On Thursday, April 7, Tarrant County Homeless Coalition is hosting their annual Bubbles & Bras event. For every new or even gently used bra that you donate, you can enjoy a bargain-priced glass of champagne.
“No one is invisible” is the theme this January as community volunteers prepare to pour out across Tarrant and Parker counties to participate in the Point in Time Homeless Count (PIT Count) for Tarrant County Homeless Coalition.
I have the privilege of attending the Texas Hunger Summit hosted by Baylor University where I listened to and learned from the best about alleviating hunger locally and globally. One of the plenary sessions was a dialogue about Faith and Public Service.
After many nights of grumbling, my husband finally asked, “Elizabeth, why not let the little bird alone, it’s obvious she’s not giving up!” It was true, this winged beauty was not giving up — we’d had our showdown for about two weeks now! She had discovered the perfect home for her nest, it was cool under the roof of the porch and out of the weather.
Alright, I’m not the type of person to make much of coincidence, but lately one word has crossed my path three times in three very different ways. So I’m thinking to myself, maybe I should pay attention. There’s something to learn and my full attention is now focused on the lesson at hand.
Each service day at the Mission we encounter men, women and children in various situations. As we often hear, they are struggling through major life events like illness or disability, loss of a job or their home and other struggles of poverty and of life in general.