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Tarrant
Country
Food
Bank
foodbank@texas.net
We are
based in Fort Worth to collect and redistribute food to our
area's needy and poor. All of our programs are designed with
this philosophy in mind. We believe that these individuals
and families need help pulling themselves back up so that
they can again become contributors to our community and
society as a whole.
We receive NO federal or state
funding. In our battle against hunger, we have distributed
over seventeen and one-half million (17,500,000) pounds of
food to more than 800,000 needy families throughout Tarrant
and the surrounding counties in 1998 alone. Our Emergency
Food Assistance Program sees lines of 200 to 300 families
daily, and the numbers grow steadily. It is our mission to
secure food for these individuals.
COMMENT: Local
organization supporting the hungry. Previous CTV support.
Cook’s
Children’s
Hospital (Child Life Group - children’s needs)
www.cookchildrens.org
Cook
Children’s Medical Center is a private, nonprofit hospital
that relies on the generosity of the community for continued
success. The hospital offers children access to nationally
recognized programs in the treatment of cancer and blood
disorders, heart defects and respiratory ailments.
We provide
necessary medical care
to children, regardless of a parent's ability to pay. Many
children and families arrive at Cooks under emergency
situations and are unprepared or unable to meet the needs of
an extended stay. The Child Life Group provides clothes,
toys or other needs for the patient and family. They are
also VERY interested in a small number of cars to come
“show” for the patients in their front U-Turn. This has been
a very big success for the teenage boys.
COMMENT:
Local hospital catering
to children
– previous CTV support.
Original Cook's Wish List
(HTML)
Barb's eMail
- Cook's Charity List (27KB PDF)
Combo
Cook's Check List (1MB PDF)
Cook's Children's
Car Show and
Charity Poker /
Rallye
Komen Race
for the Cure (April 2)
www.tarrantraceforthecure.org
The Komen Race
for the CureŽ Series is the largest series of 5K
runs/fitness walks in the world.
In
addition to raising funds, the Komen Race for the CureŽ
Series is committed to educating the public about early
detection, the strongest method of surviving this
life-threatening disease. The five-year survival rate is 95
percent when the disease is discovered while still confined
to the breast.
Up to 75% of the net income
stays in the local community to fund breast health education
and breast cancer screening and treatment projects. A
minimum of 25% supports ground-breaking breast cancer
research, awards, education and conferences around the
world.
COMMENT: Club members and
friends afflicted (both survivors and not). CTV history of
involvement.
Race for
The Cure article - March 2005 - Karyn Fowler
Cowtown's Participation in the 2005 Susan G. Komen, Race for
the Cure
Meals on
Wheels
www.mealsonwheels.org
Since 1973,
Meals On Wheels of Tarrant County has provided hot,
nourishing meals to elderly and disabled persons who are
unable to provide meals for themselves. The meals, daily
contact by caring volunteers and professional case
management allow frail, homebound persons to remain in their
own homes ... where they want to be. Our Mission is:
"To
promote the dignity and independence of the disabled, the
elderly, and other homebound persons by delivering
nutritious meals and coordinating needed services".
COMMENT: Local organization supporting the hungry.
Christ’s
Haven
www.christhaven.org
Licensed by
the Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services, Christ's
Haven for Children was established in 1954 to provide a
long-term, loving home for abused, neglected, abandoned, or
orphaned children between the ages of five and seventeen on
campus. Christ's Haven works to put families back together;
while the children are in our care, we encourage contact
with their families through regular visitation, letter
writing, and phone calls. We support family counseling,
participate in crisis intervention, and
give
seminars on family relations.
Christ's Haven for Children is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization that receives no federal or state funding,
operating solely on benevolent gifts. We also receive the
assistance of volunteers, food, and supplies.
COMMENT: Local organization supporting needy children with
past CTV support.
Rocky
Top Therapy
www.rockytoptherapy.org
Rocky Top
Therapy Center utilizes its picturesque ranch setting to
provide comprehensive rehabilitation for physically,
mentally or emotionally challenged individuals in the north
central Texas area. Currently,
we address the needs of
over 200 emotionally, mentally and physically challenged
individuals each week utilizing 53 therapy horses, a
low-elements challenge course and a barnyard filled with
pot-bellied pigs, goats, chickens and miniature donkeys and
horses.
The Rocky Top staff has been
carefully selected to provide premier expertise in
therapeutic and horse professions to ensure that the
objectives of the programs are met. The Center serves
individual families, rehabilitation centers, hospitals,
schools and other organizations that assist the disabled or
disadvantaged.
COMMENT: Club members and
friends involved with children enrolled for therapy.
Open
Arms Home
www.openarmshome.org
Caring for
Women & Children of domestic violence.
Victims of abuse are
not limited to women. Children are equally (sometimes more
so) victims. Our program is designed to keep children with
their mothers, rather than having them placed elsewhere. In
order to break the generation cycle, all children in our
program receive specialized counseling, support group and
educational classes. Emphasis in every area of this program
is on non-violent means of communication and problem
solving. Presently, we are housing
thirteen families,
which includes thirty-nine children.
COMMENT: Local
organization (North Richland Hills) serving those with no
where to go.
Wish List -
collecting thru July Membership Meeting
Speedway
Children’s Charities
www.speedwaycharities.org
Speedway
Children's Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated
to helping children!
Our priority is improving the
quality of life for children in need and that mission
remains the same throughout our growth. Through donations,
sponsorships and fundraising events we distribute funds to
qualified non-profit organizations with the same mission as
ours. Texas Motor Speedway
Laps for Charity on May
14 and Sept 10.
COMMENT: Previous CTV
involvement. Corvette related.
09/10/05 -
Laps For Children's Charity @ TMS |
