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The Burke Center for Youth will host its second annual Hill Country Heroes for Hope Recognition and Fundraiser Luncheon on Thursday, April 23, at 11 a.m. at Canyonwood Ridge, 250 S. Canyonwood Dr. in Dripping Springs. The event honors local individuals working to support children in crisis.
The group has selected Hill Country Rally for Kids, which raises money for children's charities in the Texas Hill Country, as its featured Charity of the Year. The Hays County nonprofit holds a variety of community events to benefit kids, including a car and bike show, a BBQ cook-off, a sporting clay shoot, and a golf tournament. Over roughly 20 years, the organization says it has directed more than $1.5 million to nonprofits serving children, including Foster Village, Ancora Ministries, and the Burke Center itself.
The Burke Center for Youth is a Driftwood-based nonprofit founded in 1973 as a residential treatment center for boys aged 10 to 17 in the foster care system. It has since expanded to include a child placement and adoption agency with four locations across Texas and a transition home for young men who have aged out of foster care. The organization recently broke ground on a second transition home, made possible by a grant from the Selfless Love Foundation, with completion expected later this year.
Tickets to the luncheon are available on the Burke Center for Youth website at https://burkecenterforyouth.org.
