September 2022
Congratulations to the Tulsa Area United Way (TAUW) on meeting the $100,000 Deco Challenge for the third consecutive year during their 2022 kickoff! The 2022 TAUW goal of $25,913,704 was also revealed.

The Tulsa Day Center has had the privilege of being a partner agency for over 20 years. The dollars received from TAUW help us in the most impactful ways to fund our vital mission.
Being a partner agency is much more than receiving financial support. It is establishing and maintaining relationships with TAUW and their amazing staff and the many partnering agencies as we meet the continuing and growing needs in our city. There are 59 partnering agencies within TAUW.

THE Tulsa Day Center collaborates with a number of these agencies weekly and often daily.
The Salvation Army, Legal Aid of Oklahoma, Goodwill, Family and Children’s Services, Morton Health Care, DVIS, Tulsa Cares, Youth Services of Tulsa, Mental Health Association Oklahoma and Beheard Movement to name quite a few. The continuing community collaboration with A Way Home for Tulsa is most important.

These agencies along with ours are dedicated to making Tulsa better. And United!

Mack Haltom
Executive Director
August Highlights: Photo Gallery
August proved to be a hot one, but also a powerful one with so many great memories being made! Below you will find photos of some fun and some of the serious work we are doing to help those experiencing or at risk for homelessness.
Our Board Chair, Sharolyn Whiting-Ralston and Clinic Chair, Angie Summers stopped by this month to shadow some of our amazing case managers. We are honored to have such a committed and dedicated board to help fulfil our mission.
Tulsa Area United Way Campaign Fellows and the Tulsa Downtown Rotary came by for a tour and enjoyed a lunch and Q and A session in our board room. Click here to see the latest Campaign video.
We were honored to receive a grant for $10,000 from Cox Charities! They brought us a big check and then toured with our Director of Grant Relations. Please email Phyllis Danley to learn more.
We celebrated with Latasha Anderson and her 25 years of service at the Tulsa Day Center and as the Director of Hudson Villas! To learn more about our 60-unit apartment complex, click here.
From being invited to be a part of the Action Village at the recent Lumineers concert at the BOK Center, to staff hosting a clothing drive at Another Round, to the bi-weekly smoked BBQ dinner and concert at Four Aces Tavern, we love being a part of all of creative communities that Tulsa has to offer!
Fulfilling our vision of "envisioning a future where every Tulsan has a home," we are always thrilled when we find apartments for our clients. Here they can start to rebuild and thrive! Did you know that we we have a 92% retention rate for all our clients we house?
"Saint's and Aint's" filled our space with music while they entertained our clients. Members from Company Grade Officer Council at the Oklahoma Air National Guard volunteered in our clothing room. Starbucks at 31st and Garnett donated numerous times during the month for surprise lunches for our clients. And so much more!
For more details, contact our Volunteer Coordinator Co Edwards.

Open dates for dinners in Oct. are the 2nd, 16th, 26th and the 28th
In the News
"Mack Haltom has worked for Tulsa Day Center for 23 years and is still getting used to the new shelter. In October 2021, the Day Center opened a newly remodeled facility that includes a bigger clothing distribution center and an expanded and updated clinic. While the numbers of people who can stay have been reduced due to COVID-19, services are going full steam ahead. 

“We engage and we have a service navigator on board helping the case managers to help guide people through services,” he says. “If they need the clinic, we get them there. They need clothes, we get them there. They need case management, we can do that, too.”

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Current Needs
Donations can be made at:
415 West Archer, in downtown Tulsa
7 days a week from 8am-5pm.

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Why I Work Here:
Michelle Pearson,
Rapid Rehousing Program Manager
I am approaching 6 years in October of working here. I work here because I love housing people and it is truly a calling of mine to work with the homeless! I have worked with the homeless for over 20 years. I truly love working with different landlords and advocating for clients to get another chance in life and for them to get to a place they call “home”. 
I also love working with different organizations to help the client obtain self-sufficiency and to have a chance to be productive members of society again. I love helping people!
Did you know that fair market value apartments support a portion of Hudson Villas? Check out our 60- unit, fully-furnished apartment complex close to TU! To learn more, contact Director Latasha Anderson or click here to apply.
Efficiency Apartments - Section 8 Eligible
Partner Spotlight:
Do you know about DVIS?
Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. DVIS, a Tulsa Area United Way agency, is the only nonprofit agency in Tulsa, Okla., and the surrounding communities to provide comprehensive intervention and prevention services to men, women and, children affected by domestic and sexual violence.
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