• Single Parents and Teens reached out to North Highlands Bible Church's Dinner of Joy,
   by assisting and providing in part food and toys for families in need

• we serviced 137 people with Turkey and food basket for Thanksgiving. In addition we assisted in part,
   North Highlands Bible Church by providing Turkey and food baskets for their benevolence ministry.

• Single Parents & Teens Foundation of Dallas, Inc. has partner with the North Nexas Food Bank and has provided
  food and non-food items for aproximatly 139 families (totaling 287 children served and 167 over 18 years) --
  Most of these families were families consisted of 5 members or more, ranking up to 8 in some.

Providing the essentials

• Clothing was donated for several individuals and was distributed among 50 families.

• Kids Care Center provided financial support for $1,600 towards Our Thanksgiving feast and food
  and Thanksgiving family meal distribution.

Motivate volunteers

• The foundation also partner with Texas Workforce Commision, TANF program and others to provide volunteer oportunities
  for those clients that have exhausted all their benefits, 88 volunteers provided a total of 3,647 hours to serve the community.

Childcare for parents in need

• The Foundation also provided child care referrals and employment referrals for 21 families.

Making sweet dreams come true for little ones

• About 100 children had an opportunity to open a new toy this Christmas thanks to Kids Care Center who donated $1200
  worth of toys and Dollar General who also donated $200 worth of toys. A special Thanks to Party City who donated gift
  vouchers for wrapping paper for this event.

Childrens Ready for Back to school

• Office Depot donated 100 backpacks, 250 packs of notebook paper, 225 packages of pencils, $500 worth of fountain pens and a
  mouse at a $50 value to be used in our silent auction. Kids Care Center & Staples Office Products donated school supplies to
  complement the 100 backpacks handed to students.Single Parents & Teens Foundation were able to provide backpacks for
  100 children attending RISD, DISD, GISD.

Educating today for a better tomorrow

• We launched our Teen Program, by commiting time and healthy activities for our troubled teens who have been placed on probation.
  Our program showed them how to deal with pressure, how to work with others, self-respect and self-esteem. Our teens assisted us
  in installing shelves for our pantry, reaching the community by distributing flyers and bringing awareness about our program in our
  community.

• Teen Night Out -- Ten teens, supervised by Ms. Elicia Crouch and other team members have enjoyed some weekends filled
  with fun. Some of the activities were bowling, movies, dinner out, games and bonding with talks from the heart. Our teens learned to
  have fun in a safe and loving environment, connecting with their peers and learning to bond and work as a team, conducting
  themselves respectfully and sincere friendships blossomed among them.

• Educational classes, servicing both parents and teens.
  Our classes are as follows: Prevention of Teen Pregnancies, Financial Literacy, Domestic Violence and Abuse Prevention
  and Safety at Home, Work and Play classes, enriching and embracing more than 90 people.

Together we can make the difference

• Huntington Lakes Apartments and Awana's Club at North Highlands Bible Church generously provided canned goods for our
  Thanksgiving food drive. Sack-N-Save donated gift cards for food.

• North Highlands Bible Church provided space, several cheerful volunteers, tables, chairs, marketing strategies and a peaceful family
  oriented and loving environment for all.

• Kids Care Center donated $1,024 worth of prizes for our "Annual World Wide Day of Fun" and has donated space usage
  for evening training activities for our youth, food, snacks and drinks.

• Our "Annual World Wide Day of Fun" is a time of fun activities for our families in our community. We raised funds for our Programs
  by providing a full day of fun, games, silent auction, live entertainment by Fidelis Band and Ryot (Rave Youth Ministries), food,
  snacks, and drinks, arts and crafts, job fairs, safety fair presented by The Dallas Police Department, Informational and program
  awareness provided by WIC, Child Care Group, Texas Department of Health, and also financial information and opportunities by
  American Express Financial Advisors, Karen Mears Mortgage Consultant and Washington Mutual Bank, Kids Care
  Center, North Highlands Bible Church, Awana Club, Blue Star Pest Control, We Love Shirts, Mary Kay (Sharon
  Weickgenent), Singing Idols Over 40 Inc, Maya Travel, Home School Families of Twins, Golden Corral, Office Depot,
  Wal-mart, Sam's, Advanced Marketing Solutions, Freedom Counseling Ministries, North Texas Food Bank, Albertson's,
  Target, Dallas Police Department, Starbucks, Child Care Group, Mead Johnson, Catholic Charities, BendedMe.Com,
  American Express, PIP Printing, Washington Mutual Bank, Texas Workforce Commission, KarenMears.Com,
  Nathaniel's Flowers, WIC, KCBI 90.9, and RISD.

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