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December  2011

 
We're trying out something new this month, so please bear with us.  In an effort to update our newsletter, we're looking at reformatting it.  We'd like to say GONE are the days of scrolling down a long, long page to read everything, but we're still tweaking it. 
Take a look at this month's issue and please feel free to offer comments back to us.  We're not done yet, but hopefully January 2012 will give us a new and improved newsletter!  Below is still our editorial and some photographs from the past month that I was not able to incorporate into the new format yet.  Please click here to access the newsletter. 

Raquel Cunningham

 

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The Cypress Cares Team 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CC Military Family Support Group 
 
starsAre you the spouse, friend or family member of a currently serving US service member?  Would you like to meet up occasionally with some others who are missing their loved ones? Contact Leslie Lawson and let her know. Leslie is a Cypress Cares supporter and the mom of a new US Army Soldier and looks forward to getting a group together for a bite to eat or a shoulder to cry on, just every now and then.  Please consider a group such as this to help you deal with being part of the military family. You never know...you just might make some new friends!

Warrior Dash is Coming

In March of 2011, Raquel ran the Warrior Dash in Conroe, TX.  For 2012,we are
Cypress Cares is teaming up with Team Red White & Blue to run the Warrior Dash in Splendora, TX.  It will be 3.21 miles with 12 obstacles along the way such as a cargo net climb, mud pit and more. Really, it's nothing you can't do (even if you are not a runner), and you'll feel great about finishing.

 

The event will be held on March 17 and our group will run at 10:00.  Please consider registering to join in the fun! It will be a great time for all. 

 

Sign up SOON as the spots will fill quickly. Make sure you choose the 10:00AM slot, too!
Essay Contest
Don't forget we're having an essay contest!  All students intersted in submitting an essay are encouraged to do so. 
Click on the links below for the information:

CC Volunteers Helping Others in Need

 by Lisa Walton Hays

 

It is so hard to believe that we are in the midst of the holiday season.  Where did the year go?  Cypress Cares has been very blessed this year to share some of the comforts of home with the troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan.   Our organization would not be successful without generous donations and awesome volunteers. 

 A group that volunteered recently was from Boys & Girls Country in Hockley.  One of the girls, Tiffany Hays, was especially interested in our work.  We learned that she has her own non-profit organization called Bibles & Blankets.  Tiffany's work is done strictly from donations, too.  While Cypress Cares' mission is "to remind our troops that they are not forgotten and are truly supported by those of us who live our daily lives under the blanket of security that they provide."; Tiffany's mission is to provide a warm blanket and bible to some of the homeless in the Houston area and remind them that they are also not forgotten.

Take the time this holiday season to not only think of our troops, but of their families, of the sick and homeless in your community, and the thousands of others who need our support. Reach out and touch a life this holiday season.

In this season of giving, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support.