THE RESULTS ARE IN FOR NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY!
We thank the
179
donors - Board of Directors, Advisory Council, committee members, volunteers, staff and FRIENDS who made contributions to Our Friends Place. Generous gifts totaled
$33,882
to fund programs vital to helping our young women soar to success!
We are especially honored to share that the Dallas Women's Foundation awarded a
1st place prize
of $4,000 to OFP for the
Women/Girl Focused Dallas County Medium Nonprofit with the Most Donors category!
For the past 30 years, your gifts have allowed Our Friends Place to provide a secure and stable home for young women to build their own futures.
If you were unable to give on North Texas Giving Day, help us fight youth homelessness throughout the year with a gift to support our mission by
donating here.
THANK YOU FRIENDS!
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JOIN US AT THE
GALA - AUCTION & CASINO NIGHT KICK OFF PARTY
Fall is here and that means it is time for the 30th Anniversary Gala - Auction & Casino Night Kick Off presented by
Bradford! Join us on
Tuesday, 10/3, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at
Saint Rocco's Rooftop for the #BestViewsInDallas as we introduce the 2018 Event Co-Chairs and kick off planning for the event! Come learn about our young women, event committee opportunities and exciting new agency updates. Business casual attire. We welcome bottles of wine and restaurant gift cards valued at $25 or more for auction donations.
RSVP to
Caitlin at 214.520.6268.
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT - TRACYLOCKE
TracyLocke (TL), an advertising design agency,
thrilled Our Friends Place as their choice for a fall community service project and engaged
30 amazing volunteers for Beazley House room makeovers recently. The group of 30 divided into morning and afternoon shifts over two days to tackle the tasks quickly and efficiently.
The huge undertaking required prepping the rooms, moving furniture out of the way, painting, and redecorating three bedrooms with new bedding, curtains and accessories. The OFP team enjoyed meeting and working with the TL team as well. According to Kadetrah Lockett, Beazley House site manager, "Everyone was inviting and worked extremely hard to make sure the young ladies' bedrooms fit each of their personalities!" In fact, one of the volunteers asked one of the young women if she liked her room. The response, "Like is an understatement, I love my room!"
Thank you to this wonderful team of TL volunteers whose compassion, generosity and commitment to making a difference in the lives of others benefits the young women we serve.
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WANT TO VOLUNTEER?
To better manage and track upcoming OFP volunteer activities you can search Our Friends Place under the agencies tab at Voly.org or by signing up
here. Voly.org has an easy-to-use system that allows nonprofits to offer details for each volunteer activity. Simply review OFP's list of volunteer opportunities and select which ones work best for your schedule.
There are two stamp/stuff/seal mailing events coming up in late October and mid-November. There will be holiday related tasks during November and December, as well as 30th Anniversary Gala - Auction & Casino Night volunteer activities after the first of the year. Visit
Voly.org regularly for more details and to sign up!
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Toilet bowl cleaner
Dishwasher soap (pods)
Paper towels
Pots and pans
Kitchen & Bath size trash bags
Umbrellas
Notebooks
Adult scissors
Black & Blue pens
Manual pencil sharpeners
Bed pillows
Twin sheets
Vibrant colored towel sets (2 each - bath, hand and washcloth)
Blow dryers
Motions Hair Care products
Hair straighteners
Walmart gift cards
DART bus passes
To donate, contact Cindy Washlesky or Brenda Snitzer at
214.520.6268
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Partner Shopping Programs
Our Friends Place is proud to be a charity partner in the following programs:
Smile.Amazon.com
Select Our Friends Place as your preferred charity and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases. Shop at
www.smile.amazon.com today and give the gift that gives twice!
Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program
Link Reward cards to
Good Neighbor number 2759 and OFP receives 1% of total grocery purchases (exclusions apply).
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Ways to Get Involved
- Share your talents and knowledge on a committee
- Redecorate a bedroom or living space for young women
- Offer crucial support to our office staff
- Engage the community to gather school supplies, personal items and more
- Put your party planning skills to good use for our annual fundraiser
To get involved, email
Our Friends Place helps young women, between the ages of 18 and 24, break the generational cycles of abuse, neglect, poverty and homelessness through empowering self-reliance and independence. OFP provides a supportive home and teaches the skills young women need to become self-reliant adults. OFP young women enroll in an educational or vocational program, hold a job and pay a portion of their earnings as rent and savings.
Our Friends Place Staff
Sue Thiers Hesseltine,
Executive Director
Brenda Ewing Snitzer,
Development Director
Caitlin Doepfner,
Development Associate
Melanie Meijering,
Program Director
Kadetrah Lockett,
Beazley House Site Manager
Nicole Price,
Pauline's Place Site Manager
Cindy Washlesky,
Program Specialist
Our Friends Place
Administrative Office
6500 Greenville Ave
Suite 620
Dallas TX 75206
214.520.6268
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