From Daycation at Camp Mira Sol to Camp Metro at the West Side Girl Scout Leadership Center to resident camp at Camp La Jita -- there's sure to be a fantastic campertunity for all girls! Summer 2014 promises an abundance of choices and experiences to match every girl’s wishes and interests. Girl Scout camp is a place where a girl can make new friends, explore the world around her and discove...

The annual Panther Scramble golf tournament of TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas, held April 4 at the Resort Course at La Cantera, netted more than $39,000 to benefit the school’s athletic programs, an increase beyond last year’s total. Increased participation at a new venue, new and returning sponsors as well as a silent auction and hole contests helped raise interest as well as proceeds....

E.J. Jaax Aspect Wealth Management About the Company: E. J. Jaax is a CFP® with Aspect Wealth Management; one of the top ranked independent wealth management advisory firms in San Antonio.  At Aspect Wealth, we have been serving a select group of business owners, professionals, executives, and families for 17 years with the mission to improve and simplify the lives of our clients, granting ...

Security Service Charitable Foundation recently presented San Antonio’s Southwest Outreach for Older People (SWOOP) with a grant of $5,000 and the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter of Bexar County with a grant of $10,000. SWOOP serves seniors in southwest San Antonio as a free transportation service that helps them get to doctors, pharmacies, banks and grocery stores. It’s a door-through...

The San Antonio Express-News has built a reputation for solid journalism and community involvement since their first edition in 1865.  That mission continues today, almost 150 years later. The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors awarded the Express-News first place in community service at the organization’s convention April 5-6 at South Padre Island for the newspaper's in-depth coverage ...

Family Service has once again partnered with the City of San Antonio to provide youth an opportunity to work, save, learn and grow through the summer Youth Career Opportunity program. “While families are struggling to make ends meet and one in three youth drop-out of school, this program allows youth to gain valuable work experience and develop healthy saving habits to ensure they are prepared ...

Each year, the Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children raise millions of dollars to be distributed to hundreds of children’s charities across the country. In late March, Valero President Joe Gorder announced that the 2014 Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children raised a combined $9 million for children’s charities. The amount was announced during Gorder’s live interview with NBC Sports...

The St. Mary’s University School of Law Moot Court Team traveled to Washington, D.C., in late March and came home with its fourth national championship in the past 12 years. The External Advocacy Program (EAP) Moot Court Team of second-year law students Hannah Cottrill and Stephen Bachran defeated 45 teams at the 17th annual Federal Bar Association Thurgood A. Marshall Memorial Moot Court To...

This May at the 18th Annual Walk & Roll Rally, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, City of San Antonio and Bexar County will be celebrating walking and bicycling as desirable forms of transportation, exercise and recreation. The Walk & Roll Rally pops up for one hour only at 8 a.m. Friday, May 2 at Main Plaza in downtown San Antonio! A Mayor’s Fitness Council-endorsed ...

Jon McDowell, managing partner of BKD, LLP San Antonio office, announces the promotion of Stephanie Bostick and Shawn Loader to manager (tax), Cristina Baumgardner to senior consultant II (Forensics & Valuation Services) and Nathan Scheel to senior associate (audit) April 1, 2014. Career paths at BKD are divided into levels, and each position is defined by its own set of duties, responsi...