Trans-Pecos Renewal Center, Inc.

Description

Present projects include:
A Winter Clothing Drive and School Supplies Round-up with hundreds of pounds of good used winter clothes, blankets, shoes and boots being sent to reservations in the Dakotas and Western states. We initiated an elementary school project to encourage children to help kids in rez schools by the first graders collect crayons, second graders do a pencil drive, etc.
We are working on hosting a "camp within a camp" to offer a summer camping experience to children with a rare, genetic birth defect, Prader-Willi Syndrome, at a facility near Ft. Davis, Tx in the summer of 2000. Donations will afford needy families, with a member who has this challenge, to send their child to camp.
Production of a 30-sec. T.V. public service announcement has been donated, which will help identify the OTHER 1,300 people in Texas who have Prader-Willi Syndrome. This will be distributed to all CBS affiliates in the state and made available to groups who want copies, in other states. Next spring, we will videotape a "Round Table Discussion" on what it means to live with and be a parent of a person with PWS and we will produce a videotape on the Trans-Pecos Renewal Center and our projects, to be used in fund-raising.
We are setting up a toll-free "helpline" for people who need more information on Prader-Willi Syndrome in the state of Texas, assistance with genetic testing, support, etc.
An extensive website has been created at www.tprc.freeservers.com, and literature (brochures, newsletter and even a book) have been printed, about our projects.