The Children's Shelter

In the early 1990s, The Children's Shelter and Glenda Woods would cross paths and neither would be the same again. She began volunteering with The Children's Shelter, holding babies and playing with toddlers. Her affinity for children and keeping them safe was clearly seen by those who knew her. Her passion for the agency's mission led to an invitation for board service. In the fall of 1993, Glenda Woods joined The Children's Shelter Board of Trustees where she would later become the first and to date the only honorary lifetime member. As a Trustee, Glenda assumed a number of leadership positions which included: Chair of the Executive Committee, Fundraising Committee, Investment Committee and Co-Chair of the 2006 capital campaign that raised over 14 million dollars, which allowed us to open a new campus on Woodlawn Blvd. The new campus provided a new home for children living in the emergency shelter equipped with a gym, library, art studio, early childhood center, school and water-park. She also represented the agency at the national level by serving on the Child Welfare League of America board and, she championed the Girls Inc. of San Antonio program as an advisor to the National Girls Inc. Office.