November 20, 2016 found a group of our members gathered at President Gillian’s house all the way out in Justin to help make fuzzy hearts for the babies at NICU units. Mothers wear these hearts next to their skin for a while to impart their own scent into the hearts. The hearts are then placed […]
Continue Reading
Make a Difference Day (MADD) occurred on October 22nd at Beth Blair’s spookily decorated home. Members convened in the early hours, also known as 9:00am, to sort the donated items for five organizations. Despite the confusion an infant project presented the members persevered over the challenges and accomplished everything by 10:30am. Lots of best practices […]
Continue Reading
The beginning of the Altrusa year brought about a challenge from President Gillian Allen to the new members; create a project that had an immediate impact in the local community. The last new member project that had occurred was the one created by Gillian Allen where she submitted for a grant for West Independent School […]
Continue Reading
For the club year 2015 – 2016, Altrusa International of Dallas, TX, Inc. received the Distinguished Altrusa Club award. This award recognizes a clubs commitment to the Principles of Altrusa. Congratulations to 2015 – 2016 Club President Sharron Vance for leading us in such a succesful year!
Continue Reading
This was our first year participating in the North Texas Giving Day event, held on September 22, 2016. We had 15 donations and matching funds of over $1000. Great job everyone! Our Foundation will be able to put these funds to good use.
Continue Reading
On August 27th members gathered at Yolanda Joosten’s home to stencil bags for the new member project. The blue and yellow reusable grocery bags and stencils were provided by Nichole Parr. Lori Smith and Susie Wallace supplied paints, painting sponges and brushes. With creativity and conversation flowing the group was able to paint 53 bags […]
Continue Reading
Our organization earned a Bronze Seal of Transparency on @GuideStarUSA! Donors, funders, and key decision makers can see our commitment to transparency and easily contact us for more information. Check us out: http://www.guidestar.org/profile?id=75-6022224
Continue Reading
In August we finally got to meet Office Curtis and his K-9 partner, Office Django. We are using money from the Ruth Behrens Fund (2015-2016) to provide Django with a custom fitted bullet proof vest for his use while on duty. Officer Curtis gave us some valuable insight into the work he does with Django […]
Continue Reading