HOUSTON – The TaxAct Texas Bowl today announced a 10th consecutive six-figure annual donation to DePelchin Children's Center, providing the charity with a $100,000 contribution from the proceeds of the 2021 game. Since selecting DePelchin Children’s Center as its charitable beneficiary in 2006, the Bowl has provided over $2.1 million in direct financial support and millions more in promotional support.

 The Bowl presented the check to Jenifer Jarriel, President and CEO of the DePelchin Children’s Center.

 “On behalf of the board, staff, and families served at DePelchin Children's Center, we are so thankful for our long-standing partnership with the TaxAct Texas Bowl,” said Jarriel. “Over the last sixteen years, our friends at the Bowl have not only provided more than $2.1 million dollars to support and sustain children in our community, but they have given families memories that will last a lifetime by hosting fun events and gameday experiences. We are excited to see what more is to come from our amazing partnership.”

Helping to continue to foster this relationship with DePelchin will be Sarah Frazier, the new chair of the TaxAct Texas Bowl Board. Ms. Frazier currently serves as Senior Vice President and Market Manager for Audacy Houston and oversees the company’s multimedia enterprise in Houston that includes six major radio stations serving an estimated three million Houstonians each month.   

“I am honored to serve both the TaxAct Texas Bowl and our beneficiary DePelchin Children’s Center,” said Frazier. “Both are important to the heritage and culture of Texas, and I’m proud that giving back is in the Lone Star State’s DNA. It’s also in the DNA of Audacy Houston, and we’re proud to back both of these organizations.”

“Sarah is an integral leader in the community,” said David Fletcher, Executive Director of the TaxAct Texas Bowl. “She has a passion for not only college sports, but also giving back. With Sarah as chair, the TaxAct Texas Bowl will continue to make a positive impact throughout Houston. I would like to thank our previous chair, Pete DeLongchamps, for his leadership and contributions to the Bowl and its partners.”

In addition to her role with the TaxAct Texas Bowl, Frazier will continue her work on the Board of Rebuilding Together Houston, the Advisory Board of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, the Board of the Texas Association of Broadcasters, and as a proud member of the Houston Chapter of the University of Kansas Alumni Organization.

Founded in 1892 by Kezia Payne DePelchin, DePelchin Children’s Center is an accredited foster care and adoption agency serving the most vulnerable children and families in Texas and working to break the cycles of abuse and neglect. DePelchin’s approach to caring for kids integrates at-risk prevention, foster care, adoption and post-adoption programs to improve the mental health and physical well-being of children who are at risk of entering or are in the State’s child welfare system.

The 2021 TaxAct Texas Bowl matched the Kansas State Wildcats against the LSU Tigers in the eighth year of the Bowl’s partnership with the Big 12 and the SEC. Kansas State jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first half and rolled to a 42-20 win in the 15th installment of the Bowl game.

CONTACTS:           

Jackson Riebel, jackson.riebel@houstontexans.com or (507) 272-9624

About the TaxAct Texas Bowl

The TaxAct Texas Bowl is owned and operated by ESPN Events and managed locally by Lone Star Sports & Entertainment. The Bowl annually showcases teams from the Big 12 and the SEC, two of the country’s premier athletic conferences. Through the years, the TaxAct Texas Bowl has been a tremendous success both on and off the field. Since 2014 the game is the most attended Bowl in the country outside of the “New Year’s 6” games.  The bowl has also generated an average of $40 million annually for the Houston economy and has contributed over $2.1 million in financial support to DePelchin Children’s Center, The Bowl’s official charitable beneficiary and one of the oldest children’s organizations in the city.