A Gift for Luisa

GRACE client Luisa works extremely hard. Like many single mothers employed full-time, Luisa is always busy.

Luisa is unique because her 14-year-old son is disabled and will always require help from a caretaker. Her son also needs frequent linen and clothing changes. Remarkably, Luisa had always scrubbed her son’s linens by hand because she could not afford to purchase a washer and dryer.

When Client Services realized that Luisa was washing her son’s clothing by hand, they arranged for her to pick up a used washer and dryer left from a Transitional Housing move-out.

GRACE Client Services continually ensures that donated items are put to good use for our clients. We hope that Luisa can take a brief minute to relax after work now that she has some help with the laundry.

Sweethearts Give to GRACE

Tori & Paul Schaefer donate to Food Pantry

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the GRACE Food Pantry received the best gift of all–a 1,400 pound donation!

At the Yo-He-Wah Nation’s annual Sweetheart Dance,  nearly 400 dads and 500 daughters generously donated supplies for GRACE before they danced the night away at the DFW Hyatt and enjoyed activities including glitter stations and a formal dinner.  Afterward, Brave Paul Schaefer and Princess Tori Schaefer delivered an entire truck filled with food, toiletries and much-needed diapers.

According to Tribe Leader Dan Shinedling, “The organization is designed to provide fun ways for fathers and daughters to build relationships. Camping, fishing, hockey, Pinewood Derby and the Sweetheart Dance highlight our program.”

This is not the first time the Indian Princesses have given to GRACE. According to Tribe Elder Todd Schneider, the Indian Princesses have served GRACE in a number of ways over the years including collecting Christmas gifts for the GRACE Christmas Cottage, recycling tennis shoes and landscaping the GRACE Pantry complex. Thank you to the Indian Princesses for showing us love year-round!

Would your organization like to support GRACE programs? Contact Volunteer Assistant Lenie Hacker today at 817-305-46753 for large group opportunities.

i Fratelli Selects GRACE for its DoughNation Program on Feb. 20

Say “GRACE” TODAY, February 20, when placin your order with i Fratelli Pizza Southlake or Grapevine locations and 15% of your purchase total will be donated to GRACE. Call i Fratelli Pizza Southlake at 817-749-0990 or i Fratelli-Grapevine at 817-416-1566. See ifratelli.net/pizza for a full menu. You must mention GRACE for your purchase to count towards the donation.

Spread the word to friends and contacts so we can earn as much as possible in this partnership with the i Fratelli Pizza DoughNation program! GRACE thanks you for your participation and especially thanks i Fratelli for selecting GRACE.

Save the Date for GRACE Golf

Join us for a night of fun and camaraderie as we raise funds for our Feed Our Kids program this summer. We encourage you to find a team of four and sign up early!
If you haven’t heard, GRACE Drive Into the Night begins with a twilight tee-off. Whether you are highly skilled or otherwise, this tournament is an excellent opportunity to spend time with your friends and enjoy some great food and prizes as you swing your way through nine holes with a glowing golf ball.

Contact GRACE Development and sign up today!

Clean Sweep for GRACE

Representative Katrina Keith from the Miss Molly Foundation recently visited Development Director Mark Woolverton at GRACE Main to award their first check of more than $900 for GRACE Programs. The money was contributed bit by bit, or in this case, dime by dime. For each housecleaning during the month of December, Molly Maids donated a dime. We are impressed both by the check and the number of house cleanings in one month!
Thank you to Molly Maids for this great contribution. We are so thankful that you chose to support a local, grassroots organization like GRACE.

Can you think of a creative way for your business to raise money for struggling families? Contact GRACE Development today.

Feed Our Kids Summer 2011

GRACE’s Feed Our Kids program works with volunteers each summer to provide summer lunches to those children receiving financial assitance or free lunches during the school year. This summer, we served 31,305 lunches! Not only do we fill hungry tummys, but program volunteers provide amazing activities for the kids as well!

Please check out gracegrapevine.org to find out more information on our other seasonal programs, as well as Feed Our Kids and how you can help GRACE.

Thank you to Kaitlin Hoag our 2011 Summer Intern for creating the lovely Feed Our Kids videos below!

 

You want to get involved next year? Watch the video below for more information.

GRACE Gala Ad Released!

Click the link below to see this year’s Gala Ad! Look for it in the upcoming issues of Southlake Style and NET Business Resource.

GRACE Gala Ad

Achieving GRACE

Last week a Feed Our Kids volunteer Patti Langsdale, from Abiding Grace Lutheran Church, experience first-hand the impact that the Feed Our Kids summer program has not only on clients of our community, but from places alike.

Here is her story:

I just came back from the grocery store where I was buying the paper goods and some of the groceries for next week.  The young man that was sacking up my stuff said, “Wow, you must be having a picnic.” ” No,” I said, “ it’s for the Feed Our Kids Program next week.” He dropped his voice a little and said, “That’s a really great program.”  “Yes,” I said, “I think so, too.” Then he said, “You fed me.  Well, I know that you didn’t feed me but somebody like you gave me food when I was hungry.  So I just want to thank you.”

God’s work, our hands,
Patti

The young grocer grew up in El Paso and was fed by a program similar to Feed Our Kids. This just goes how programs like Feed Our Kids are not only successful, but a lifelong impact. Not to mention how great it feels knowing we are in good company around the state! Each and every volunteer who helps spread the word of GRACE’s programs not only to those living in NE Tarrant County, but to family members near and far, have the ability to possibly light the fire of need in another community– helping feed more kids in need. Which, in the end, is what we are working towards.

Welcome!

Welcome to GRACE’s new blog! Here we will be sharing even more of the on-goings of GRACE as well as our needs, how to get involved, client success stories and of course more photos and video!

We can’t wait to share even more news with you about GRACE! Please check out our Facebook and Twitter pages which you can get to via the links on the right of the homepage.

Check out the “About Grace” tab above or GRACEgrapevine.org for more information.