CITY House

Thankful Thursday Donation Drive

This #ThankfulThursday is dedicated to our amazing volunteers and donors who supported our Donation Drive!!! #CityHouse #ShowYourHeart

Meet Mickle

In honor of National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, meet Mickle, a resident in our Transitional Living Program. This program is designed to transform the lives of homeless young adults, focusing on helping them grow and live independently. Hear Mickle's story... #homeless #community #showyourheart

What a beautiful way to end UnGala week! We are thankful for all of the support. Last chance to bid and win in our online auction! It closes at midnight. https://one.bidpal.net/ungala2020/welcome #showyourheart #giveback

unGala 11.12

There are only 2 more days left to register, bid and donate to support our 2020 unGala! Check out today's spotlighted items and don't forget to like and share: https://one.bidpal.net/ungala2020/welcome

Silent Auction Spotlight 11.10

Have you checked out our amazing silent auction? Check out today's spotlighted items! Only 4 days left to register, bid and donate!!! https://one.bidpal.net/ungala2020/welcome

Silent Auction Spotlight

Check out a few of the 300+ incredible items that you can bid on to help us reach our goal of $100,000. Only 5 days left to register, bid, and donate! https://one.bidpal.net/ungala2020/welcome

It’s time to kick off unGala week! Help us reach our $100,000 goal by registering, bidding and/or donating! The silent auction is live and closes on November 14! http://bidpal.net/ungala2020 #FromOurHouseToYourHome

The countdown to UnGala Week 2020 is here! We would have loved to celebrate with everyone in person but we still need the funds our in-person gala would've raised! The funds are critical to help support abused, neglected and homeless youth. Check out our silent auction and register in advance! http://bidpal.net/ungala2020

November was first declared as National Homeless Youth Awareness Month in 2007. As many as 2.5 million youth per year experience homelessness. Here is our client Matt sharing his journey and City House experience:

Rapid Reshousing

Jalisa Miles and Mackenzie Harrington-Bain are our Rapid Rehousing Case Managers and they are so excited to invite you #FromOurHouseToYourHome to make a gift today for #NTxGivingDay! Our Rapid Rehousing progam provides young adults up to 24 year’s old who qualify for independent living with financial assistance and services. To prevent further homelessness, young adults are connected with local apartment managers who work with their limited credit and financial history. Services provided include financial training and case management. Help us continue to provide this awesome service to our clients by making a donation today! https://www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org/CityHouse And don't forget to like, share and tell your family and friends!

Special Request

Today is officially #NTxGivingDay! We know that there are awesome organizations everywhere asking for your support and we hope that you would consider us! Today we invite you #FromOurHouseToYourHome to get to know us, donate and spread the word to your loved ones! First up from City House is our Street Outreach! This team drives and walks the streets in known “hotspots” and other areas where youth and young adults congregate, in order to distribute food, clothing, hygiene products, resource information. Tracey Sherman is our Street Outreach Coordinator and has a special request for each of you! Help us reach our $70,000 goal today! https://www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org/CityHouse

North Texas Giving Day is Tomorrow!

We are officially 12 hours from #NTxGivingDay kicking off! Jim Dolan is one of our volunteers who comes out every Wednesday to welcome our Youth Resource Center clients, assist with helping them go shopping in our boutique and assist with organizing our donations. We are so thankful for volunteers like Jim and he wanted to send a special message to everyone! https://www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org/CityHouse

#NTxGivingDay is tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow is #NTxGivingDay and we are so exctied! So far in early giving we have raised $6,870! Thanks to our matching funds, that is $13,740!!!🎉 Will you consider donating tomorrow to help us reach our $70,000 goal? That will help us continue to provide shelter, food, clothing, counseling, outreach and so much more to all of our clients! https://www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org/CityHouse

Jacob’s City House Awareness Video

Mazel Tov to Jacob on his Bar Mitzvah, this past Saturday - he is indeed a fine young man. Jacob made a wonderful awareness video spotlighting City House and asked his supporters, family and friends to join in his Tzedakah (charity/service project) by donating items and gift cards or making a financial donation to benefit the abused, neglected and homeless children and young adults we serve. Thank you for making a difference for others, Jacob.

Thankful Thursday

"Children are our greatest treasure. They are our future." -Nelson Mandela Today is #ThankfulThursday, and we wanted to send a special thank you to 12-year-old Jahkil Jackson, creator of Project I Am. He sends supplies to children all over the country from Chicago to create blessing bags to give out to their community! We received over 75 blessing bags from 2 brothers in Lewisville. Thanks to this donation, our street outreach team was able to pass out 50 of these bags today as they provided much-needed services to our community! Thank you to all of our donors, volunteers, and supporters!

Thankful Thursday 8.20.2020

It's that time of the week, Thankful Thursday! Thank you to all of our donors who contributed in person, through our Amazon wish list, or online! If you would like to schedule a donation drop-off, organize a drive or have pictures, please contact our Community and Donor Relations Manager, Briah Nunn, at [email protected].

City House Thankful Thursday

We couldn't do what we do without our great donors, community partners, and supporters. So from now on, every Thursday will be a ’Thankful Thursday’! If you would like to schedule a donation dropoff, organize a drive or have pictures, please contact our Community and Donor Relations Manager, Briah Nunn at [email protected]

As many as 1 in 20 youth run away from home each year. The American Academy of Pediatrics report "Runaway Youth: Caring for the Nations Largest Segment of Missing Children," details how unaccompanied youth who run away - either on their own or who are asked to leave home - have high rates of trauma and neglect, mental illness, and substance abuse, family dysfunction, and disengagement from school. We encourage any youth or family that is concerned about their situation at home to contact us for free counseling towards easing family conflict and issues.

My Friends House (emergency crisis shelter for newborns - 17 years) and Transitional Living Program homes are in need of disinfectant wipes. Please donate and help keep your kids healthy! #Clorox Amazon Wish List: https://a.co/ghDpk1N

Happy 18th Birthday “Mike”!

How do you remember celebrating your 18th birthday? Did you have a party with friends to celebrate? Did your mom make your favorite cake? Imagine turning 18 and being told, “You’re an adult, you’re on your own now, and it’s time to leave... my job as a parent is done.” You just finished high school during this pandemic, hadn’t applied to college, jobs are hard to find, and you don’t have professional skills or necessary life skills yet either. Usually, turning 18 is just the beginning of promising life opportunities for most teens in North Texas. Not for “Mike”. He’s been living in his car for a few days. Today, “Mike” came to City House for help and completed an application for the Transitional Living Program. He’s on the waitlist. He got a hot meal, took a shower and received some new clothes in our Youth Resource Center.

Today, July 30 is "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons". City House joins the United Nations in honoring front line workers to end human trafficking. These are the people who work in different sectors - identifying, supporting, counseling, and seeking justice for victims, and challenging the impunity of the traffickers. During the COVID-19 crisis, the essential role of first responders has become even more important, particularly as the restrictions imposed by the pandemic have made their work harder. Social workers, healthcare professionals, teachers, and nonprofits like City House work to protect the vulnerable in the fight against trafficking. #EndHumanTrafficking #BlueHeartCampaign

Homeless Youth are Vulnerable to Trafficking

We're so proud of Jacob as he moves on to Arizona to a new beginning! Previously, Jacob was a client in our Transitional Living Program and most recently he received services in our Youth Resource Center. Our City House Family wishes him well.

The thing about meditation is: You become more and more YOU. ~ David Lynch

We need your help, now, more than ever. Here is a list with immediate needs. Note: For grocery donations, please email Director of Volunteer Services, Lisa Rodgers,at [email protected] Men's tennis shoes (sizes 11 1/2 and 12) Men’s white t-shirts/undershirts (all sizes) Men’s and women’s – athletic shorts (all sizes) Summer t-shirts for men and women (all sizes) Groceries (email Lisa for details)

What do you do when COVID-19 cancels your mission trip to Branson, MO? You find a way to help your own community! Thank you to the youth (ages 3-15) of Vibrant Life Baptist Church for making these essential Outreach Bags. When we see identified at-risk or homeless youth on the streets, we share these bags and have an opportunity to tell them about services at City House where they can find safety and counseling. Thank you Joyce Smith and Diamond Lenoir for dropping the bags off today!

Doing Something Good!

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~ Dalai Lama We’re grateful for these compassionate teens! Anjali Brown and Bethel Kim wanted to do more than just sit around and watch Netflix during summer quarantine, especially when they heard there are kids from school who relied on the lunch program to have basic needs met. These girls came together and started a nonprofit! Our children and youth in crisis at My Friends House will appreciate these items. Check out www.youthtomorrow.org and hear more about it in the video!

Put a Little Love in Your Heart!

Put a Little Love in Your Heart! A wonderful video taken by John (Direct Care Staff), at My Friend's House. John has been dedicated to enriching the lives of our children at the shelter, for eight years. Thank you John for making this neat video. It will inspire many. Enjoy.

A Literal outreach center shout-out, to “Lizna!” Lizna Kabani, is a Dallas-based fashion designer with a fabulous collection and online shopping experience. Her vision is to create fashion that speaks to today’s women. Please take a minute and visit her website at lizna.com. Also, any purchase will help support her efforts to donate masks to organizations like City House, and others helping the at-risk in our communities. Thank you, Lizna, for the generous quantity of these much-needed masks!

Lisa Rodgers, Director of Volunteer Resources, with a very important message to our City House volunteers. You are indeed the HEART of our mission. Thank you from all of us!