Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative’s buildings, employees and even its trucks will be showing some gold in September to support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. At night, our member service centers in Bastrop, Brenham, Giddings, Lockhart and Manor will be bathed in golden light. If you see any Bluebonnet member service representatives, they’ll be wearing gold-colored ribbons and handing them out to members.

Check the cooperative’s Facebook and Twitter pages throughout this month for useful information about how you can join the fight against childhood cancer.

CHILDHOOD CANCER HELP

• A Shelter for Cancer Families in Houston provides families a place to stay and support while their children get care at the Texas Medical Center; cancerfamilies.org or call 713-497-5365
• Sunshine Kids provides activities and excursions for children fighting cancer; sunshinekids.org or call 713-524-1264
• Heroes for Children provides financial and social aid to Texas families; heroesforchildren.org, call 832-790-6788 or email info@heroesforchildren.org
• Project Joy & Hope for Texas provides housing, financial aid for families referred by the Texas Children’s Hospital 24-hour parent support line; joyandhope.org, call 713-944-6569 or email info@joyandhope.org
• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and Children’s Cancer Hospital at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston provides emotional, educational and practical family support; candle.org or call 713-270-4700
• The Children's Blood & Cancer Center of Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin offers resources for families and patients to connect with others as well as education and support resources; dellchildrens.net/childrens-blood-and-cancer-center or call 512-628-1900
• American Childhood Cancer Organization or ACCO supports childhood cancer research and awareness, provides educational resources to children and their families; acco.org or call 855-858-2226