Meet the Sparks from Fairview, Texas! Jon Sparks is a former Delta Airlines captain, now instructing at Flight Safety International. Marsha is a freelance communications professional. Son Collin and wife, Rachel, with children Ella, Braden and Beckett, live in Branson, Missouri, where Collin and Rachel are Directors at Kanakuk summer camps. Collin also leads mission trips so that Kanakuk teenagers may serve in third world countries. Son Cameron and wife, Melissa, live in Atlanta where Cameron works in Field Operations for Boosterthon Fun Run (elementary school fundraising) and Melissa is a marriage and family therapist.
The Sparks family has a heart for service. Since 1980, Jon and Marsha have shared their passion and skills with numerous non-profit groups. Those benefitting from their leadership and support are Custer Road United Methodist Church, the Heritage Farmstead Museum, Junior League of Plano, Women’s Shelter of Collin County, PISD, AISD, Plano and Allen Sports Authorities, Allen High School athletics, Kanakuk Ministries, Town of Fairview, Ascot Heath HOA, and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County (CACCC).
Marsha was the founding Board President of the Children’s Advocacy Center and is the Honorary Chair for the Center’s 20th Anniversary Gala March 31. She has recently been honored as one of CACCC’s Top 20 Heroes.
A multi-generational TCU family, Jon and Marsha have served the University as Alumni Board officers, reunion and funding chairs. Both sons served TCU on Student Foundation and as fraternity leaders. As a graduate, Cameron participated in his fraternity’s national philanthropic bicycle marathon, Journey of Hope, riding with 84 fraternity brothers from Seattle to Washington D.C., 4000 miles in 67 days, raising over $500,000 for persons with disabilities.