Welcome * ¡Biénvenidos! * Mabuhay
ANAK KO = My Child 501(c)(3) Foundation
ANAK KO ACRONYM
👼🏻Angel
😇Nevaeh (“Heaven” spelled backwards)
🌈Always
🌅Kailanman (“forever” in Filipino)
💋Kisses
💐Onward
ANAK KO ACRONYM
👼🏻Angel
😇Nevaeh (“Heaven” spelled backwards)
🌈Always
🌅Kailanman (“forever” in Filipino)
💋Kisses
💐Onward
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Your contribution will help fund bereaving families with 1) CARE packages (Community Advocates Render Empathy), 2) memorial markers and 3) Marigold Scholarship. Thank you for donating!
*Please include Your Name or Anonymous & your Charitable Contribution preference, please, out of the 3 above, & donate from these 3 options:
•Zelle & Venmo: DrDR@AnakKo.Org - Elaine Dispo-Rendon
•Please email DrDR@AnakKo.org if you wish to write a check to ANAK KO and make arrangements of in-person exchange or snail-mail, TX
OR from these easy social media fundraisers:
👍 https://Facebook.com/AnakKoOrg *DONATE* button💖
🌈 https://Instagram.com/AnakKoOrg *FUNDRAISING* link💞
AND .5% of your qualified purchase totals can be donated by AmazonSmile: 🛍 https://smile.amazon.com/ch/86-2020221
UPDATE: AmazonSmile’s charitable program has ended, but please feel free to shop our online store, ANAK KOmpras: https://AnakKo.org/contact-us
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ANAK KO offers grief support, emotionally and financially, to bereaved families for their babies' memories, including children and pets—with advocacy of all family systems: biological, adopted and animals
ANAK KO aims to support grievers through funding of care packages, memorial markers and endowing scholarships in memory of loved ones, with the help of generous patrons from all over the world
When we lose a loved one, we aren’t always prepared, financially or emotionally. ANAK KO offers a support system for those who grieve their children and pets, through emotional and financial assistance and empowering families to honor them. This nonprofit organization was founded to bless families during their grief!
ANAK KO Media Kit:
• News Release
• Fact Sheet
• Backgrounder
ANAK KO press release, published 6.2.2021 in Texas Border Business:
ANAK KO founder, featured 4.14.2022 in OLLU Alumni Spotlight:
ANAK KO story, shared 7.31.2022 in Nonprofit Daily News, to wrap up Bereaved Parents Month & 2nd AKO ANNIE-versary
ANAK KO’s press release ran in The Mercedes Enterprise’s 5.3.2023 issue.
ANAK KO’s press release about products appeared BOTH in-print AND online (click link in photo & below) in San Benito News’ 11.3.2023 edition💜💛🐾🗞️📰
ANAK KO Obispo, Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI’s Earth Day statement is accompanied by ANAK KO’s feature about him in the 4.8.2024 West Texas Angelus; link to page 14 in above photo & press copy in button below.
ANAK KO personalizes journals that can be customized by grievers to remember their loved ones as they heal because there’s power in prayer plus the practices of writing, meditation, visualization & fine art.📓❤️🩹🧘🏻♀️🎨🖼️
Sweet Edibles 4 Empathy Support $ell$ SEE’S Famous Old Time CANDIES to wrap the HOLYday season on a sweet note🍫🍬🍭🍡🍢Online storefront runs from 8/29-12/31/24 for classic candy—so shop to your heart’s delight for gifts or something special for yourself with YUMrai$er proceeds going toward ANAK KO’s CARE packages & Marigold $cholar$hip💝🎄🎃🦃🇺🇸 https://www.yumraising.com/secure/anakk_anak_ko_66/DrDrD9779/candy
TIme 4 COmpassion commemorates ANAK KO founder’s maternal grandfather & lookalike, “Lolo Tico” (Escolastico Villanueva Reyes—1909-1996), while honoring other warriors with memory loss, including those who battle Alzheimer’s disease & dementia, as well as their caregivers who fight alongside them🎓Lolo Tico’s namesake is St. Benedict’s twin sister, St. Scholastica, whose feast day he was born on😇He lived up to his name as a proponent for education with AKO founder’s maternal grandmother, “Lola Rosa,” who raised “Dr. DR’s” mother, “Mami Aya,” & her siblings to also be well-educated; he was a physical therapist & a nurse, while she was a social studies teacher👨🏻🎓👩🏻🎓👨🏻⚕️👩🏻🏫
Baile (“dance” en español) 4 Exercise & Expression* commemorates our original Marigold $cholar, Lauren Gonzales’ Grandma Bee (short for Beatrice)—who our donor LISA GARCÍA’s mama—since B supported LAUREN’s dancing lessons that LAUREN has since revived in college—so we’ll encourage artistic outlets amongst our scholars & grievers who we serve🩰🎬💃🎫🎟️
Lymphoma Intervention and Loving Openness remembers ANAK KO founders’ Loving Lilo 2Luz, to fulfill the mission with CARE packages for anticipatory grief🩵 est. December 2023, then September 2024 & after
Advocates of Seizure Intervention & Awareness commemorates ANAK KO founders’ oldest cat, Asia Felina Catalina, & those who struggled with seizures, + supports those who live w/seizures, including epilepsy warriors, + promotes care of brain health, including through meditation.🧠💟est. November 2023
Mission for Autism Testimony & Tribute commemorates Matthew Alston, the son of ANAK KO supporter Pam Alston, & honors those on the Autism Spectrum Disorder & their families, + promotes engaging exercise, including star jumps.🧩 est. November 2023, then April 2024 & after
ANAK KO supports families who lost kids & pets of all ages, with virtual water tributes:
• April thru July for Bereaved Mothers 1st Sun/May, Bereaved Fathers 2nd Sun/June, Bereaved Parents’ Month in July
• August for Rainbow Bridge Remembrance (8/28) & National Grief Awareness (8/30)
#AnakKoRainbow for CARE & Marigold$
ANAK KO now offers grief counseling, pro bono (free of charge), as part of CARE packages (Community Advocates Render Empathy) for bereaved parents. Although sessions don’t cost anything, donations are welcome to support ANAK KO LILO—above cause.
⚓️ANCHOR= ANgel Counseling for Hopeful Outlook on Recovery
ANAK KO founder Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, designed a Grief Diversity curriculum for Certified Grief Counselors that now is a specialty certification program that she teaches through the American Academy of Grief Counseling (for which she is certified with the American Institute of Health Care Professionals), as of February 2023–including to serve cultures and religions, people of color, LGBTQIA+ and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities:🌎💒🫱🏼🫲🏾🏳️🌈🧩
🌍https://aihcp.net/grief-diversity-counselor-certification/
🌏https://aihcp.net/grief-diversity-counseling-certified-specialist-course-program/
Furthermore, Dr. DR also will present her new Culturally-Sensitive Grief Counseling for Diverse Populations workshop at the 2023 Southwestern Psychological Association convention:🎤https://www.xcdsystem.com/swpsych/program/J3x9vVN/index.cfm
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ANAK KO founder Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, designed a Grief Diversity curriculum for Certified Grief Counselors that now is a specialty certification program that she teaches through the American Academy of Grief Counseling (for which she is certified with the American Institute of Health Care Professionals), as of February 2023–including to serve cultures and religions, people of color, LGBTQIA+ and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities:🌎💒🫱🏼🫲🏾🏳️🌈🧩
🌍https://aihcp.net/grief-diversity-counselor-certification/
🌏https://aihcp.net/grief-diversity-counseling-certified-specialist-course-program/
Furthermore, Dr. DR also presented her original Culturally-Sensitive Grief Counseling for Diverse Populations workshop at the 2023 Southwestern Psychological Association convention:🎤https://www.xcdsystem.com/swpsych/program/J3x9vVN/index.cfm
Now you too can take advantage of these valuable materials if you‘re also working in the helping professions and serve diverse minorities who need grief support!⤵️
ANAK KO will debut our coloring book about a special Bunny to guide children through pet loss on Int'l Children's Book Day, 4/2/24!
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ANAK KO debuts our coloring book about a special Bunny to guide children through pet loss on Int'l Children's Book Day, 4/2/24! !
ANAK KO’s most thorough grief guide is designed for grievers of all demographics & supporters who help them. Pre-order purchase proceeds & special section sales will go toward ANAK KO LILO, & during the month of release (4.2.2024~World Autism Awareness Day), ANAK KO MATT also will be benefited.
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ANAK KO’s most thorough grief guide is designed for grievers of all demographics & supporters who help them. Purchase proceeds & special section sales go toward ANAK KO LILO, & during the month of release (4.2.2024~World Autism Awareness Day), ANAK KO MATT also is benefited.
Co-founders Rendón's 2nd cookbook will come out on the Feast of St. Benedict, 7/11/2023, just 5 days before Nat'l Personal Chef Day!
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This cookbook—a tribute to ANAK KO co-founders’ Taco Cats & Heavenly angels—was released on the Feast of St. Benedict, 7.11.2023 (1Y since their Emotional ANNIE-mal’s Our Lady of Life blessing @ Our Lady of San Juan Del Valle & day after their Sto. Niño’s 1st Adoption ANNIE-versary, following his early months around Chef Dave’s taquería)—5d before Nat’l Personal Chef Day.
Because grief means we need a breather to heal...
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Because grief means we need a breather to heal...
ANAK KO founder, Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, wrote an anthology with pictures and stories of AKO mas-cat plus mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical exercises during bereavement. *PAWSitive PURRspective: Furry Tail of My Emotional Support ANNIE-mal & Our CATch of Mourning Waves publication set for 20 Sept. 2022*
ANAK KO co-founders, Chef David & Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, wrote a cookbook and planner with calendar, scripture, stories and recipes for those who wish to channel their creativity in the kitchen by honoring their loved ones. *Fly Pies: Angelic Appetizers, Divine Desserts & Heavenly Hearty Hacks for Memorial Meals publication set for 2.22.2022*
ANAK KO founder, Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón, wrote a guide with scripture, stories and activities for those who struggle with coping with losing someone special, especially their own child(ren). *Our Babies Have Halos & Wings: A Grief Communication Guide to Healing for Bereaving Families’ Children’s Memories publication set for 2 March 2021*
ANAK KO donor Nancy Lambert, a cosmetologist, religious educator and Deacon’s wife, offers her artisan Rosaries to support bereaved families🤍📿MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT PO, TITA NANCY, + THANK YOU to those who buy any from ANAK KO🌹
ANAK KO supporter Cristina Aldape, the Ministry Coordinator of St. Helen’s Catholic Church in Rio Hondo, TX, invited us to her Parish’s Women’s Prayer Group, where we sang, shared stories, reflected on scripture, prayed together and listened to each other’s valuable insight to kick off Lent 2023.🙏💒✝️
Calling all college students & HS upperclassmen: ANAK KO is accepting applications for the Marigold Scholarship. Please click/tap button below for more information on how to apply⤵️
Congratulations, Lauren Elizabeth Gonzales, for earning our very first ANAK KOMarigold Scholarship! Find out more about our empathetic ambitious scholar here!
ANAK KO’s CAREing CAREdio Heavenly Hearts Rally In Sports (CHRIS) Memorial Valentines, which is named for the Founder, Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón’s cousin, Christopher Dispo—an athletic heart attack survivor and a stroke victim—will be held annually during Heart Disease Awareness Month in February, beginning in 2023. Fun, flexible fitness virtual sessions of your choice will raise heart health awareness and bereaved families support, including for the Dispo family. Here’s how to:
♥️Participate: share your workout photos and videos with handle @AnakKoOrg and hashtag #AnakKoCHRIS
💝Donate: contribute to any of our methods at the top of our homepage with the memo/note, “ANAK KO CHRIS”
ANAK KO’s EJ 5K, named for the original President, Bernadette Aniag’s son, Elijah James, will be held annually during the weekend of Worldwide Candlelighting on the second Sunday of December, at 7PM🕯✨The very 1st one was held on MLK Day January 2021 to draw virtual runners/walkers in commemoration of all children in Heaven, including the late & great Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose own parents also had outlived him.👊🏿🎤
Pet + Pregnancy & Infant Loss (PAIL) Awareness Month is in October, with PAIL Remembrance Day on October 15th, the Feast of St. Gerard, Patron and Protector of Expectant Mothers and Unborn Babies. We had our very 1st annual *VIRTUAL* ANAK KO PAIL 5K in 2020 and plan to have it every year — from anywhere all around the world: we’ll walk/jog/run 5km (>3mi) & release balloons* to remember our loved ones, especially our babies who died too soon.🎽🪂 An International Wave of Light abounds at 7PM through every time zone to commemorate children in Heaven.🕯Please tag @AnakKoOrg & hashtag #AnakKoPAIL5K when you participate &/or donate👟💸
*We stopped releasing balloons after our 2021 PAIL 5K at the beach when we realized that any popped or landed balloons potentially could harm animals who are around; therefore, we’ll continue:
🤲🌎🐪our advocacy for GOD’s creation & creatures, while
🏃🏻♀️🏃promoting physical wellness, +
❤️🩹as always supporting bereaved families & parents
EMILIANA POPATCO: MANY MANY THANKS / MARAMING SALAMAT PO / ¡MUCHÍSIMAS GRACIAS! ANAK KO’s founder‘s GODmother / Ninang / Madrina’s our very 1st patron to contribute a generous amount to help start up our foundation. This helps families who’ve buried their children💸⚰️
CONGRATULATIONS to the very 1st recipient of the Angel Nevaeh RendónMemorial Scholarship from Our Lady of the Lake University, ANAK KO founder’s PhD alma mater! This award winner wrote about her own loss of a dear friend in the fatal El Paso Walmart shooting + plans to pursue a career in law & social work👩🏻🎓👩🏻⚖️
ANAK KO has held its 1st few Board-of-Directors (AKO BOD) quarterly meetings to induct new officers and discuss fundraising. Aside from memorial markers and scholarships, the AKO BOD also decided to add care packages for grieving parents, like some of us founders💝🧺The Board also had a consensus that AKO not only offers financial support, but also emotional support, as well. Now we have a CARE acronym for CARE packages + CHRISTmas CARE-oling CARE-oke to cheer up bereaving families: Community Advocates Render Empathy
🎀Your daily vote from 10-10-12/15/2022 helped us advance for the chance to benefit our foundation for bereaved families, thank you! From 2nd place out of 50+ in my group to Top 20, followed by 4th to Top 15 and 5th to Top 10, I finished at the Top 5 of my group!🌟☀️
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Please remember ANAK KO LILO who had lymphoma! Thank you for your anticipatory grief support:
*Lymphoma Intervention & Loving Openness
in memory of ANAK KO founders’ LILO