Executive Director Taylor Bunn reviews June activities at Hope 4 All and shares news and needs from our collaborators including Grand Prairie Family YMCA, Grand Prairie Homeless Outreach Organization's Milkweed Farms, Stars United Global Outreach, and more.

Today's Awareness Wednesday features Tammy Chan of Grand Prairie's Milkweed Farms, a microenterprise that provides dignified wages for people facing homelessness in Grand Prairie while providing food for endangered monarch caterpillars. You can learn more about Milkweed Farms on the Grand Prairie Homeless Outreach Organization - GPHOO Facebook page (@gphoo81).

Our May 2021 Monthly review features news and needs from our community members (Grand Prairie Host Lions Club, Santa Cops, Grand Prairie United Charities, and The Nicklas Foundation), May communications metrics, volunteer activities (at Hope 4 All, Grand Prairie Homeless Outreach Organization, and Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery), and donations made in the month of May (Children First Counseling Center, Grand Prairie United Charities, LifeLine for Families, Old Friends, Great Pyrenees Rescue North America, The Nicklas Foundation, and Finnleigh’s Grace) – all in less than five minutes! We are grateful for everyone who helped us bring hope and opportunity to our communities over the last month.

In this video, Suzana Delgado-Gray, Executive Director of the Grand Prairie Family YMCA shares information about water safety at the Y, summer opportunities, and her own experience learning to swim at the YMCA two years ago. The Grand Prairie Family YMCA is dedicated to strengthening the foundation of community. With a commitment to nurturing youth development, energizing healthy living, and inspiring social responsibility, the Grand Prairie Family YMCA ensures every individual has access to the essential needs to learn, grow, and thrive. You can learn more on their website: https://www.ymcadallas.org/locations/grand_prairie Hope 4 All has donated $2,500 to help the Y offset the cost of swim lessons this summer, but they could use another $2,000 to ensure no one is excluded due to an inability to pay. You can help us close this gap by donating here: www.hope4all.us/donate

Join us for a recap of Hope 4 All April activities and news and needs from our friends at David Nicklas Organ Donor Awareness Foundation, Grand Prairie Family YMCA, Grand Prairie Homeless Outreach Organization, Grand Prairie Host Lion's Club, Grand Prairie United Charities, LifeLine for Families, and Stars United Global Outreach.

The Nicklas Foundation is dedicated to promoting organ donor awareness and providing fully furnished rent-free housing for transplant patients who live too far from a transplant center. Visit their website at www.nicklasfoundation.org and sign up to be an organ donor at https://www.donatelife.net/register/​.

Our March review features upcoming opportunities from our friends at Grand Prairie Host Lions Club, LifeLine for Families, Inc., and Santa Cops, a brief video highlighting Organ Donor Awareness month from The Nicklas Foundation, and our next volunteer event for Grand Prairie Homeless Outreach Organization - GPHOO.

Today's Awareness Wednesday highlights AppleTree Institue for Educational Innovation! AppleTree’s mission is to close the achievement gap before children get to kindergarten by providing three- and four-year-olds with the social, emotional, and cognitive foundations that enable them to thrive in school. Through a partnership with Uplift Education, they have brought their thoughtful, research-based curriculum to DFW. Hope 4 All was very happy to support AppleTree with a $7,500 grant at the end of 2020 to support printing high-quality printed materials for students learning from home.

In this video we review our February activities and share upcoming opportunities from our friends at Grand Prairie Host Lions Club, Grand Prairie United Charities, LifeLine for Families, Inc., Stars United Global Outreach, and Grand Prairie Family YMCA.