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A new video has been released that highlights the foundation’s impact on children with disabilities and their families.  The video features footage from our programs and those that participate in them. Please enjoy our video.
 

We are offering our charity auction online this year.  Just click on the link, register, view all of our tremendous auction items, and place your bid!  All biddings are done via mobile bids.
Items will be on display at the 2018 Joe Moreno Charity Classic awards dinner on October 1, 2018, at Wildcat Golf Club, Houston, TX.
Bidding opens on September 24th at 9 AM and will end at 7:30 PM on October 1, 2018. Winners will be immediately notified via text message. You do not need to be present to win. Items can be picked up immediately after the dinner or at the foundation’s office. No items will be shipped.

Chart-topping, Warner Bros. Nashville recording artist William Michael Morgan will be our special guest at our exclusive, by-invitation-only AT&T VIP Sponsor Reception on September 30th. In addition to some of Steve’s country favorites, Morgan will perform songs from his debut album “Vinyl”, including his #1 hit I Met A Girl.
How do you get in on this awesome acoustic performance? Just register as a sponsor of our upcoming 2018 Joe Moreno Charity Classic set for October 1, 2018, at Wildcat Golf Club in Houston, TX.

2018 Joe Moreno Charity Classic presented by AT&T’s
Golf Committee Chairs Announced Today

 

This year, the annual Joe Moreno Charity Classic presented by AT&T will honor the memory of the foundation’s co-founder Steve Mostyn. Chairing the event are Texas State Senator John Whitmire, Texas State Senator Sylvia Garcia, and Harris County Pct. 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis. Each of our chairs has a long and distinguished history of service to their communities. They also loved their friend Steve Mostyn. Proceeds from the golf tournament will fund programs provided by the Glenda Jean Mostyn and Joe E Moreno Educational Foundation. The foundation was created by Steve and Amber Mostyn in 2006 to move mountains for children with disabilities and their families.

More information at np4.92b.myftpupload.com/golf 

From time to time, we discover interesting posts, unique programs, and great resources for families that have children with special needs.  In most cases, we post links to our social media accounts in an effort to share our discovery.  Yesterday, we found a posting on the “Don’t Pay in Full” blog.  The article, written by Irina Vasilescu, shares numerous links to resources to obtain travel assistance, therapy tools and mobility aids, limited financial assistance, and “extras”.  We posted a link to our social media accounts and it has become one of our most shared posts.  Here is the link for the blog post.  Feel free to check it out and share! THE COMPLETE LIST OF FREE THINGS AND GRANTS FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

This is not an endorsement and we share the link only as a possible resource for those that may find it useful.

We are so thrilled to announce the publishing of our new, improved, and updated website.  This redesign is the result of many weeks of discussion, web design, technical finesse, and team effort. A special thanks to Chris and Dan for getting us over the finish line.

We hope you enjoy the improvements in design and content throughout the various pages.

Improvements include:

  • the showcasing of our sponsors
  • the ability to apply for the VIP program online!
  • use of an easy to edit format so we can update our site quickly
  • updated content
  • a link to our 2018 Joe Moreno Charity Classic and other upcoming events
  • and more!

Twenty years ago Jackie Zigtema began taking her special education students on a Christmas shopping trip to help them learn valuable real-world skills. It was not long after that her brother Steve Mostyn decided to help find ways to help expand the program.

Today the Glenda Jean Mostyn and Joe E. Moreno Educational Foundation sponsor an annual Christmas Lights shopping trip and luncheon in 19 school districts, with more than 1,250 students.

“We did it on a small scale, (Steve) came and then said I came and he’d call me the next year and say let’s add a school,” Zigtema said. “It’s an unbelievable gift to these kids.”

Caring for special needs students is a family affair; the foundation is named in honor of their mother Glenda Jean, who spent her career working with students at the old St. Louis school.

Foundation Executive Director Monte Osburn said the event with Whitehouse Independent School District was especially meaningful this year. The family hails from Whitehouse and this marked the first shopping trip since Steve passed away in November.

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EMPOWERING TEXAS SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN BY CREATING A LEGACY OF POSSIBILITIES