Connie was one of the 10,300 Central Texas who benefitted from the Summer Fan Drive this year. We are deeply grateful to the neighbors, businesses, church congregations, friends, families, co-workers, and everyone else who took action and donated to the Summer Fan Drive. We are also thankful to our volunteer drivers who dropped off fans to people like Connie who can’t pick up fans themselves. The generosity of our community ensured the fan drive could reach even isolated, rural neighbors like Connie this summer. Thank You.
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