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s an avid football 
fan, the Super Bowl 
meant a great deal to 
Andy Collins, a person who 
was served by JARC for more 
than 30 years until he passed 
away in 2023. 
Since 2017, Andy’s family 
has raised money each year 
for the Andy Collins Super 
Bowl Party Fund, which pays 
for a viewing party event for 
all interested people that JARC 

serves. After Andy passed 
away, his family decided 
that the best way to keep his 
memory alive was to continue 
to fund the annual Super Bowl 
celebration for the people 
JARC serves. In addition, all 
donations sent to JARC in 
Andy’s name after his funeral 
were also added to the fund.
For Super Bowl LVIII, 
parties were held at two JARC 
homes and attended by 53 

individuals from nine JARC 
homes. Both homes hosting 
the events were decorated 
to help the people JARC 
serves get into the spirit, 
and all guests were provided 
with pizza, chips and salsa, 
decorative football cookies, 
and fruit and veggie trays 
to enjoy during the exciting 
championship game. 
The yearly celebration is 
a wonderful opportunity for 

the people JARC serves to 
gather with their housemates 
and friends from different 
homes and spend an evening 
together, joining the estimated 
123 million viewers from 
around the world in watching 
the big game on TV and 
deciding on their favorite 
Super Bowl commercials. 

If you are interested in donating to 

JARC, visit jarc.org/give to learn more.

JARC Hosts Yearly Super Bowl Parties

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JARC

The late Andy Collins

Decorative football cookies make 
the perfect dessert for the people 
JARC serves at the Super Bowl 
celebrations.

Nancy, Caryn and Barbara, three ladies served by JARC, help 
set up the snacks for their Super Bowl party.
Jonathan and Clay, two people JARC 
serves, smile for a photo together 
while they wait for the game to start.

Several people JARC serves load up their plates with snacks to enjoy during the game.