Be honest. Be kind. Speak up.

July 2019

Volume 2 Issue 1

Making a Difference-Sharing the Impact

Madeline Haynes Memorial Scholarship:

We are proud of and honored to recognize our 2019 Madeline Haynes Memorial Scholarship winners. We were able to present six students from Hutto High School and one student from Jarrell High School with $1000 each. We hope you will join us this year for our annual Night at the Races Fundraiser which supports our scholarship fund.

Meet our Mascots:

These two “peafowl” found us and have adopted the Sandbox as their home. We have loved having them around and they love get-ting a treat or two now and then when the kids drop crumbs. The middle school students named them Steve (upper left) and Brittney (upper right).

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIRST HALF OF 2019:

“If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.” We hope that we are touching lives everyday through our programs, our messages and the relationships we have formed.

We kicked off this year with a ‘Fortnite Frenzy’. Six screens, six game consoles and teams took to the battle fields.

We hosted our fourth annual Prom Extrava-ganza and Military Ball Gown Event. This year we helped nearly 50 students with dresses, accessories, tuxedo gift cards, hair

and nail certificates and prom tickets.

We sponsored our first annual Senior Mom’s Breakfast, hosted our first ‘after prom breakfast’, and enjoyed time with several teams and organizations for their team dinners. We look forward to inviting more clubs/teams/organizations/groups to share our space and message with even

more young people. (Contact us if you’d like to have your group out)

Our high school group, The Sandbox at Hutto HS worked hard to bring some unity and kindness to the staff and students on their campus. They held a chilidog bar lunch, passed out pencils to stu-dents, passed around a coffee/snack cart, gave lunch bags and note-

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“You were born with the ability to change someone’s life, don’t ever waste it.”

Jarrell HS Recipient:

Savannah Jo Jacobson

Hutto HS Recipients: Ashton

Corporon, Lainey Griffith,

Danielle Kowalski,

Jade Ruggirello, Kirsten

Logiudice and (not pictured)

Jeremiah Dalsbo

We are always looking for additional hands and resources to make

our programs work. Check out our opportunities and let us know if

there is anything you are interested in.

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Executive Board

Rachael Haynes

John Haynes

Richard Dugger

tawnya Herrick

Terrence Owens

Lynne Smith

Leigh Walker

Jane Wrinkle

George zuniga

Advisory Board

Nancy Krenek

Paulette Bilby

Jeff Maurice

Kristy Mantz

Dr. Rochelle

Hall-Schwarz

From Our President: Hello friends, We hope you are enjoying a peaceful

summer spending quality time with friends and family. As you will see in

this mid-year newsletter The Sandbox at Madeline's Place continues

to change and develop in how we support and encourage our area teens around honesty, kindness and

speaking up for themselves and others.

We are particularly happy to report how our after school programs have

grown this year due to our new space and the flexibility it brings.

Attendance at our "Grades and Grub" tutoring (and fun) nights has doubled and we now have dedicated rooms for homework and art. We have outgrown our capacity to make one trip to pick

up teens after school in our van and now have to either make shuttle runs or enlist the help of additional staff. All of this is a

result of our partnership with the city of Hutto and supporters like you. We are so blessed to be in a community that

takes such an active interest in our teens, not only in words but in action. Several city council members, the mayor, the police and fire chiefs, leaders from our parks and rec depart-

ment and many others have all visited to see what we are doing in this house and to offer their support.

As a result of this partnership we are reaching more teens and

offering more programs than ever before. We simply can't say "thank you" often enough or loud enough but we will neverthe-

less keep trying. If you have teens in the Central Texas are we hope you'll come see us. If you don't have teens but have an in-

terest in the overall health and well being of teenagers, we hope you will come see us. Either way, we THANK YOU for taking the time to read this, for your support of the Sandbox and for

helping us share Madeline's enduring beauty and passion. Be Honest Be Kind Speak Up.

John Haynes

Looking for ways you can help:

Sponsor a Dinner: $200/covers one week

(We feed about 60 people each week)

Stock our Paper Goods & Water: $250/covers the entire month

(Paper towels, toilet paper, paper plates, utensils, etc.)

Stock our Pantry: $50/covers one week

(Help us keep snacks and staples on hand)

Of course monthly financial contributors are our greatest asset in

our ability to pay payroll and continue running our operation.

Many companies will match donations—please check with yours!

If you would like to sponsor one of the things above or become a

monthly financial supporter, visit our website

www.thesandboxatmadelinesplace.org and click on

COMMUNITY-DONATE.

“Giving is not just about making a donation; it’s about making a

difference.”

DID YOU KNOW?

We offer Teens 4 Teens Suicide Awareness

and Prevention training for high school stu-

dents. This is an opportunity to educate, young

people on warning signs and, more important-

ly, to arm them with tools should they ever

find themselves or a friend trending into crisis.

(We offer a mini-session to middle school

students upon request) We would love to talk

with your student group or organization. Con-

tact us at sandboxatmadelines@gmail.com

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THANK YOU, A MILLION TIMES THANK YOU!

Our Sports Side:

Our Hippo Wrestling Club is on hiatus after losing its practice space. We are looking for a new place to continue impacting over

50 area youth with this program. The long term vision of the Sandbox has always been to build a large gym that would house

indoor basketball and volleyball courts, indoor sand courts, indoor track; as well as, space for other sports, such as wrestl ing, to

have the ability to run their programs. Our vision includes an opportunity for the gym to be self sustaining by hosting club teams

and tournaments. If you know of any funding sources and or laborers that would consider joining us in seeing our vision come to

life, please let us know!

Thank you to the City of

Hutto! We have been in our

new location for nearly one

year and have grown

exponentially! Thank you

for catching our vision and

supporting the work of

impacting youth.

GRANTS and AWARDS

*The Sandbox at Madeline’s Place was nominated for

Non-Profit of the Year by the Hutto Chamber of

Commerce.

*We were also recognized by the Dell Medical School

as one of their Health Ecosystem HERO.

*Thank you to the Round Rock Changemakers for

choosing us to be their recipient of a $1000 grant and for

all the help their students provide!

*Finally, we were awarded a grant from the Michael and

Susan Dell Foundation.

FUNDRAISERS You Supported:

Dairy Queen Spirit Night

Panda Express Spirit Night

Amplify Austin-Hutto

Our greatest gift is when you support our mission and impact on young people with your time, talent and treasure!

“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a

civilization work.” Vince Lombardi

This summer we hosted nearly 40

middle school girls for 4 weeks of

clinics and scrimmages. Coached by

former Hutto Hippo volleyball player,

Emerald Rosenbusch, the girls learned

and practiced the basics, played fun

skills games and participated in scrim-

mages. These clinics help prepare

these incoming 7th and 8th graders for

the upcoming volleyball season try-

outs. We ended the four week period

with a cookout and some fun sand

volleyball at our place.

A Few UPCOMING EVENTS

Beginning 9.3.19 Beginning 9.5.19 October

Tuesdays

MS Grades & Grub 4:30 - 7:30 PM

Thursdays

HS Grades & Grub 4:30 - 7:30 PM

5th Quarter after Hutto HS home football

Game until Midnight

10.4.19

*Our middle school nights will

feature monthly guest speakers

on a variety of topics!

*Our High School nights will feature live

music, coffee drinks (hot & cold), smoothies

and backyard games!

Night at the Races

Our Annual Fundraiser

10.26.19

Contact us to host your student group,

sport, organization, club in a private

team bonding event at our facility.

billie@4sandbox.org

middle schoolers catch a ride

on Tuesdays to the sandbox to

eat! study! hang out!

Check our website and social media pages for calendar updates

P.O. Box 446 Hutto, TX 78634

Check us out!

www.thesandboxatmadeli

nesplace.org/

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10700 S. FM1660

Hutto, TX 78634

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PO Box 446, Hutto, TX

78634