the HCCF provided financial assistance to 166 students including vocational nursing students residing in Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kimble, Kerr, and Real Counties.

Families & Literacy in Kerrville was awarded a $20,000 grant for operating support to fund the expansion of the organization. Families & Literacy provides classes in parenting education, adult literacy, adult basic education, pre-GED instruction, English as a second language, citizenship, and workforce development to disadvantaged adults and teenagers in Kerr County.

The Foundation provided a $15,000 grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kerrville for their mentoring program. The organization matches well-screened adults volunteers to children from single parent homes to provide positive role models. They currently have 29 children matched with an adult mentor and four children waiting for mentors.

The United Way of Kerr County was awarded a grant for $11,500 as part of their current fund drive which will provide operating support to 22 nonprofit agencies in Kerr County in 2002. This year’s goal is $240,000 and they have raised more than 64% of that goal.

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