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How Plano’s Agape Resource and Assistance Center is Fighting Homelessness
Not every Collin County woman has a white picket fence and the American dream. There’s the single mother to young…
How an SMU Professor Is Equipping Students of Color To Succeed in College
Through the Action Research Center, Candice Bledsoe is working to close the gap between students of color and white students in higher education.
McKinney ISD’s Live Kind Initiative is Designed to Improve School Culture
McKinney ISD Superintendent Rick McDaniel launched the McKinney ISD Lives Kind Initiative (“Live Kind” for short) to make sure his students experience—and extend—kindness daily. The initiative aims to promote compassion throughout the district, from students to faculty members.
Howdy Homemade Ice Cream Serves Up Employment for Adults with Special Needs
Walk into Howdy Homemade on Lovers Lane, and you’ll immediately be greeted by a friendly employee with special needs who is ready to…
Stomping Ground Comedy Theater Launches Improv for Autism Scholarship Program
Now through January 6, the Dallas-based Stomping Ground Comedy Theater is accepting scholarship applications to provide teens on the spectrum in financial need with the therapeutic benefits of humor.
TCU Professor Vanessa Bouché Talks Advocating For Human Rights and Raising Two Girls
A self-proclaimed “activator,” Vanessa Bouché, Ph.D., is not content to sit idly by while injustice ensues. She is a doer…
The “Mistlecrew” Kids of Dallas Are Raising Money to End Hunger
Stella Wrubel is proof that even the youngest of people can have the biggest of hearts. After feeling compelled to…
Young Men’s Service League Inspires Leadership Throughout the Nation
Plano moms and sister-in-laws Pam Rosener and Julie Rosener started a movement in Collin County when they created The Young Men’s Service League 17 years ago. The Roseners…
How Children’s Health is Celebrating Their Patients
Local hospitals in North Texas are providing capes for our real-life superheroes
10 Ways to Help Veterans
Here are ten simple ways to support military families in honor of Veterans Day.
Volunteer Opportunities For Kids in Dallas-Fort Worth
Teach kids that giving is always important—whether it’s giving time, talent or goods—with these 10 local volunteer opportunities.
These Lovejoy High School Seniors Are Running for a Good Cause
Lovejoy is a fitting name for the 5A Collin County high school where three seniors are raising awareness on an…
Meet Terry Stotts, the Dallas Special Ed Teacher Equipping Kids To Give Back
Terry Stotts has 35 years of teaching under his belt—or more precisely, his tool belt. As the construction technology teacher…
Shayna’s Place and Hugs Greenhouse Hire People of All Abilities
Shayna’s Place at Sylvan Thirty is hiring people of all abilities to bus tables, serve food and run the DJ…
Meet the McKinney Firefighters who are Teaching Kids About Life and Fire Safety
Retired McKinney firefighter Brent Rollins certainly puts a new spin on the term “send in the clowns.” In 1993, he…
How Executive Director of Frisco Arts is growing the arts community in Collin County
Tammy Meinershagen is on a mission to prove that the arts are the heart and soul of any city. Since she took the…
Meet the 11-Year-Old Girl Behind the Nonprofit HeARTS of Maya
Maya Delgado is a triple threat. At 11 years old, she’s a singer, an actress and a philanthropist. Through her…
Social Activism with Kids in Tow
When Dallas resident Leona Schale wanted to walk in the Families Belong Together march this past June, she planned to…
The Surprising Face of the Homeless in North Texas
Tracy Cross, whose name has been changed at her request, and her husband worked hard to make ends meet and cover…