North Texas Giving Day 2021

Ever wonder how you would describe colors to someone who is blind? How you might best help someone who uses a wheelchair? Or how you would communicate with someone who is Deaf if you don’t know sign language?

Last year, 1,028 Dallas County children were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. They entered the protective care of the state and an overburdened and overwhelmed child welfare system straining to accommodate them.

Education is the foundation for all success. No matter the profession, an education gets you there.

High school graduation is an exciting time, representing the transition of a child to a young adult. Universities are visited, career choices determined, and a new independence from family begins.

Since 1981, Equest has changed lives for the better through the human-horse connection.

WiNGS empowers women, fights poverty and impacts generations. The organization believes that empowering women to achieve their fullest potential has a multiplier effect on the families and communities around them.

The VolunteerNow® mission is to transform lives through volunteers. Volunteers change everything – where they live, work, and play – and transform their own lives in the process of serving others.

Through its transformative space and bridge-building initiatives, Thanks-Giving Square aims to transform the city at both an individual and community-wide level, bringing people together to choose love over hate, practice gratitude daily and involve the broader community to solve the problems we cannot solve alone.

The mission of Bryan’s House is to provide underserved children in North Texas with specialized medical, educational, and therapeutic care and comprehensive support services for families to thrive.