No child wants to show up to school empty handed. We shouldn’t let them. Each year our alumnae group hosts a Back to School Supply Drive for children of clients and alumnae in need. They work together in this effort and receive donations from the community. They host a backpack stuffing night and ensure that kids…
Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for a fundraiser to support Alpha Home. Just come into the Chipotle, located at 3928 Broadway (across from the Witte Museum) on Tuesday, June 19th from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Mention this post, show it on your phone, or tell the cashier you are supporting the…
Alpha Home is so proud to be able to partner with fellow nonprofit, Latched, to help our Family First clients by offering a monthly breastfeeding class. The class is offered for free to registered participants and helps families offer their babies the healthiest start in life. Latched offers a multitude of services designed to support…
Last week, Gemini Ink – a literary arts nonprofit – stopped by Alpha Home to host a creative writing workshop for staff. For the past year, Gemini Ink has been extending their services to Alpha Home Residential clients during their Writers in Communities workshop. The workshop produced a set of poems by clients: https://soundcloud.com/gemini-ink/sets/alpha-home Gemini Ink is a local…
We’re ready to start music therapy! Thanks to Sam Ash Music Stores for donating music makers to Alpha Home to help our clients heal and grow! Most recently, Alpha Home received a scholarship to attend a Drum Circle Facilitator’s Training Playshop, where Alpha Home staff gained techniques and concepts to facilitate a drum circle with…
Thank you for your support! Click the above link to hear how you helped change Melissa’s life. She is one of many women whose life you have helped transform at Alpha Home. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making a difference.
Alpha Home was proud to be a sponsor at the first San Antonio Substance Use Symposium 2018: Focus on Opioids (SASUS) at UT Health San Antonio held last week. SASUS represents a unique opportunity to bring together health care providers and community members to collaboratively identify opioid challenges and solutions to this public health crisis. The symposium included…
A free family-friendly celebration at the Ruble Center was held over the weekend to celebrate Alpha Home’s 52nd Birthday. “We wanted to organize this event as a way of to say thank you to our wonderful neighbors, donors, staff and volunteers that have supported us throughout the years,” said Angela White, Alpha Home CEO. The…
This week, our CEO, Angela White, attended the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta, along with our community partner San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and got to listen to some amazing speakers like John Eadie from the Public Health and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Project; former U.S. President, Bill Clinton; and the U.S. Surgeon…
Y’all have the biggest hearts! Thank you for helping us reach our Big Give goal! In total, we raised over $25,000… yeehaw!! Here’s a little video from our Alpha Home Nashville Star, Luis Rey, to say thanks. Big Give by the numbers: Number of unique donors: 266 Furthest donation received: Princeville, Hawaii Prize money won: $3,500