Summer 2013

newsletter

The 9th Annual Golf Challenge for Children Tournament, presented by EDG Consulting Engineers, was held on May 7th, 2013, at WILDCAT Golf Club in Houston, Texas.

Over 120 golfers and volunteers came out to support Texas Center for the Missing, Houston’s Amber Alert Provider.

The day began with a Shotgun Start

sending 29 teams scrambling on WILDCAT’s unique Highlands Course, with an Awards Dinner following the day’s play to honor all the tournament’s competitors.

The 1st Place Championship Team was sponsored by Glazier Foods Company, and included Al Prendergast and Stuart Williams, with Al also winning the Closest to the Pin Contest. The Longest Drive Contest was won by Glasson Rogers from The McCole Family Team, and the Putting Contest was won by Rick Brooks of EDG Consulting Engineers.

Overall, the tournament raised $56,612 for Texas Center for the Missing – approximately

13% more than last year’s tournament. Thank you so much to our donors, board members, and volunteers who made the day a success!

Double Eagle Sponsor

Shirt Sponsor

Dynamic Industries

Meal Sponsors

Stephanie & Mark Deverka

Laura & Mark Farrell

Glazier Foods Company

Golf Ball Sponsor

Horn Solutions, Inc.

Hospitality Sponsors

Amegy Bank of Texas

Catalyst Energy Advisors

Marsha & Terry Edge

Auction Sponsor

The McCole Family

Award Sponsors

DRDA

Cliff & Nanette West

Contest Sponsors

Beatty Family

CDW

Darryl Drenon

Golder Associates

Star 5 Ranch, Mary & Allen Shindler

Have CEO Beth Alberts speak at your company for an

engaging Lunch & Learn presentation. To learn more about how you can get your company involved, contact

support@tcftm.org.

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Texas Center for the Missing is proud to reveal our

new logo!

In early 2013 we began working with the talented

designers at Limb Design, in Houston, TX, to find a

logo that spoke to our many strengths, roles, and

served demographics and yet was simple and timeless -

and we couldn't be more pleased with the result.

We are excited to explore the versatility of this logo, as

it represents who we are to children, partner agencies,

law enforcement, donors, and searching families. Both

professional and yet playful, we are glad for a fresh

look to help share our story.

We are looking forward to putting this new logo to use

as we continue to serve you and our community!

Texas Center for the Missing was once again proud to

facilitate the Texas Level of the National Missing

Children’s Day Poster Contest for 2013. Entries for

this year’s contest were received from across the state,

including Arlington, College Station, and Huntsville.

Criteria for judging included

creativity, coherence with the

theme, and the student’s written

description of her work. All

posters were required to include

the phrase “Bring Our Missing

Children Home.”

The 2013 Texas Level Winner is

Kylie Stanley, a 5th-grade student

from Huntsville, Texas. Kylie

wanted her poster to “help draw attention to children

who need our help, because every child deserves to be

happy and safe.” In addition to drawing, she also

enjoys reading, writing, and science.

Beth Alberts presented Kylie Stanley her award during

the week of National Missing

Children’s Day. Kylie is pictured

here with her 5th Grade teacher

Bronwyn Valentine, TCM CEO

Beth Alberts, and Huntsville

Intermediate School Principal

Dr. Ivan Velasco. Thank you

Kylie for using your artistic skills

to educate others about missing

children!

June is Internet Safety Month! In order to combat ever increasing internet dangers, we are striving to strengthen our Internet Safety Fund (ISF) this summer. This Fund ensures we have the resources to

bring internet safety trainings to children and parents in our community. Go online to tcftm.org/donations to donate online, with all gifts received between now and July 15th designated to ISF. If you know of an organization that could benefit from an internet safety training, email support@tcftm.org

with contact information.

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Houston’s Regional Amber Alert

has a 94% recovery rate! So far

this year, TCM has issued 8 Amber

Alerts for 9 children with all 9

children recovered successfully.

Our 2012 Annual Report is ready

to view online at http://tcftm.org.

You can view a copy of TCM’s

2012 Audit and 990 Form by

emailing support@tcftm.org.

We’re proud to welcome Video

Intern Taylor Greenwalt to our

team for the summer. Taylor is a

Media Studies Major at Austin

College, and will spend the summer

compiling videos, photos, and

testimonials to be used in our

outreach material for years to come.

This project is made possible by the

ExxonMobil Community Summer

Jobs Program.

Thank you to the Houston

Young Lawyers Foundation who

awarded TCM $3,500 in support of

our Missing Child Education and

Awareness Project so that we can

update and print new educational

materials. Thank you HYLF!

Our Case Manager Melissa

Rangel has worked 45 cases since

her hiring in November of last year,

representing 19 Missing Adults and

27 Missing Kids. She has also

served 48 searching family members

and investigating officers. We are so

grateful to everyone who made

funding her position possible!

Social Media is our #1 medium

for case referrals as more and

more families are finding TCM

online and reaching out to us via

our Facebook and Twitter pages.

We trained 81 Volunteer Trainers

on the NetSmartz Internet safety

program during the month of May.

That’s 81 new community members

that are prepared to teach children

and parents about internet safety!

Use our Amazon shopping link

so that Texas Center for the Missing

can receive a percentage of your

online shopping total. Visit

tcftm.org/donations.asp to find our

access link and save it in your web

browser’s bookmarks.

We’re on Pinterest and are having

a blast pinning safety tips to our

followers. Follow us at http://

pinterest.com/txcenter/.

Help Us Welcome Our

Newest Board Member:

Vincent Pilegge Manchester Terminal,

LLC

We at Texas Center for the Missing have been honored

and blessed to work with so many great leaders and

board members over the years.

Todd Saha joined our Board of Directors in 2006 and

served as our Board Chair from 2009-11, during which

time our board and special event funding grew

exponentially. Mark Farrell, of Vaughan Nelson

Investment Management, joined our Board in 2007

and just completed his term as our Board Chair

from 2011-13. Allen Shindler came onto our

Board in 2009 and has recently been selected as our

newest Board Chair.

As Todd rotates off our Board, Mark steps into his role

as Immediate Past Board Chair, and Allen begins his

Chair term, we can not thank

these talented individuals

enough for sharing themselves

with us. Your combined impact

on TCM is immeasurable!

We are always excited to partner with new leaders, companies, and community members. Please send your statement of interest to support@tcftm.org to be considered for a role within TCM.

Sometimes your best supporters are

your closest friends, and nothing could

be more true in relation to our Board

Member and Fundraising Chair Cliff

West.

Cliff joined our Board of Directors in

2009 and became TCM’s Fundraising

Chair in 2011. He has been

instrumental in garnering special event

sponsors and community donors for

both our annual fall fundraiser and

spring golf tournament.

Cliff has also served as TCM’s amateur

comedian at our Champions for

Children comedy nights three years

running. But his dedication to TCM is

no joke. Using his Jones Lang LaSalle

real estate experience, he even

negotiated a reduction on our office

space lease!

Cliff, you have made us all proud to

have you as a Board Member, a

volunteer, and a friend. Thank you for

all you have done for TCM!

Executive Committee

Allen Shindler Board Chair

Mark Farrell Immediate Past Board Chair

Suzy Granger Secretary

Sam Trail Treasurer

Doreen Wise Founder

Members

Jack Brandt

Stephanie Deverka

Darryl Drenon

Terry Edge

Amy E. Gignac

Vince Hash

Dan Lehane

Vinny Pilegge

Michael Snodgrass

Cliff West

Kelly Whitley

Alison Wilhite

Tommy Wilson

Tiffany Wong

Texas Center for the Missing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit bringing

hope and healing to the missing and their families through crisis

intervention, prevention, and community education.

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