Please meet JCL's Honorary Lifetime Member:

  
I AM ONE OF THE OLDIES OF CHARITY LEAGUE SINCE 1960. I AM NOW 82 AND HAVE MOVED TO BOERNE TEXAS NEAR TO MY CHILDREN. I WANT EACH OF YOU TOO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF EACH OF YOU AS I KNOW YOU HAVE DONATED ALMOST 2 MILLION DOLLARS TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL TO THE FUND I STARTED WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN. I WAS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN THAT HOS.PITAL AND KNEW THE NEEDS THAT WERE THERE. IT IS VERY EVIDENT FROM THE EMAILS I STILL GET FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF FRIENDS ALSO LIKE FAMILY. I PROBABLE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER, BUT WOULD LOVE TO STAY ON THE LIST FOR EMAILS.

IT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL YOU ARE DOING FOR OTHERS. THIS IS THRILLING TO ME WHEN MOST OF THE WORLD IS BUSY DOING EVERYTHING TO MAKE THEMSELVES HAPPY. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT EACH OFYOU HAVE BEEN GRACED WITH A CHRISTIAN OUTLOOK THAT STRESSES THAT  WE ARE TO “CARE FOR OTHERS” WHICH DOES BRING US THE HAPPINESS THAT LIFE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT JR. CHARITY LEAGUE REALLY STARTED FROM OUR MOTHERS WHO WERE THE CHARITY LEAGUE AND MET AT THE PARK CITIES YMCA EVERY FRIDAY TO SEW LAYETTES FOR PARKLAND HOSPITAL AND CLOTHES FOR THE DENTON STATE HOME FOR CHILDREN. I LOVE IT NOW THAT EACH OF YOU IS SEEING FIRST HAND WHAT YOUR SERVICE ACCOMPLISHES AS YOU GO TO THEM IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND CAN SEE IN PERSON THE STRUGGLES THEY LIVE WITH. BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU!

AS YOUR DAUGHTERS GET MARRIED AND HAVE FAMILIES, PERHAPS YOU MIGHT CONSIDER CARRYING ON THIS TRADITION WITH THEM. AS THEY WATCH THE WORK FOR OTHERS YOU DO, PRAY FOR THEM TO HAVE A HEART FOR THOSE AROUND THEM WHO CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES.

PEGGY HANLEY