"Gena and I feel very blessed for the friends and supporters who have helped make the KICKSTART KIDS program the success it is today.
We began in 1992 with four middle schools, three in Houston and one in Galveston with 600 students. Currently, KICKSTART KIDS is in forty-three middle schools, 28 in Houston, 11 in Dallas,
and 3 in Pflugerville with a total of 6,200 students. We have graduated over 60,000 students in 17 years,
with many of them graduating from college. One KICKSTART KIDS student got a full scholarship to MIT.
KICKSTART KIDS students develop the mental and physical strength to deal with the challenges they will face in the future. Gena and I have watched many of our youngsters grow into adulthood and face these challenges head-on and overcome any obstacles that got in their way.
To say how proud we are of these incredible young people would be an understatement."
