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Happy Mother’s Day!

“Every child is a different kind of flower and all together, make this world

~Author Unknown

a beautiful garden.”

Sonja HoltAnnual Appeal Chair Helping Hand Home

Suzy BalagiaPresidentHelping Hand Home

Since 1893, Helping Hand Home has transformed the lives of severely abused and neglected children by combining nurturing care, professional treatment and innovative services that heal. Our goal is to protect and restore the lives of victimized children so they may reclaim their futures and reach their full potential.

Your generosity makes it possible for the Home to continue to help hundreds of children move from poverty, homelessness and abuse to health, stability and ultimately success.

Make Mother’s Day even more meaningful this year through a gift to support the children of Helping Hand Home.

By investing in their futures, you are helping to provide these young boys and girls with the therapeutic healing they need to break the cycle of abuse.

Thank you in advance for your support and for allowing us to give these children the bright future they deserve.

Sincerely,

Donate today at www.helpinghandhome.org

3804 Avenue B, Austin, TX 78751512.459.3353

facebook.com/helpinghandhome@helpinghandhome

Thank you for

paying the postage

Helping Hand Home for Children3804 Avenue BAustin, Texas 78751

Donations may also be made at www.helpinghandhome.org

Enclosed is my gift made payable to: Helping Hand Home for Children

___ My employer has a Matching Gifts Program ___ I am interested in a tour. Please contact me to schedule a time.

___ $5,000 provides 1,000 meals and snacks for our children

___ $1,000 provides therapy and psychiatric care for children overcoming past trauma

___ $500 provides enrichment activities such as swim lessons, music, sports, cooking or art

___ $250 provides five weeks of Discovery Time, HHH’s academic summer program, for one child

___ $100 provides clothing for a child who arrives with nothing but the clothes on his back

___ $50 provides a welcome kit to a child who is new to Helping Hand Home

___ $25 pays for educational software for our computer

room

___ Other $__________

THANK YOU!Name ___________________________________________________________________ Phone ___________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________ Zip ______________________________________________

Email ___________________________________________________________________ Amount $ ______________________________________

Name on Credit Card ________________________________________________ Exp. Date ______________________________________

Credit Card # ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Make my gift: ____ In Honor of, OR ____ In Memory of: _____________________________________________________________

Please send a card to: Name _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________________Zip ____________________________________________ In recognition of any gift of $100 or more, we will mail a card on your behalf to someone special in honor of Mother’s Day. Please return your gift by May 2nd to ensure delivery by Mother’s Day.

For questions please contact the Development Department at (512) 600-7897. Helping Hand Home for Children is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Donations are tax deductible.

Please consider including Helping Hand Home in your will or as a beneficiary of your life insurance or IRA. For more information, contact Michele Baylor, Director of Donor Relations at 512-220-1696.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day! A donation to

Helping Hand Home for Childrenhas been made

This gift will bring hope and healing to the children we serve.If you have any questions, please call the Development Department at 512-600-7897.

Donate today at www.helpinghandhome.org

3804 Avenue B, Austin, TX 78751512.459.3353

facebook.com/helpinghandhome@helpinghandhome

Helping Hand Home for Children 3804 Avenue B Austin, TX 78751

Make Mother’s Day even more meaningful this year through a gift to Helping Hand Home for Children

Since 1893, Helping Hand Home has transformed the lives of thousands of children by providing a nurturing and therapeutic home for those who have suffered unimaginable abuse and neglect. Today HHH provides a continuum of services that includes:

Our Services:

Therapeutic residential treatment

Education at on-site charter school

Foster Care Program

Adoption Program

Family Support Program Ways to Support Helping Hand Home:

Donate - Online, by mail or phone by contacting the Development Department at 512.600.7897

Wish List - Needs updated weekly at www.helplinghandhome.org/wishlist

Volunteer - For more information visit our website or email [email protected]

Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent – For more information call Holly Burk, Foster and Adoption Home Developer at 512.600.7894

Hope Happens Here

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The Value of VolunteersNational Volunteer Appreciation Week

Interns

Comal County Habitat for Humanity1269 Industrial DriveNew Braunfels, TX 78130

April 12-19, 2016

Web: www.comalhabitat.org/volunteeringEmail: [email protected]: 830.625.4025

Construction Volunteers

HomeFront Office V

olunteers

ReStore Volunteers

Volunteers are the backbone and heart of Habitat whether they wield a hammer, microphone, price gun, or keyboard! Check out some facts about the value of volunteers at CCHFH.

In the U.S. last year, 62.8 million Americans volun-teered 7.9 billion hours. The average value of a volunteer hour is $23.04, and the esti-mated value of this volunteer service is nearly $184 billion.

Volunteers have 27% higher odds of finding a job after be-ing out of work than non-vol-unteers. This may be due to several factors, including developing new skills and ex-panding personal networks.

CONTACT US

Volunteering strengthens our community by bring-ing together people to help build a home with a part-ner family. By volunteering in your community, you have a chance to give back.

Volunteers are almost twice as likely to donate as non- volunteers. Nearly 80% of vol-unteers donated, compared to 40 percent of non-volunteers. Overall, half of all Americans donated at least $25 last year.

Volunteer Week Schedule

Each day of the week, CCHFH will recognize a different volunteer group, leading up to party for all of the volunteers at the end.Tuesday, April 12: HomeFront Office Volunteers and Interns Appreciation DayWednesday, April 13: ReStore Volunteers Appreciation Day

Thursday, April 14: Construction Volunteers Appreciation Day

Friday, April 15: “Fun Friday” (a party for all volunteers at the CCHFH ReStore)Tuesday, April 19: Board Members Appreciation Day

Become a Volunteer!

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity

brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

OUR MISSIONOUR VISION

A world where everyone has a decent place to live.

ReStoreHomeFront

(Admin) ConstructionReStore volunteers may help with

processing donationspricing products

cleaning/maintenancecustomer service

loading/unloading of large itemsTuesdays – 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Wednesdays-Fridays – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (flexible hours available)Saturdays – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (flexible hours available)

HomeFront Office volunteer tasks may include:answering phonesstuffing envelopes

data entryorganizing supplies for boothsassisting visitors to the office

other office job duties

Tuesdays-Saturdays – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (flexible hours available)

Volunteer on a job site to help build a home with a partner

family

Thursdays and Saturdays – 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

No experience, tools, or construction skills necessary

Construction volunteers must be 16 years of age or

older to be on the build site

Group Opportunities

Special Projects Contact Us

We offer group opportunities for businesses, families, churches or other organizations to volunteer

together

There are: ReStore Sponsored Days

Construction Group Days “A Brush of Kindness”

Group Days

Some other volunteer opportunities include:

assistant event coordinatorscashiers

donation pick-up driverssite support

Women Build crew, among others

We also offer internships for the Fall, Spring and Summer. Go to

our website for available positions.

Crystal Moore, Community Engagement Director

830.625.4025

coordinator@comal habitat.orgcomalhabitat.org/volunteering1269 Industrial DriveNew Braunfels, 78130

VOLUNTEER WITHOur Mission

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together

to build homes, communities and hope.

Our VisionA world where everyone has

a decent place to live.

What can you volunteer for?

ReStoreVolunteering at the ReStore ensures that you can make a significant difference in the lives of others as all donated dollars to go directly to the cost of building homes

ReStore volunteers MUST be 15 years of age or older

ReStore volunteers may help with processing dona-tions, pricing products, cleaning/maintenance, custom-er service, and loading/unloading of large items

Hours: Tuesdays – 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Wednes-days-Fridays – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with flexible shifts available; Saturdays – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with flexible shifts available

Homefront (Admin) Construction

Special Projects

Group Opportunities

Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with flexible shifts available

HomeFront Office volunteer tasks may include: answering phones, filing, folding brochures, stuffing envelopes, data entry, organizing supplies for booths, typing letters, assisting visitors to the office and/or other office job duties

No experience necessary and on-the-job training is offered for all HomeFront Office volunteer tasks

We offer group opportunities for businesses, families, churches or other organizations to volunteer together

There are ReStore Sponsored Days, Construction Group Days and “A Brush of Kindness” Group Days

Volunteer on a job site to help build a home with a partner family

Hours: Thursdays and Saturdays – 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

No experience, tools, or construction skills necessary

Construction volunteers must be 16 years of age or older to be on the build site

There are several other volunteer opportunities available throughout the year. Some of these include: assistant event coordinators, cashiers, donation pick-up drivers, site support, and Women Build crew, among others.

We also offer internships for the Fall, Spring and Summer. The positions include: Construction Intern, Family Services Intern, Marketing Intern and PR Intern, among others.

CONTACT USCrystal Moore, Community Engagement Director

830.625.4025

[email protected]

comalhabitat.org/volunteering

1269 Industrial Dr, New Braunfels, 78130

for your donation to

C o m a l C o u n t y H a b i tat fo r H u m a n i t y !Yo u r d on a t i on he l p s u s con t i n u e

t o b u i l d a n d re pa i r h omes i n the Coma l Co u n t y a rea . We co u l d n o t d o i t w i th o u t

the s u p p o r t of d ono r s l i k e yo u !

T H A N K Y O U

Crystal MooreCommunity Engagement Director

Gratent’s Go-To Guide for Social Media SuccessIn a time where social media is constantly growing, it is one of the most valuable tools for networking in today’s age. Here are our tips for what social media sites to post on, what content to post, and when to post it.

Why should you use social media?• To showcase your brand/company• To build a business-client relationship• To increase your exposure• To enhance your company’s trustworthiness• To create brand credibility

• To increase sales• To access consumer feedback quickly• To boost traffic and search engine ranking• To cut market costs

What social media sites should you use?Overall, it is shown that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram are some of the top social media sites for networking for your business. Here are some stats and tips for how to use each one:

Facebook Twitter

Instagram LinkedIn

Why should you use Facebook? It has the highest number of visitors so your company is more likely to be seen and it is a casual setting.

Estimated monthly visitors = 900,000,000

What to post on Facebook: Information about your company (but do not dis-close everything on Facebook), include links to your business’s website, make posts positive and interesting so that people are more likely to click on the links, include images to increase follower engagement, engage with users by responding to comments whether the comments are positive or negative, and be available to respond to users or post when users are listening.

Best days and times to post on Facebook: Every day from 1 pm to 4 pm (peak time is Wednesdays at 3 pm)

Worst days and times to post on Facebook: Weekends before 8 am and after 8 pm

How often to post on Facebook: 2 posts per day

Why should you use Twitter? It can be used as a strong customer service tool to engage your audience and you can retweet information that is relevant to your business.


What to post on Twitter: Questions, facts, and figures to engage your audience and will get more retweets; a call to action: let your audience know what you would like them to do next; use mentions (for example: @nytimes) to prompt influencers to engage with you and respond; use hashtags (example: #small-business) to reach out to a wider audience (do not use excessively and make relevant to your business); retweet relevant content for your audience and thank people who retweet you; shorten all of your URLs to bit.ly links (these generate the most retweets); use correct punctuation and grammar

Best days and times to post on Twitter: Monday-Thursday, 9 am to 3 pm

Worst days and times to post on Twitter: Every day after 8 pm, Friday after 3 pm

How often to post on Twitter: 3 posts per day (not including retweets)

Why should you use LinkedIn? It is the best platform to establish and promote your business to other business professionals and is a valuable recruiting tool.


What to post on LinkedIn: create a status update (make all posts up-to-date, informative, relevant, and attention-grabbing); engage with your audience by asking questions; add a link to your update to direct more people to your arti-cle; edit description text to draw people’s attention to click (be concise and to the point); know your target audience and tailor the post to them (use Linke-dIn insights to see how well your previous posts have performed and measure engagement through comments, shares, likes, and clicks); interact with com-menters by engaging in the conversation and building relationships with your audience

Best days and times to post on LinkedIn: Tuesday-Thursday, 12 pm and 5pm to 6pm

Worst days and times to post on LinkedIn: Mondays and Fridays, 10 am to 6 pm

How often to post on LinkedIn: 1 post per day

Why should you use Instagram? It is a visual platform to promote your busi-ness in a more casual setting and it has a loyal audience following.


What to post on Instagram: well-edited photos (use photo-editing apps, such as Camera+ or Snapseed); use similarly edited photos to give your feed a consistent look and feel; use the rule of thirds (put subject of the photo in only two-thirds of the screen to make it more visually appealing); use relevant captions to grab the attention of your audience and include questions to drive comments; use hashtags to reach out to a wider audience (do not use exces-sively and make relevant to your business); reply to people who have liked and commented your photos to drive two-way conversations

Best days and times to post on Instagram: Every day from 2 pm to 5 pm (peak times are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2 pm to 5 pm)

Worst days and times to post on Instagram: Every day at 9 am and 6 pm

How often to post on Instagram: 2 posts per day

What features make up a Sakai site? Sakai provides a full featured system supporting technology-enabled teaching, learning, research and collaboration for education.

ePortfolio | University Honor Code | Library | SLAC | Writing Center

My Workspace Sample Class 1 Sample Class 2 MORE SITES

Home

Syllabus

Announcements

Assignments

Attendance

Drop Box

Chat Room

Email

Forums

Resources

Meetings

Polls

Help

Gradebook 2

The Sakai Project | Mobile View | Texas State University

Copyright 2003-2015 The Sakai Foundation. All rights reserved. Portions of Sakai are copyrighted by other parties as described in the Acknowledgements screen. e-mail: [email protected] TRACS Support: 512.245.5566

TRACS - tracs-10.5.3 - Sakai 10.5 (Kernel 10.5) - Server tracs-app-server-9-4

Sample Class 1: Site InformationThis is an example of what a Sakai site can look like, with a few minor details. This sample site was used for a PR Campaigns class at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. It gives a screenshot of some of the capabilities of a Sakai site and is customizable in its colors and features included.

Announcements

Message Center

There are currently no announcements at this location.

none

The most popular features are Announcements, Assignments, Gradebook, and Resources, among many others. Some less widely used, but other features include Polls and Meetings.

Home Assignments

The Home tool allows the adopter to add information about the site and updates if they have any announcements or messages.

The Assignments tool allows the adopter to create or grade online and offline assignments and leave feedback.

The Gradebook tool allows the adopter to calculate, store and distribute grade information to students.

Gradebook

The Resources tool allows the adopter to post, store, organize and share material related to the site in folders with site participants.

The Polls tool allows the adopter to easily create surveys, distribute and collect data from site participants.

The Meetings tool allows the adopter to make video calls to site participants and upload presentations for a video meeting.

Resources Polls Meetings

NewsletterVolume 1 Edition 1 April 5, 2015

Determined girl with a diverse set of mass communication skills

By Hannah CramerReporter

Raquel Gonzales is a passionate student at Texas State University who excels in every task she comes across. Gonzales began her education at the University of Washington and transferred to Texas State Uni-versity as soon as she realized she was meant to be a Bobcat. She loves the people and atmosphere at Texas State and finds herself a lot happier since she transferred to San Marcos.

Gonzales worked for the University News Service and was even asked to work for the University Star. Her work ethic prevented her from taking on the extra responsibility, due to her heavy school load. Gonzales’ writing experi-ence started long before her time as a Bobcat; she began writing for her high school newspaper, The Peninsula Out-look. Gonzales says she learned how to take constructive criticism and improve her writing skills immensely while working for the Peninsula Outlook and University News Service. Her published articles can be found at www.txstate.edu/news.

Not only can she take construc-tive criticism, but she can also give it. Gonzales has held leadership positions throughout her academic career includ-ing managing a staff at the Peninsula Outlook and training new employees at a retail job. She says her leadership experience taught her to be a good role model.

Gonzales has volunteered at mul-tiple festivals, giving her real-world experience. At the X Games Austin she managed a booth and oversaw other volunteers. Gonzales sold merchandise and worked with artists three summers in a row at the Creation Festival North-west. She also has ample experience with managing finances after working as a tax preparer for Villegas y Villegas.

Gonzales says her strongest asset is working well on a team with all types of people. Her main goal is to find an internship to further expand her skills in public relations and web design. Thanks to her skills in AP Style, web coding, Microsoft Office, Photo-shop and blogging, she would benefit any company looking to improve their public relations or web-content depart-ments. Learn more about Gonzales and see her web design talent for your-self on her personal website: http://raquelgonzales.com.

Upper picture: Gonzales at the Circuit of the Americas enjoying a race.Lower picture: Gonzales at her high school graduation in Tacoma, Washington.

Samples of work by Raquel Gonzales

This is a hobby website Gonzales created to show her love for tattoos. This was her first experience with Twitter Bootstrap

and her first experience with Adobe Photo-shop, which she used to create the head-

er. She is very proud of this website.

This is the professional website Gon-zales created to refer to future employers. She created this website using Twitter Bootstrap. She learned how to code and design websites from her Web Design class taken at Texas State University.

All photos by Raquel Gonzales

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