The Association for Better Community Schools (ABCS) is proud to announce the donation of $1400 to Pct #4 for the purchase of 7 trees for Matzke Park. The trees at the park have been aging and due to drought in the past few years, many have died off. So in October 2014 ABCS offered the donation to Harris County for some replacements. They have finally arrived and hopefully will be in place within a few more days.
There are seven. Two are Burr Oak and five are Cedar Elm
One is not looking too well right now, but with luck will recover and be fine
In 2006 ABCS, a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer group, partnered
with Precinct 4 to preserve the 20 acres of land now known as Matzke Park
at Jones and Grant. ABCS, through its cooperation with Be An Angel
foundation, is also responsible for the special needs playground. ABCS, and
several of its generous donors have also been a major funding source for the Matzke Butterfly
Garden and its amenities.
The Randalls and Krogers Neighbor Programs are one
source that help to provide ABCS with funds to replace trees, plants,
upgrades and continued support of Matzke
Park. Your signing
up for these programs and shopping at either Randalls or Krogers help ABCS to
collect these needed funds. ABCS board members, past and present are
Tracy Toma, Susan Greenway, Martin Heemer, Joan Fitzgerald, Margaret Buchanan, Kathy Reagle and
Carol Bennett. If you have questions,
suggestions, or requests for the park please email us at ABCS.Park@att.net
Here is how you can support the park.
Kroger Link your Kroger Rewards card to ABCS. This must now be
done each year. The program year starts in August. Both Kroger and Randalls provide very
modest funds to ABCS each year related to the purchases made by customers who
have linked their rewards cards to our ABCS organization. All of these
funds are used for Matzke Park and Butterfly
Garden improvements.
Sadly
the number of families who have remained linked to Kroger has trickled down to Only Four. Yes, only four Kroger cards remain linked to ABCS-Matzke Park.
In past years, this program has provided as much as $150 every quarter.
This past year the amount is much less than $20. Not even enough for them to send a check each
quarter. All of this money goes to the
park and/or Butterfly
Garden. So if you enjoy
the park and the garden.. please sign up now, and then again in August when the
renewal for the year begins again.
Randalls (Safeway, Tom Thumb) ABCS is still registered with their Good Neighbor program and
it is only a one time signup for you at a store. It automatically
renews each year. Just provide their customer service desk with
this number: 1969 This is the Randalls number for our
organization.
Signing up with Kroger also gives you weekly emails with Kroger Special
coupons, etc. And you don’t loose any fuel points. Sign up is now through computer or smart phone
and much easier than in the past few years.
However, you
must have registered for a Kroger online account with your computer or the
smart phone app, and then "re-link" your card each year starting in
August.
To
register with Kroger:
2. Sign in if you already have an on-line account.. If needed, click
on Create an Account. This short process will also sign you up for online
coupons. You will need to provide your Kroger Plus card number (printed on the
card) or call Kroger at: 1-866-221-4141.
3.
Once your Account is established, sign in and click on Community Rewards to
provide the ABCS number for Kroger which is: 82607
You can also register with Kroger by downloading the
Kroger app for your smart phone.
Download it, select Register and enter your information including your
card number and the Community Rewards number 82607
