Other than an angel tree or a toy drive, how can you get the kids involved in the generosity of the season? Our mommy blogger has some great, and easy, ideas.
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Toy Drives Around Dallas-Fort Worth
We rounded up where to drop off your new, unwrapped toy donations around town this season.
BraveLove Founder Ellen Porter Started a Pro-Adoption Movement in Dallas (and Around the Nation)
This organization helps women who are thinking of placing their child for adoption.
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…
Year-Round Volunteer Opportunities to Serve Fellow North Texans
Read on for 25 year-round opportunities to help fellow families in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and support a local cause that tugs on your family’s heartstrings.
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…
How Children’s Health is Celebrating Their Patients
Local hospitals in North Texas are providing capes for our real-life superheroes
10 Holiday Toy Drives in North Texas
Join Santa’s team of helpers and donate to these 10 toy drives around Dallas-Fort Worth.
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…
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…
Get to Know Tricia Clifton, the Woman Helping Collin County’s Most Vulnerable Kids
We all care about the safety of our kids, but there are some people who go a step further to…
Meet the Frisco 8-Year-Old Who’s Trying to End Homelessness
After learning what homelessness is on a trip to Austin when he was 3 years old, Frisco’s Jake Garrett-McCann knew…
Get to Know Ben Sandifer, the Dallasite Protecting the City’s Historic Green Spaces
On weekend mornings, you’re likely to find Ben Sandifer bushwhacking trailways through the Great Trinity Forest or wading through secluded…
What’s Next for Café Momentum and Chad Houser
Café Momentum founder Chad Houser breaks down barriers by hiring youth ages 15–19 after their release from juvenile detention. We caught up with Houser to talk about the program’s success and a new project in the works as he continues to change lives, one meal at a time.
Year-round volunteer opportunities to serve fellow Fort Worthians
The holidays are behind us, and gone are the Red Kettles and coat drives. But worthy causes in the area need volunteers year-round. There…
The Invisible Ones
Despite a thriving local economy, the number of homeless families and children in North Texas continues to rise. And they’re not all panhandling—they’re at work, at school and on the playground, going unnoticed and, sometimes, unhelped.
Supplying Kids In Need
Not every family can afford to buy school supplies, but you can help. Volunteer as a family to load backpacks, donate food, even treat kids to extra-curricular activities.
Make a Difference in Dallas County in December
Help your kids appreciate all they have by encouraging them to help the less fortunate. Read on to learn about charities around Dallas County where your kids—and you!—can lend a helping hand.