Sunny Glen Children's Home plans third annual Fatherhood Festival

Sunny Glen Children’s Home will host its Third Annual Fatherhood Festival on June 27 at the Poenisch Counseling Center in San Benito. The free Rio Grande Valley event is designed to honor fathers and father figures while connecting families with games, a picnic and local support services.

Why it matters: - The Fatherhood Festival extends Sunny Glen Children’s Home’s family-focused work into the broader Rio Grande Valley community. - The free event is designed to honor fathers and father figures while giving families access to local support services. - The festival also puts Sunny Glen’s counseling and parenting mission in front of more South Texas families.

What happened: - Sunny Glen Children’s Home will host its Third Annual Fatherhood Festival on Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - The event will take place at the Poenisch Counseling Center on Sunny Glen’s campus in San Benito, Texas. - Admission is free and open to the public. - Families can register at registration link.

The details: - The festival is open to families and children of all ages. - Planned activities include outdoor games, a family picnic, community resource booths and giveaways. - The Poenisch Counseling Center was built through the generosity of the Poenisch family and is named in their honor. - The center is a trauma-informed facility with counseling offices and a play therapy room. - The counseling center serves residents and the broader community. - The center supports Sunny Glen’s parenting and transition programs for young people in its care. - The center also partners with Heart Gallery, a program of Foster Angels of South Texas, to provide counseling and support for post-adoptive and post-permanency families across the Rio Grande Valley.

Between the lines: - Sunny Glen is using the festival to reinforce a core message: strong families are central to child well-being. - The event also functions as a community touchpoint for families that may need counseling, parenting help or other support. - The counseling center’s community role suggests Sunny Glen is positioning the campus as a regional hub, not just a residential facility.

What’s next: - Sunny Glen will use the June 27 festival to engage more families and connect attendees with its broader services. - The event may also help build awareness for the organization’s reunification and family-support programs. - Sunny Glen, established in 1936, says it has provided a Christian home for more than 25,000 children and continues to offer residential care, counseling and supervised development programs when possible family reunification is the goal.

The bottom line: - Sunny Glen is turning a community celebration into a wider effort to support fathers, strengthen families and showcase its services across the Rio Grande Valley.