Kendall Country Women November/December 2022

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Kyrsten Budde Valenzuela
WOMEN DOING
WONDERFUL
Things in Kendall County
Nominated by local women, these ladies are creating businesses,
relationships, art, and teaching kids real life skills.
Elizabeth Nolen
Laura White
Blythe Zemel
“I immediately thought of my mother and wanted to submit her:
Elizabeth Nolen, former director of Boerne ISD student mentoring
program, brought the concept of Free Little Art Gallery to Boerne,
Texas. Her project unites and connects people of all ages. More Free
Little Art Galleries have opened in Boerne, introducing and nurturing
“Blythe Arts with Girl with Grit is awesome. She is selfless
and does amazing work with the girls and boys of our community.
She teaches them real life skills and is amazing! The
art and creation in our special little town. Elizabeth believes art should impact she has on young teenagers is so very cool to witness.
“Kyrsten Budde Valenzuela is very involved in our community. She’s
be accessible to all, to participate with humanity in a shared yearning They open up to her in a way that no other adult can do. She is
the owner/manager of Agape Equine Ranch and is an accomplished
to live in this place we call the world. She looks forward to meeting, currently expanding through the hill country and Austin.”
competitor who regularly competes at barrel races, rodeos, and
supporting, and growing with others through this unique and new way
ropings. She gives horse lessons to kids of all ages and is a spiritual “I'd love to nominate Laura White. She started the Craft Beer Girls of
of experiencing art!”
Girl with Grit Program is a 501c3 nonprofit that was officially
mentor to them. She is always willing to go the extra mile for her
Boerne group and is (possibly without knowing it) bringing so many
started by Blythe Zemel in December of 2020. Blythe had recently
families and of course the animals. She just expanded her business
to include horse rehabilitation. Kyrsten also started a nonprofit called
women together. The Facebook group has grown greatly over the last
several months with meetups at local breweries and restaurants. I
Check it out at https://www.elizabethannanolen.com/
free-little-art-gallery
developed a line of female safety glasses, Safety Sasses
and became aware of that we often overlook teaching girls
Sacred Echo Ministry to help abused and bullied kids.”- Kathy Budde know it has impacted sales at these establishments and has allowed
some fundamental skills.
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ladies a common reason to come together. Her gatherings are casual
Check it out at https://girlwithgrit.com/
and welcome to all. What she is doing is so great for our beer-loving
community--so much better than a book club in my opinion.”
-Lauren Watson
- Lillian Oler
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