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2021 Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle Nominations Open Oct. 4

Nominate a deserving person or family for a Christmas Miracle this holiday season!

Another year, another miracle! The Carlson Law Firm is opening our nomination form for the fourth annual Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle. It is the perfect opportunity for you to help make a deserving person or families’ Christmas season a little brighter! Nominations open Oct. 4, 2021.

Since 2018, our firm has delivered Christmas Miracles to Texas families in need of a little holiday season cheer. This year, however, the firm is taking a different approach for Christmas Miracles. Rather than making miracles happen for a handful of families, the firm hopes to ‘Make Christmas Bright’ for families in each of its 15 locations in Texas.

Suppose you know a deserving family who needs a little extra help with providing gifts, clothes, shoes, jackets, or other essentials this holiday season. In that case, you can nominate them for a Carlson Christmas Miracle!

To nominate a family or individual, fill out the submission form between Oct. 4 through Oct. 15. Tell us what you think they need and why the person or family you nominate deserves a Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle. If your nomination is selected, we will contact you between Oct. 25-27. Because of time constraints, if you do not respond within 24 hours, we will move on to the next nominee. Once selected and confirmed by phone, our Carlson Christmas Elves will immediately get to work, ensuring your miracle happens. Miracle deliveries will happen sometime between November 8-19.

“This year, we’ve got an ambitious goal to Make Christmas Bright for families in each city that we have an office,” said Managing Partner Craig Carlson. “So with that in mind, we’re hoping that we get flooded with nominations. We want to achieve the goal of spreading cheer and joy across Texas.”

Carlson Cares operates out of The Carlson Law Firm’s 15 offices across Texas. Each month, a different office gives back to their community through volunteer work and hosting family-friendly Parties with a Purpose. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

Our Carlson Cares Christmas Miracle puts the bow on a year of giving back. The Christmas Miracle nomination form will be located here: https://carlsoncares.org/miracle. The form will go live on Oct. 4 at 12:01 a.m. CST.

The form is also available in Spanish.

For more information:

Kazia Conway

254-526-5688

kconway@carlsonattorneys.com

The Carlson Law Firm is Hosting Backpack & Supplies Giveaway for the Waco Community

WACO, TX — As the 2021 school year approaches, Carlson Cares in Waco is hosting a back-to-school bash where staff from The Carlson Law Firm will hand out backpacks filled with school supplies on Saturday, August 14.

Families can bring their school-aged children to The Carlson Law Firm’s Waco office located at 3919 W. Waco Dr. for free school supplies.

“Every year when we do these events, the goal is to make the biggest positive impact possible for populations in our community who need it most,” Carlson Law Firm attorney Dominic Braus said. “Last year, we gave back to our neighbors and friends through our snack pack drive-thru giveaway to help combat childhood hunger during the summer, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year, students will be returning to in-person learning and we want to make sure every family sends their students back with the tools needed for success.”

Students who attend the event will get backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies such as notebooks, crayons, markers, colored pencils, and other items needed for the 2021-2022 school year. In addition, families can enjoy carnival-style games, a chance to win a membership to the Cameron Park Zoo, and a chance to dunk a Carlson Law Firm attorney. Radio stations 94.5 The Beat1 and 107.3 La Mejor will be broadcasting live.

“We understand that getting school supplies could be another expense on families, and we want to lift that burden off of their shoulders,” Braus said. “We hope that by doing this backpack drive families in the Waco area will get a head start on the new school year.”

Backpacks will be given while supplies last. Children must be present to receive a backpack, and backpacks will be limited to three per family.

The Carlson Law Firm will be joined by the Law Office of Carlos Dias and Budget Auto Insurance. Other sponsors include:

Central Texas Pain Center
Central Texas Litigation Support Services Inc.
And more!

For more information about the event, visit The Carlson Law Firm’s Facebook pages, @carlsonattorneys, and @carlsonabogados.

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is a charitable program from The Carlson Law Firm, a nationally recognized personal injury law firm. With 14 locations in Texas, Carlson Cares hosts a party each month from a different office, giving back to their community through volunteer work and hosting family-friendly Parties with a Purpose. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

Carlson Cares Gives Back Across Texas Ahead of First Day of School

The Carlson Law Firm had two of our locations participate in backpack giveaways just ahead of the first day of school for their cities.

Our Waco office hosted its annual Party with a Purpose on August 14. Our staff gave away more than 140 backpacks to Waco students.

Students who attend the event received backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies such as notebooks, crayons, markers, colored pencils, and other items needed for the 2021-2022 school year.

“We’re hoping to host another backpack giveaway next year,” attorney Dominic Braus said. “We’d like to see this event get larger as we help more people each year. Our goal is to always let the community know that we’re more than just an injury law firm, The Carlson Law Firm is here to help when you need it most.”

Families at our Waco party also enjoyed carnival-style games, a chance to win a membership to the Cameron Park Zoo, and a chance to dunk a Carlson Law Firm attorney. Radio stations 94.5 The Beat1 and 107.3 La Mejor were live at the event.

Earlier that week on Aug. 12, our South Austin office participated in a backpack giveaway. Our team gave away 50 backpacks to camp goers at the Dittmar Center summer camp.

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is the charitable program of The Carlson Law Firm, a nationally recognized personal injury law firm. We host a Party With a Purpose at each of our 14 locations with a goal to give back to our communities in meaningful ways. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

San Antonio staff assists Food Bank

SAN ANTONIO – The Carlson Law Firm team from our two San Antonio locations joined forces to help the San Antonio Food Bank in its mission to provide meals to families across southwest Texas. To help the food bank, our team helped sort, organize and pack non-perishable food items for families in need of a warm meal.

The Carlson Law Firm staff then helped distribute packaged boxes to families in need. Families received pasta, canned tuna, dried fruit, in addition to other non-perishable and perishable items.

The Food Bank receives an equivalent of one semi-trailer full of food every hour to distribute to 530 other nonprofits across 16 counties.

“In an assembly form line format, we filled boxes with different food productions that are used to be distributed around San Antonio,” said The Carlson’s Law Firm partner, Edna Elizondo. “It really was a group effort to be able to run smoothly. We are thankful to have the opportunity to help out the San Antonio communities alongside the Food Bank.”

The San Antonio food bank fulfills the need of serving more than 120,000 individuals each week. Even during the pandemic, the food bank never gave up on its mission to feed southwest Texas families. Texas is ranked second in the nation for food insecurity—with approximately one in six individuals living in food-insecure homes. However, the demand increased with the start of the pandemic.

“No child, individual, and family should ever have to worry about where their next meal will come from,” Elizondo said. “We support the work that the Food Bank is doing for our communities and making sure that families are fed in Southwest Texas.”

About Carlson Cares

Carlson Cares is a charitable program of The Carlson Law Firm, a nationally recognized personal injury firm. Each month, a different office gives back to their community through volunteer work and hosting family-friendly Parties with a Purpose. Our mission is to improve the lives of every Texan.

Celebración del Día del Niño

Con un día dedicado a las madres y otro día dedicado a los padres, es justo tener un día en el que celebremos a nuestros pequeños seres humanos favoritos. El 30 de abril se celebra el día de los niños en México, un día dedicado a los niños y su importancia en la sociedad y de su bien estar. Este día se conmemora en diferentes fechas, dependiendo de cada país. Aunque el 30 de Abril no es un día internacional, hay un día reconocido para los niños por la Organización de Naciones Unidas, que es el 20 de noviembre.

¿Cuál es el origen oscuro del Dia del Niño?

El día es dedicado a los niños. Todo comenzó con la Primera Guerra Mundial cuando la guerra dejó a muchos menores vulnerables. Tras finalizar la guerra en 1925, México participó en la Convención de Ginebra para proteger a la infancia y el presidente de la república Mexicana, Álvaro Obregón dedicó 30 de abril como la fecha del festejo a los pequeños.

Los derechos fundamentales de los niños en México son:

Derecho a la vida
Derecho a la alimentación
Derecho a la educación
Derecho a la salud
Derecho a la libertad
Derecho a la identidad
Derecho a la protección

De acuerdo con documentos históricos, el Dia del Niño en México fue reconocido el 8 de mayo de 1916 en la ciudad de Tantoyuca,Veracruz. Además de celebrar el día con dulces, fiestas, globos y colores, es importante usar esta fecha para recordarle a los niños que tiene derecho salud, y la protección y la educación, independientemente del lugar del mundo en el que hayan nacido.

A partir de 1996, varias organizaciones de base, bibliotecas y universidades trabajaron juntas para vincular El Día del Niño con el lenguaje y la alfabetización como una forma de apoyar el bienestar de los niños.

Evento de The Carlson Law Firm para celebrar el Dia del Niño

Para celebrar el Día del Niño de este año, The Carlson Law Firm decidió realizar una competencia de dos semanas que destacó los talentos de los niños dentro de nuestras comunidades.

A través de nuestra página de Facebook en español, realizamos un evento de dos semanas. Para la primera semana se pidió a los padres que enviaran un video mostrando los mejores movimientos de baile de su pequeño. La competencia de la segunda semana se pidió que el niño dibujara lo que quiere ser cuando sea mayor.

Nuestro evento Dia del Nino se llevó a cabo entre el 12 y el 25 de abril, eligiendo un ganador cada semana. Los ganadores de ambas semanas recibieron un globo mundial iluminado multiusos para niños.

Para tener la oportunidad de ganar el gran premio, un paquete familiar de pases de temporada para Six Flags Fiesta, los niños tuvieron que haber participado las dos semanas del evento. Finalmente, en el Día del Niño, reunimos los nombres de todos los participantes y sorteamos los pases de Six Flags durante un video live en nuestra página de Facebook.

Carlson Cares

Aquí en The Carlson Law Firm, los niños se celebran durante todo el año a través de nuestro programa Carlson Cares, el brazo caritativo de The Carlson Law Firm. The Carlson Law Firm se ha esforzado por seguir invirtiendo en la construcción de relaciones sólidas con nuestras comunidades. Algunos de nuestros esfuerzos incluyen organizar “fiestas con propósito” para regalar artículos necesarios, como mochilas y útiles escolares, así como también organizar chequeos de asientos de seguridad para autos para asegurar que los niños estén abrochados correctamente y en un asiento apropiado para su tamaño. Además de las fiestas, también nos gusta ser voluntarios en organizaciones locales sin fines de lucro, como Families in Crisis, el Centro de Defensa de Niños del Condado de Laredo-Webb y despensas móviles de alimentos, por nombrar algunas.

Killeen Staff Volunteers at Community Food Center

On March 23 and 29, staff from The Carlson Law Firm volunteered to help pack food bags and restock shelves at the Food Center in Killeen, Texas. In total, the firm helped pack over 200 bags filled with food that will be used to feed families in Killeen.

Two separate groups volunteered on the different days to assist the Food Bank with organizing and distribution prepping. Staff wore masks and followed social distancing best practices during the volunteer days.

“There is a consistent need for providing nourishment to vulnerable communities,” Managing Partner Craig Carlson said. “This is especially true right now because so many have been affected by the pandemic, and now, the aftermath of the power outages. We are thankful for the work that the Food Care Center is doing and that they’ve allowed us to help them serve our community. We are happy that we are able to help out the Food Care Center and their mission to take care and feed families in the Killeen community.”

The Killeen Food Care Center has roughly about 5,000 clients each month. The bags that were filled are able to feed families the size of four members. Each bag provides about 35-40 pounds of food, which equals 30 meals or 10 days of food.

The bags contain a variety of canned goods to feed families of up to four members. In addition, the Food Care Center provides other necessities including:

Eggs and dairy products
Fresh bread and pastries
Baby formula
Meats, fresh and frozen
Water and juices

The Food Care Center is a non-profit, faith-based is located at 210 N. 16^th Street, serving the Killeen community for over 30 years. No qualifications are required to receive food and families in need can visit the center once a week. In addition to offering food, the Food Care Center has clothing and household goods available at a very low cost.

For more information, visit www.foodcare.org.