Our Mission:
OUR BOARD:
Janet Magee, president/cofounder – Harlingen, Texas
Phil Corzine, McAllen, Texas, Texas
John Magee, treasurer/cofounder- Harlingen, Texas
Sara Lacy, Dickenson, Texas
SERVICES:
AWARENESS PROGRAMS:
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Our National Blue Sunday Day of Prayer for Abused Children has over 17 million participants.
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We provide free Happy Families materials to public schools, doctors’ offices, and day care centers.
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We host the Blue Sunday Monthly Brown Bag Lunch for children’s workers and prevention professionals
RELIEF SERVICES:
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We provide emergency groceries and rent for families rebuilding their lives.
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We provide cribs, car seats and highchairs for babies receiving service from Child Protective Services.
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We help maintain family visitation rooms for the purpose of family reunification.
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We host a regional foster teen camp and graduation party along with Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services.
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Our Sibling Revelry project brings foster children together with their siblings who are not housed together.
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Our Brighter Christmas for Foster Kids Campaign includes foster teens gift cards, foster family Christmas parties, and the Adopt a Kinship Care Family project. For many foster children our events are the only time they will see their siblings during the holidays.
PREVENTION PROGRAMS:
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Our Blue Ribbon Church programnenables churches to keep their church, their children, and their community safer.
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We host a free WINGS program that helps victims overcome adverse childhood experiences.
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We co-sponsor the Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences and the Faith Summit on Child Abuse along with C.A.P.E (Child Abuse Prevention Education), and Valley Baptist Medical Center.
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Our Kinship Care Program helps children remain out of foster care by helping extended family members to step in as caretakers. We provide emergency items and transportation as needed.
To meet the unique needs of abused and neglected children living in South Texas and to equip the faith community to participate in prevention/relief efforts within their own communities.
Janet is passionate about empowering churches to lead in the fight against child abuse and has pioneered collaborations between churches and state agencies to ensure the welfare of abused children.
Based in South Texas, Janet and her husband John launched the Blue Sunday Day of Prayer for abused children in 1994. Starting with just 20 churches, this initiative has now grown to include over 17 million participants.
Through their local work, they offer vital relief services and programs for abused children and support for those who rescue them in the 4 counties that make up the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.