TiMMark Angels has been in the making all my life. Over the years this was expressed in the way I lived my life and how I viewed life around me. I lost my son Timothy when he was 13 months old and then a year later my son Mark was still born. This had a profound impact on me but still I never lost my love for God or others. I always loved to draw and paint especially people and in 1998 I was on the phone doodling as I always did when I got still. I sketched the little guys you see here. Timothy from memory and TiMMark Angels Mark from my mind. I immediately named them TiMMark and felt that it would mean something someday. In the meantime, I drew them on every painting or drawing I did in place of the usual artist signature. I put them on business cards for some of the artwork that I was paid for. Then it was forgotten. I realized in 2013 that I was actually a publisher when I started publishing the whole Kid and Kaboodle magazine. I again used the little angels for TiMMark Publications. Page 4 of the magazine has always had a very small picture of them, and it says a TiMMark Publication. In recent years I have been asked if the magazine was a non-profit because of the amount that I give away and I always joked that it was not official but yes, it is non-profit. A few of my acquaintances and friends mused about the Prayer and Praise on Main which began in the fall of 2019 as being non-profit. TiMMark Angels is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to work to encourage families with helpful information and to promote faith and family values through the Whole Kid and Kaboodle magazines, as well as children’s educational books which will be made available through TiMMark Publications. TiMMark Angels will also further the dreams and aspirations of disadvantaged kids and those with developmental challenges, specifically those with varying degrees of the Autism spectrum and Downs Syndrome. Programs and services will include educational scholarships and entertainment through venues such as summer camps. I want the Kid and Kaboodle magazine’s message to be still giving out when I am not able or not here to do so and the value and extra benefit of being able to encourage a child with autism or down’s syndrome cannot be expressed in mere words. If you are interested in being involved: Jerri 281-703-7742
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