I would say the members of our community in Wells Branch share many common characteristics with one another, but never in my wildest imagination could I envision the love and support that is shared for one another here in our community.
As many of you know, the past 2 years have been tough for our family, with the past 6 months being the icing on the cake of toughness. I cannot even begin to thank everyone who took part in some way at the fundraising event my friends put together to benefit our family. The outpouring of love and support was magical and I know a thank you doesn’t even touch the love I feel from all of you.
From the bottom of our hearts,
The Sendelbach Family
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Writing little bits of life living with stage IV cancer:
Renee Sendelbach is a Wells Branch resident who has Stage IV breast cancer that has moved to various parts of her body.
Her friends and family are hosting a benefit walk in her honor. Due to her hardships and the current treatments she continues to endure, we want to assist her on her daily routines that we all take for granted. She’s been working hard at learning to walk again after her brain surgeries, and by donating and showing your support we can assist her and her husband with the daily turmoil of cooking and cleaning that comes with running a family. We hope you’ll join us for this benefit and help celebrate her triumphs.
Dust off that Halloween costume, bring the family and come enjoy the beautiful Spring weather. We’ll have face painting, food, treats and eats. And a prize for the BEST COSTUME!
Details:
Get Dressed up in your favorite Halloween costume as we walk a lap around the park (about a ½ mile) to show your support. After the walk, there will be lots of fun to be had – games, food, bounce and more!
Prize for Best Costume
Fun for all: Face Painting, Games, Photos, Food and Drink
Suggested Pledge Amounts: $20/Adult; $10/child
For your donation we’ll give you a Renee bandana, bottled water and tickets for the games and food.
Saturday, April 20
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
KF Park • 2106 Klattenhoff Drive
You can send a check or money order to:
2409 Spring Wagon Lane, Austin, TX 78728
make checks out to Sylvia Brito
or pay online at fundly.com/walk-for-renee
Email questions to: walkforrenee@yahoo.com
If you would like a flyer emailed to you to hand out in your community, please let us know.
Donate now at http://fundly.com/walk-for-renee and come early to the park and give us your name and we’ll give you a bandana for your donation. We’ll be meeting on the patio in front of the playground between the community center and the police station.
The first trailer full of hazardous waste was FULL at 8:55am!
We had an incredible turnout yesterday for the combined Bulk Trash, Hazardous Waste, Habitat for Humanity, Easter Seals, Shredding, and Drug Take-Back event. 237 households turned out with MANY making four and five trips! It was great to see everyone!
We filled two 16 ft. trailers (with side walls) and the back of a flat bed truck with hazardous waste, three and a half slide-off dumpsters with bulk trash, and the equivalent of another slide-off was collected for metal recycling. Habitat for Humanity packed their truck to the brim by 2pm and we filled the Easter Seals truck by 3:30pm. Ed & Kay Peterson made a final run to Goodwill after we closed!
Only ONE of the bags of pills collected! 75 lbs. total!
The Medication Take-Back program was a HUGE success! MUD Board President Donna Howe and her team of U.T. pharmacist students collected 75 lbs. of meds (approx. 15,000 pills) for incineration. Next Drug Take-Back is October 12.
The guys from IESI/Progressive were wonderful! Very professional and courteous! We came pretty close to filling their truck with shredding. They even took the 37 lbs of pill bottles collected for destruction! I have coupons for their on-site shredding facility if you missed out on this event. Email me at info@wbna.us and I’ll be happy to drop one off!
EXTRA Special Thanks to the WB MUD Board for allowing us to hold this event quarterly and for all of their support!! Thanks go out to Ed & Kay for coordinating with Habitat for Humanity and helping EVERYONE load their bulk trash, Habitat & Easter Seals donations and for sorting through it all. Many thanks to MUD Staff, Braxton & Fred, and Gus Kohn for loading the hazardous waste. Thank you MUD Board Directors Tom Cheshire for signing folks in and getting them to the appropriate location, and Janet Maxey and MUD District Manager Shirley Ross for lending their support as well. Most of all, thanks to all the residents who came out and used these services!
Great job, All!
As a reminder, the MUD opens their maintenance yard the second Saturday of each month for Bulk Trash Disposal. Hazardous Waste collection, Easter Seals & Habitat for Humanity are held every quarter (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct.) on the second Saturday in conjunction with the Bulk Trash Collection. The next Drug Take-Back will be held in October. Shredding services will be offered once a year in April.
From Renee Sendelbach –
