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Beginning October 3, 2016, qualifying high school seniors will be able to apply for The San Antonio Police Officers’ Association (SAPOA) Blue Cares Scholarship.

Summer is gone and your child is back in school! But how do you keep them busy over the weekends and evenings, other than homework? There are many events and activities to get your child more involved with the community.

“It’s all about giving back to the community that gave so much to you,” says San Antonio Police Officer Scott Hermes. Officer Hermes is the Post Advisor at San Antonio… Continue reading SAPD Officer Scott Hermes

Silver Eagle Distributors, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is the nation’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, and the second largest beer distributor in the country.

Valero shows its commitment to the community through a variety of philanthropic efforts, volunteer activities, and educational support programs. The company has twice made The Civic 50’s list of America’s 50 most community-minded major companies.

Project Caring for Juniors (Project CJ) is a food assistance program that benefits students from low-income families who attend Title One elementary schools in San Antonio. The goal of Project CJ is to help ensure that children have healthy snacks and enough food options during their time away from school, including weekends.

You can help make a child happy by donating toys or money to Blue Cares. Blue Cares accepts new, unused toy donations throughout the year. These toys go to under-privileged children from low-income families in San Antonio who find it difficult to provide gifts for their kids during the holiday season.

Blue Cares’ Director of Community Outreach, Adriana Valadez and Assistant Director of Community Outreach and Fundraising, Sofia Riojas received the NEISD Superintendent’s Award.

Every day, when they put on the badge, police officers try to make the city of San Antonio a safer, better place to live. They are members of the San Antonio Police Officer’s Association (SAPOA) and proud public servants, so their duty to make a difference in the community, carries on, even when the badge comes off.