Breast Cancer 3-Day Benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure (DFW - November 7-9, 2008)

A National Philanthropic Trust Project - The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex offers walkers the best of both worlds. “Live Large. Think Big.” is their slogan and it describes the essence and vitality of this city which is built on big dreams, freshly blazed trails and the spirit of the Wild West. 3-Day participants can count on a Texas-size show of appreciation every step of the way of their journey through this area.

the 2008 Event Participants - "The Steppin Fors" Team

Cook Children’s Medical Center (Child Life Group - children’s needs)

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. 

Cook Children's Hospital - Helping with the Children's Party

Cook Children's Hospital - Texan’s Against Crime Celebration Night - RAINING even

2007 Cook Children's National Night Out

2006 Cook Children's Medical Center Car Show

2005 Cook Children's Medical Center Car Show and Charity Poker / Rallye

Easter Seals “Walk with Me” (Fort Worth, March 8th, 2008)

Easter Seals offers help, hope and answers to more than a million children and adults living with autism and other disabilities or special needs and their families each year. Services and support are provided through a network of more than 550 sites in the U.S. and through Ability First Australia. Each center provides exceptional services that are individualized, innovative, family-focused and tailored to meet specific needs of the particular community served.

Tarrant Area Food Bank

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. 

June 12, 2008 - CTV Volunteer night at the Tarrant Area Food Bank 6-9pm  MAP

We had a great time at the Tarrant Area Food Bank on Thursday, June 12th! We sorted cans and condiments and added lots of other goodies to each box to get the required weight of 40 pounds per box. We packaged over 9000 pounds of food! We were dismissed at 8:15 which left us time to drive around the corner to the Mexican Inn for some adult beverages! :-)

Thanks to these folks for supporting this event: Jan Brefczynski, Doc Lambert, Barb Greenfeder, James & Kim West, Walt & Sharon Zschirnt, Donna & Fred Rosett, Karen & Don Fowler, Candy Lowery, Donn Beck, Sylvia & Larry Hoaldridge, Carol Savage and Jane and Bill Buehler.

For anyone who missed out on the fun, I'll be scheduling another time to volunteer at the food bank a little later in the year!

Tarrant Area Food Bank’s Back Packs for Kids - 11/12/08 WORKERS