About Us
We ensure every child in our community has access to personal hygiene items through quarterly deliveries of customized Refresh Packs, supporting their well-being and confidence.
Our Mission
At Refresh, we understand that good hygiene is essential for a child’s health and self-esteem. Our mission is to ensure that every child in our community has access to basic personal hygiene items. We count on the community’s support to fulfill this mission. Consider donating today and help us provide quarterly Refresh Packs of hygiene items to under-resourced students in our area.
Join us in making a tangible difference in the lives of many kids in our community!
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Partner with us to make a lasting impact on the lives of under-resourced children, as we work together to ensure access to essential hygiene items and empower them for a brighter future.
Behind the Mission
Behind Every Refresh Pack: The Dedicated Leaders Committed to Empowering Children in North Texas
Elizabeth Watkins
President and Founder
Refresh Founder Elizabeth Watkins has called North Texas home for the last 16 years. Touched by the need she saw through her volunteer work on PTA boards and at a local food pantry, she set out to ensure that every child in the community has access to personal hygiene items. In May 2019, Elizabeth founded local nonprofit Refresh Frisco, which provides quarterly, customized hygiene packs to children in need in her community. Refresh expanded to include the Little Elm school district in 2021 and Denton Braswell High School in 2023. In just 4 short years, Refresh has become an organization that over 1550 students rely on to help keep them feeling clean and confident.
Elizabeth holds a BS in Accounting from NAU and an MBA from Gonzaga University. Elizabeth was recognized as the Texas Governor’s Volunteer of the Year Award Winner in April 2023 at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin, TX. Elizabeth is an Ambassador for the Frisco Chamber of Commerce engaging and advocating for the business community.
Refresh was named Best of Frisco and Best of Little Elm by Star Local Media’s Readers’ Choice Awards in 2022. Refresh was also named Best in Business by Frisco Style Magazine in 2021.
Renee Wyse
Treasurer
Renee’s life of service began through volunteering in the teacher workroom when her children were in elementary school, inspiring her to become involved with and join the local PTA. Over the next 13 years, Renee’s responsibilities within the Frisco PTA grew as she took on various board positions at the local level in the elementary, middle, and high schools her children attended, but the Treasurer role always held a special place in her heart. In 2019, Renee was asked to serve as Treasurer of the Board on the Frisco ISD Council of PTAs. Renee went on to serve for a season as Secretary, and currently serves as Multicultural Chair for the Frisco ISD Council of PTAs and VP of Membership on the Wakeland High School PTSA Board. Prior to and concurrent with these roles, Renee sat on the Board of Directors for Young Men’s Service League (“YMSL”), an organization focused on Mothers and Sons volunteering together in community service projects, as Parliamentarian and other Board roles, until her sons graduated high school.
Frisco has been home to Renee and her husband, Luke, and their three children for 15 years. Two of their children have graduated high school and now attend the universities of Oklahoma State and Texas A&M, respectively. Their third child is a senior at Wakeland High School and will graduate in May of 2025. Renee’s passion for meeting the needs of the children in her community and the depth of her experience make her a valuable addition to the Board of Refresh NTX.
Christen Garb
Operations
Christen and her husband Dave have lived in Frisco since 2014 and their teenage twins have attended Frisco schools since Kindergarten. Christen works in the hospitality industry which is truly her passion in creating experiences to benefit others which ties in perfectly with her passion for Refresh NTX. Christen has served on the board of National Charity League with her daughter and is an active member of the Young Men’s Service League with her son.
Christen has been a volunteer of Refresh since its inception in 2019 and feels blessed to now be on the board of this amazing organization and its ever-growing impact on the children in Frisco and our surrounding communities!
In her free time she loves cooking, reading, traveling and cheering on her daughter’s Reedy high school basketball team and her son’s Reedy Golf team.
Colleen Dachowicz
Community Relations
Colleen has volunteered with organizations focused on child advocacy for the past 15 years. Her passion started when working as a tutor at the Literacy Council of Tyler, TX, where she had the joy of working with underserved children who taught her what true resiliency looks like. She has served for over 10 years in PTA leadership board positions, including at the district level in the areas of treasurer, leadership development, and her current role in training. Colleen also currently serves at the state level as a Field Service Representative for TX PTA and on their leadership development committee.
Before devoting her time to child advocacy initiatives, Colleen held several management positions at leading consumer packaged goods companies, including Kraft Foods and Nabisco, where she focused on new product development and marketing. Colleen is honored to serve alongside such an incredible team of servant leaders.
Genna Corwin
Communications
Genna has been a dedicated volunteer with the PTA since Nichols Elementary opened in 2012. Her involvement has spanned various roles within Nichols, Pioneer Heritage Middle School, Reedy High School, and Frisco ISD Council of PTAs. Her responsibilities have included managing the newsletter, website, and technology, serving as the secretary, managing membership, and acting as the parliamentarian. After her daughter graduated, Genna sought a new volunteer opportunity and was delighted to join Refresh to continue serving the students of Frisco ISD.
Originally from New York, Genna has lived in Frisco since 2010 with her husband, Bill, and their daughter, Ava. In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending quality time with friends and family.
Angie Corley
Communications
Angie joins our board as our communications liaison. She has lived in Frisco for 25 years. She works in the corporate world as well as spending many years volunteering with PTA and Booster Club boards. She loves her family and her friends. She is high energy and has a can-do attitude. She is excited to join Refresh Frisco and looks forward to helping this organization continue to grow and help more families.
Brian Davis
Technology
Kari Reynolds
Inventory Management
Mary Von Ahnen
Director of Development
Mary Von Ahnen is a career woman, community volunteer, mother, and wife.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Masters degree in Technical Communication from the University of North Texas.
She began her corporate career at EDS and spent the majority of her years at Fossil Group, where she held many senior positions, including Senior Vice President and CIO. Upon retirement from corporate life, she and her husband opened a yoga studio, Horizon Hot Yoga, which they have since sold.
Mary has served in many capacities on non-profit Boards including The 500, Inc., the Dallas Opera, Dallas Women’s Foundation, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Frisco Women’s League, the Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico, and the Plano Education Foundation. In addition, Mary has chaired several large events, including ARTFEST (benefitting the Arts of Dallas), Cowboys and Canines (benefitting the SPCA), and most recently, Spurs and Sparkles (benefiting Refresh NTX). Mary also participated in Leadership Dallas, class of 1993.
Mary has 2 sons and her husband, Mike Von Ahnen, of 29 years. She is retired and enjoys spending her time supporting non-profit initiatives that speak to her heart.
Kristin Cagle
Advisory Council Member
Kristin and her husband Dave have lived in Frisco since 2005 and their twins attended Frisco schools from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Kristin immediately got involved in PTA, serving on three different boards in elementary, middle and high school. She also served on the Reedy HS Booster Club board, was a member of the National Charity League and was a driver for Frisco Fastpacs. Throughout the years, helping children and teens in the local community has emerged as her true passion. She loves serving at Refresh and making an impact on the lives of kids in North Texas. In her free time she loves reading, spending time in Colorado, cheering on her daughter’s University of Montana volleyball team and visiting her son at college in the Boston area.
Anja Newbury
Advisory Council Member
Originally from Heidelberg, Germany, Anja moved to Frisco in 2007. What was planned as a two-year relocation turned into a new home for the Newbury family and she loves giving back to the community that has welcomed her so open-heartedly! Anja has served on three different PTA boards and is also an active member of National Charity League. A graduate of the Universität Mannheim, she is excited to share her marketing skills with Refresh Frisco.
Dominic Parks Jr.
Advisory Council Member
Hi I’m Dominic Parks Jr, founder and manager of ChefNIC and Co. I reside in Frisco TX with my wife and daughter. I have a passion for cooking and serving delicious meals to family, friends, and clients. I have a calling to lead a strong team of people in this company and I aspire to aid them to grow as well as for me to learn from them. I believe food and service is an amazing way to create lifelong memories, so I give my all to do so for the people I serve personally and in the business. I studied Hospitality and restaurant management at the University of Arkansas and culinary science at The Art Institute of Dallas.
Our company name came from my first name Dominic I created “ChefNIC” from the last 3 letters of my first name. N.I.C. which has a meaning behind it and houses the core of our mission statement (Nutrition. Inspiration. Creativity.) We are based out of Frisco TX, and we love our community. When we can we provide meals to a few nonprofits in the area as well as our local fire and police department.
I have been blessed to serve a wide arrange of people all across the USA from weddings, private dinners, festivals and more as well as a few celebrity clients. I live by a saying everyday “Hope X Faith X Prayer = Love”.
Wendi R. Wilburn
Advisory Council Member
With over 25 years intra- and entrepreneurial experience, Wendi Renee Wilburn is the Founder & Principal at Wendistry, LLC – a certified StoryBrand & Marketing Consultancy. She is a strategic operator and growth architect with 25+ years leading brand transformation, digital innovation, and market expansion across multiple industries. As a founder with two successful exits and a seasoned digital advisor to startups all the way to Fortune 100 companies, Wendi brings a rare blend of vision, execution, and data fluency. Whether serving as a Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Fractional CMO, Board Advisor, or early-stage investor, Wendi helps leadership teams turn complexity into clarity and bold ideas into scalable execution.
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