Johns Kids-Helping Kids Succeed with Supplies

John’s Kids is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization,
Providing Additional Supplies to Title 1 Schools
in the San Antonio Metropolitan Area

Johns Kids began in the late 1990s as an informal  activity of giving a few packs of paper, pens, crayons, and folders to a few schools that are in need.

John and Martha Blackwell were teachers at John Jay High School and knew their students did not always have  the supplies required. Each year John would take a few hundred dollars out of  his hunting money to purchase school supplies.

After a few years, John began  working for the San Antonio Missions Baseball Team in order to provide more to the students. John retired first, and  five years later Martha joined him to enjoy some traveling.

John’s daughters, Theresa Blackwell-Fuller and Tracey Blackwell, began chipping in some money. Then, Tracey and Theresa decided to  hold fundraisers to make more money to help more kids.

As the fundraisers got larger, more donors wanted to make  tax-deductible donations, so John and Martha began a yearlong adventure to get  established as a 501(c)(3).

John no longer works for the Missions, as more money became  available from donations and grants.

We partnered in May 2017 with the HEB Retirees Association collecting PB, J, and crackers, which we distributed to Jerry Allen Elementary and Columbia Heights Elementary.

Johns Kids started with one elementary school and now  provides for five elementary schools and two middle schools, and one high schools

Your tax deductible donation can be mailed to the address below.