Blog Post: Nonprofit, Faith-Based and For-Profit Organizations Ban Together to Make a Difference in the Stop Six Area

FORT WORTH, TX (October 19, 2009) – Several organizations are joining forces to support Keystone Community Outreach Church by hosting a community fair for over 700 residents from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2009, in the Cavile Housing Development located on 5020 East Rosedale Fort Worth, TX. This Saturday is nationally recognized as Make a Difference Day.

Local nonprofit organizations will set-up booths to raise community awareness about their causes, conduct workshops on health and financial literacy, and provide family-centered entertainment such as a three-on-three basketball tournament and a talent show for residents.

Event partners include Partners for Sacred Places, Volunteer Center of North Texas (VCNT), Citigroup, KHVN and Jack and Jill, Inc. of Arlington, TX. 

“The goal of the event is to connect this community with resources in their area while also providing hope and encouragement for the residents in the Cavile Housing Development,” said Froswa Booker-Drew, Director of the Texas Office of Partners of Sacred Places. “We are so excited to partner with wonderful nonprofit and for-profit organizations to demonstrate our unified commitment to bettering this community. This is the perfect example of neighbors helping neighbors.

In the spirit of Make a Difference Day, a national day of neighbors helping neighbors, volunteers are asked to sign-up to assist with event set-up, running the basketball tournament, and directing community residents to workshops. According to the Make a Difference Day website, in 2008, more than three million American citizens participated throughout the country. The day of service is always held the fourth Saturday in October.

“Through the Student Engagement Division at the Volunteer Center of North Texas, it is our goal to recruit as many youth volunteers as possible to participate in this initiative,” said Jonathan Wallace, manager of  Youth Volunteer Corps for VCNT. “We know students can play a major role in improving their communities and we are excited about offering an avenue for them to make a difference right in their own backyard.”

Volunteers from Youth Volunteer Corps of North Texas, a program of the VCNT, will coordinate children’s activities and manage a diaper collection drive, benefitting infants and young children in the housing development.

For more information about Make a Difference Day, visit http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday/aboutmadd.html

About the Volunteer Center of North Texas

The Volunteer Center of North Texas (VCNT), founded in 1971, is one of the largest and most active volunteer centers in the country. A primary purpose of VCNT is to recruit volunteers, including individuals, corporations and civic and faith-based groups, to serve nonprofits and their clients throughout the North Texas area. For more information, visit www.vcnt.org.

To learn more about Partners for Sacred Places, a national, nonsectarian nonprofit, visit www.sacredplaces.org.