Every year the team at Style & GRACE curates high-end finds to auction as Mother’s Day gifts. But there’s no hard rule that moms can’t buy themselves a gift this year, or a new gift for your wife! This year the selection is top-notch, starting with a sterling silver amethyst and mother of pearl necklace by the one and only Saks Off 5th designer, Judith Ripka. Dawn a new Hermes scarf spritzed from your new bottle of Ralph Lauren, tags included. Make the gift especially meaningful with a one-of-a-kind hand painted heart. Style & GRACE is a local resale boutique boasts name brand handbags, accessories and attire for every season or occasion. Also up their stylish sleeves are VIP services, like special requests patrons are hard pressed to find anywhere else. Just ask the staff to be added to the wish list, and you’ll be contacted first when a desired

Every year seems to get better and better at Drive into the Night, and we only have our generous sponsors, selfless volunteers, and of course, incredible players to thank! If you weren’t able to join us this year, take a peek at what you missed and be sure to register your team for Drive into the Night 2018. Click here to view the album on Facebook. There’s still time to add your personal photos to our album by posting them with the #DriveintotheNight. We’d like to thank our wonderful sponsors and local business sponsors who rallied together to make this meaningful evening possible: Woods Sponsor Holman Enterprises Irons Sponsor Southwest Bank Putter Sponsors Pegasus Logistics Summit Electric Supply Texas Health Southlake Aviall, A Boeing Company Parity Consultants Tee Box Sponsors 91 Design Audrey, Ella & Lora Simpkins Chick-fil-A Grapevine Mills City of Grapevine Esparza’s Restaurante Mexicano Frost Bank Grapevine Convention

There are still spots to be filled to provide meals to at-risk children during Feed Our Kids, happening over the summer weeks from June 8 to August 18. Serving through Feed Our Kids is a tangible, hands-on way to serve local families. Many groups opt to incorporate activities for the children as well, though not required. Feed Our Kids alleviates the burden for families by giving nutritious meals to children while school is not in session. On average, 37,000 meals are served each summer thanks to selfless volunteers and support from local restaurants. If you’ve never been part of Feed Our Kids, this summer program is ideal for churches, civic groups or businesses looking to improve internal morale and be part of giving back in a local, tangible way. There are still spots available the end of June, through July and mid-August. Groups can choose to sponsor meals at a

Grapevine Mustangs and Colleyville Black Panthers were represented at the GRACE Food Pantry this week for their abundant collection to replenish much-needed inventory. Grapevine High School students took it upon themselves to collect some of the most-expensive items for large families: laundry detergent, diapers, cereal, soap and other toiletries. The students collected so much that it filled six industrial canvas bins—enough to span the surface area of an entire classroom! Later in the week, GCIDS Nutrition Staff brought their finest to sort goods and present donated goods to the Food Pantry. The team develops nutritious options for school lunches throughout the district, as well as educational opportunities for students to reach their maximum potential through nutrition. On top of their donations, the staff members stayed to sort expired and dented cans to ensure our clients receive the best options possible for their families. The men and women also took a

We rely on our volunteers each day we operate at GRACE, but there is one week a year that we are able to show small gestures of how much they matter to the organization. National Volunteer Week started on April 25, and there was no shortage of goodies, decorations and fun activities at each program site. This year Program Managers had fun with a Latin-American theme to show their volunteers how excelente their volunteers truly are. If you have volunteered with GRACE at any capacity, we hope you’ll join us on May 5, 2017 at Hilton DFW Lakes in Grapevine for the 2017 GRACE Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. This fiesta will be complete with a photo booth, craft stand, and of course, delicious Tex-Mex courtesy of the hotel catering team. In 2016, volunteers invested over 51,553 hours at the Community Clinic, Food Pantry, Clothing Room, Resale stores, Donation Station, Friends & Family,

When your family or group serves at one of our GRACE sites, be sure to share your photos with social media with the #GRACEGrapevine. Volunteers are encouraged to highlight their seasonal projects with the hashtag #FeedOurKids or #ChristmasCottage. Players can send us their glow gear in preparation for this evening’s Drive into the Night by tagging their Facebook and Twitter photos with #DriveintotheNight. Tag your best shot on the course and one lucky team will be featured on our social media pages. Cataloging your photos with a hashtag gives us an opportunity to thank you publicly and share your photo on our page, so that the community sees our wonderful volunteers at work! Be sure to connect with both Facebook and Twitter at @GRACEGrapevine.

Compass Church is in the business of navigating people to God, and that begins with showing His love to families during their time of need. This integral partner has been a faithful ally to GRACE since the agency first began. Since 1995, Compass Church has devoted $241,000 to further GRACE programs. While we thought it was hard to outdo the love they have shown to families these many years, the congregation has gone above and beyond in generosity and service for local families. Compass Church made a surprise visit during GRACE’s monthly staff meeting, with a check for $50,000 to advance GRACE services to more families. The first installment of their charitable giving initiative, the generosity was inspired by their Uncharted 50 campaign, celebrating 50 years of ministry by the Compass Church family. The movement encourages members with three noble charges: go beyond borders to navigate thousands of unreached people across

It’s difficult to quantify the impact you have made with families in our community, and we hope this gives you a glimpse into the ways your support builds stronger, healthier families. These statistics were generated from every working weekday GRACE is operational. Each number represents a mother, father, daughter or son who was impacted in some way because you cared for them. On any given day at GRACE, your support helps us meet the following daily needs: Nearly 6 families or 19 family members come through GRACE doors because they are facing a recent emergency or crisis 20 individuals shop at the Food Pantry 14 people will receive work boots, interview attire, jackets and back-to-school clothing 236 Total volunteer hours are served by our wonderful community 10 individuals and groups make single donations to the Food Pantry 15 patients visit the Community Clinic 2 immobile seniors are visited and given