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Cadets assist with Bexar County D-Day Document Day

Stephanie Gish

On Friday, December 4th, 2020, the Bexar County Military & Veterans Service Center hosted a drive-through event, D-Day Document Day, to help veterans begin the process of filing for their Veterans Administration disability claims. Volunteers were on site to help veterans with their paperwork and six TMI Cadets joined the volunteers from the American GI Forum and Bexar County officials. Thank you to sophomores Ishan Shah, Chaz Bregman, and Noah Bregman and juniors Farouk Ramzan, Matthew Sutherland, and Campbell Streak-Jensen for volunteering to be a part of this initiative. Continue reading Cadets assist with Bexar County D-Day Document Day

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TMI Episcopal school supply drive

Stephanie Gish

TMI Episcopal students collected school supplies to donate to the Battered Women’s and Children’s Center in San Antonio.The drive was organized by students in the school’s Interact Club, a Rotary-sponsored youth community-service organization, partnering with the school’s Health Center and Koplin Consulting, a behavioral-health service. Students contributed backpacks and other school supplies for children in the shelter, who need them because families staying there typically leave their homes in the middle of the night, leaving most of their belongings behind. Donated items help prevent children at the shelter from standing out at school during an already difficult time in their … Continue reading TMI Episcopal school supply drive

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TMI student leads coat drive for homeless

Stephanie Gish

1/16/2019 With the help of several area businesses, TMI Episcopal senior Hannah Allen brought some seasonal warmth to homeless men, women and children visiting Haven for Hope last month.Starting last July, Allen began her project to collect new and gently used coats for those in need. At a final, Dec. 8, 2018, “coat roundup,” she gathered more than 300 coats, contributed at Kahlig Auto Group dealerships including North Park Lincoln, North Park Mazda, North Park Lexus of San Antonio, North Park Lexus at Dominion, North Park Subaru, North Park Subaru at Dominion, North Park Volkswagen and North Park Chevrolet Castroville. … Continue reading TMI student leads coat drive for homeless

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TMI NHS donates to SARead’s Book Bank

Stephanie Gish

12/14/2018 Members of the TMI Episcopal chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) collected more than 1,000 books to donate to SAReads, a project of Literacy San Antonio that operates a Book Bank to supplement area classroom libraries.NHS Secretary Melody Umsted and members Hannah Allen, Dylan Pegg and Caroline Vassar delivered two full bins of books Nov. 17 to the Book Bank, located at the Gulfdale branch of Firstmark Credit Union. Donated by TMI students, faculty and families, the new and gently used books included children’s, young adult and adult titles. TMI has had a chapter of National Honor Society … Continue reading TMI NHS donates to SARead’s Book Bank

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TMI students aid Central American communities

Stephanie Gish

5/1/2018–The Middle School Spanish Club of TMI Episcopal raised $1,280 for the Pulsera Project, a nonprofit organization that partners with U.S. schools to sell colorful bracelets (pulseras in Spanish), handwoven by artisans in Guatemala and Nicaragua.TMI middle-school student volunteers sold the bracelets April 23-26 during their “flex time” free period, raising $1,010 to which the Upper School Spanish Club donated an additional $200. Funds raised for the Pulsera Project, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., support fair-trade jobs as well as housing, health-care and educational programs for more than 200 artisans in Central America, investing proceeds from bracelet sales to create lasting … Continue reading TMI students aid Central American communities

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TMI students aid vets with patriotic dress

Stephanie Gish

Students at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas collected a total of $1,899 to aid veterans with a Red, White and Blue Dress Day. Sponsored by the school’s chapter of Interact, a Rotary-sponsored youth service organization, the fundraiser allowed students who usually wear school uniforms to come to school wearing red, white and blue on Sept. 11 for a $5 donation. Funds raised are to be donated to the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas Veterans Support Fund. Contributions help the diocese provide scholarships for families of wounded warriors to attend summer camp at Camp Capers and Family Camp at … Continue reading TMI students aid vets with patriotic dress

Community Service, Students

TMI students aid vets with patriotic dress

Stephanie Gish

Students at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas collected a total of $1,899 to aid veterans with a Red, White and Blue Dress Day. Sponsored by the school’s chapter of Interact, a Rotary-sponsored youth service organization, the fundraiser allowed students who usually wear school uniforms to come to school wearing red, white and blue on Sept. 11 for a $5 donation. Funds raised are to be donated to the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas Veterans Support Fund. Contributions help the diocese provide scholarships for families of wounded warriors to attend summer camp at Camp Capers and Family Camp at … Continue reading TMI students aid vets with patriotic dress

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TMI senior leads Rotarians in service project

Stephanie Gish

Elise Notzon, a senior at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas enlisted the help of members of the Dominion Rotary Club in making special “lovie” dolls that help parents of premature infants bond with their children while the babies are still in hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICU). At the club’s Sept. 30 meeting, Notzon showed the Rotarians how to make the dolls, a project of the Threads of Love needlework ministry. Parents of babies in intensive care hold the dolls close to transfer their scent to into the materials; when the dolls are placed beside the infants, the … Continue reading TMI senior leads Rotarians in service project

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TMI sophomore earns Eagle Scout rank

Stephanie Gish

Andrew Snyder, a sophomore at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas received the rank of Eagle Scout at a Board of Review on Aug. 12. This is the highest rank attainable in Boy Scouting; only about six percent of all Scouts earn Eagle rank. Snyder is a member of Troop 1920, chartered to St. Helena’s Episcopal Church in Boerne. He will be recognized for his achievement at an Eagle Court of Honor to be held Jan. 31, 2015. For his Eagle project, a major requirement for the rank, Andrew built a free-standing mailbox for Hill Country Mission for Health … Continue reading TMI sophomore earns Eagle Scout rank