John's Kids

John's Kids is a non-profit organization created to assist the underprivileged youth of San Antonio's West side. John Blackwell had a vision of helping kids.

Not just any kids though, underprivileged kids from an area of San Antonio, TX that is 98% below poverty level. In John's eyes, "it's not the kids fault". So he set out to help. John is retired military and comes ingrained with a very strong work ethic. Lucky for these kids! John started out helping direct traffic in the parking lot at the San Antonio Missions Baseball games. Each paycheck he rece

ived he kept in a separate account just for the kids. He spends every penny he makes from directing traffic on "his kids". John has worked relentlessly for several years to raise donations for supplies and food for the children of Jerry Allen Elementary School in the Northside School District in San Antonio. John's two daughters, Tracey and Theresa, both attended this elementary school. John feels the need to help these kids. He knows he can't make a difference in every child's life, but if he focuses his efforts on one school, he has shown that he sure can make a difference in many! Each year John collects school supplies over the summer and delivers them by the truck full to the school. He was blessed enough with an abundance in 2013 that he was able to share the collection with another near-by school of the same socioeconomic means. For Christmas break each year John collects peanut butter. Peanut butter is something that the children can feed themselves, does not require the danger of cooking and is sustainable for several weeks. Some of the children have expressed a fear of going home for the holidays because they are not sure where they will be getting food from during the break. During school time, they are on subsidized food programs through the district...when school is closed, so is the food supply, unfortunately. In 2013 John blessed 100 of the families of Jerry Allen Elementary will full Christmas dinners including ham, rice, green beans, pinto beans, and corn. Bright things are on the horizon for John's kids and we look forward to growing and blessing more families with the generosity of those who surround us!

09/08/2024

John's Kids delivered school supplies to 6 schools this year! Thanks to everyone who helped deliver and special shout out to my sister Theresa Blackwell-Fuller for handling the deliveries! It took a village this year to make it happen! Thank you Pops & Martha for your vision to make sure kids are set up with the basic essentials for school! Thank you Katie Griffin Ross for helping make arrangements for delivery. Kathy Seeger Scott Mcdonald Sr. Marcy McDonald Abigail Rae Simon, Steve and Becky Hitzfelder and my nephew for delivering! HUGS to everyone involved from our team Inszone Insurance Services , donations from our friends, clients and referral sources! Recipients of the school supplies:
Klein Elementary - New Braunfels
Rose Garden ~ Univeral City
Jerry Alen Elementary ~ San Antonio
Five Palms Elementary- San Antonio
Glen Oaks Elementary School- San Antonio
Sam Rayburn Middle School -San Antonio

28/12/2023

The man, the myth, the LEGEND! AKA my Pop’s! Founder of John’s Kids! Love you dad! HUGS

19/12/2023

Beautiful sunny morning spent with the T Blackwell Insurance Group crew delivering turkey dinners and peanut butter and jelly to SSAISD Five Palms Elementary!
Happy holidays all!

29/11/2023

Tonight! 5pm - 7pm

17/08/2023

Last of the deliveries for school supplies for John’s Kids! Five Palms Elementary always shows the biggest support by inviting the students to help unload the school supplies! Thank you to Fred Wulfe with Remax Realty for delivering these school supplies across town! HUGS
PS….it does take a village to make this happen!

12/08/2023

Another successful year delivering school supplies to Schertz Elementary!

10/09/2020

Back to where it all began! Jerry Allen Elementary School Supply Delivery 2020!

Wishing students, teachers, admins, parents and all a wonderful school year!

07/09/2020

Glen Oaks Elementary School Supply Delivery - 2020!

Doing our best to be a ripple in the education pond of San Antonio.

Would love to see pictures of your students! Post pictures below!

02/09/2020

Five Palms Elementary School Supply Delivery 2020 -- helping kids one school at a time!

This year we were able to bless multiple students/teachers at area schools in need.

Please consider donating as the need is greater than the resources each year!

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30/08/2020

Columbia Heights Elementary School Supply Delivery 2020 = success!

Thank you for helping us help the kids - in a year of change, one thing that is constant is the kids needs! If you would like to help support our Non Profit John's Kids please message us for more details!

28/08/2020

This year's school supply delivery looked a little different behind our masks, but we got it done! It is ALL for the kids! Praying for a blessed year no matter what it looks like for students, teachers, administrators and parents!

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