We are humbled to have seen the generous response to our Red Letter Alert regarding our Food Pantry supplies emergency.  We would like to take this time to thank each and everyone who has taken action, donated, helped spread our message and prayed! No less than five minutes after our Red Letter went out last Friday, we had GRACE Family Members creating fundraiser events online; businesses, organizations and individuals sharing, messaging, retweeting and liking our posts; people who went immediately out of their way to purchase items from our needs list, showing up as soon as possible with the goods; caring supporters who clicked that “donate now” link to give monetary gifts and more. Each and every food item and dollar contributed is greatly needed and used effectively and efficiently to help the many families who come to GRACE for help.  Each and every day is one of the 365

  Get connected with your GRACE Family on Social Media! Social media is perhaps the most time and cost effective way we can brag on our GRACE family (that’s you!) and expand our reach to our community. Our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram pages relay the latest inspirational stories, photos, and real-time needs within each GRACE program. Be sure to tag your collection drives and special events with #GRACEGrapevine! It’s our earnest desire that our community take personal ownership of what we’ve achieved together as an agency, after all, we couldn’t serve families without you! When GRACE was established over thirty years ago before “buzzwords” were “trending,” it was the heart of GRACE to provide centralized care to families in distress. Now with an even bigger platform to honor that mission, the more engaged we are with our community, the greater our impact toward those in need. If you are reading

  The 16th Annual GRACE Gala has been scheduled and officially announced! The event will take place on October 26, 2019 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center’s Grapevine Ballroom.  This premier event will be filled with gourmet food, fine wines, incredible music and fun for all. The official kickoff of our Gala season, the Annual Gala Gifting Party, was a lively and successful evening at BoomerJack’s Grapevine.  Generous guests arrived with donations for our Gala Auction. We received a wide variety of donations, such as beautiful Coach and Ted Baker purses, an Oculus Go, Nintendo Switch, and exclusive DeMarcus Ware autographed football and Cowboys helmet.  Gift cards to upscale venues like Truluck’s and the ever-popluar Kendra Scott abound in our auction offerings, creating an array to please any taste! With four months remaining until the Main Event, we are just getting started in preparing for an auction filled

  It was Memorial Day, a day that many people gather to honor the purpose of the holiday.  Many of us gather to enjoy togetherness, time away from work, and cookouts that mark the beginning of summer.  One thing is certain, whenever folks are grilling there’s bound to be lots of food. I stopped into my office at GRACE for a bit that evening.  Little did I know God had loftier things in store for me than what I intended as just a quick stop by the office.  On my way out, I noticed someone at our Take One Leave One Pantry.  The Take One Leave One Pantry is located in front of our Food Pantry at GRACE Main Campus.  Anyone is able to drop by at any time to either give or take nonperishable food items. This particular evening, it was a young boy, about 8 years old, who sought

FÜDTRUKY (food • truck • EE ) is coming back to Southlake! After a successful inaugural event FÜDTRUKY returns to showcase more FÜD ( good • food ), more TÜNs ( rockin’ • tunes ) and BRÜs (beer) with this flavorful and fun-filled festival produced by Southlake Style magazine. On June 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Northeast Tarrant County is invited to enjoy eclectic food, snacks and desserts paired with award-winning brews from Southlake brewmaster Shannon Carter and Shannon Brewing Company. The Marq’s Aria Amphitheater will showcase its’ largest one-day live music festival with a full lineup of bands that extends well into the evening. The fun will keep on rolling with a wide variety of festival games and attractions. There will truly be something for everyone to enjoy. The event is set to entertain thousands, and a portion of proceeds will help support our GRACE Feed Our

Kids may still enjoy long, lazy days poolside or at summer camp, but GRACE Clothing Room Coordinator, Dina Pesina, is busy gearing up the GRACE Clothing Room for Back-to-School clothing needs. Currently, The Clothing Room urgently needs underwear for boys sizes 4, 6/8, 10/12 & 14/16; girls sizes 12, 14 & 16; girls teen sizes and womens size 5. We always are in great need of children’s shoes (preferably new) in all sizes.  Because kids outgrow shoes quickly, Dina always needs to keep a number of extra shoes in stock.  Her team of volunteers spends many hours polishing and cleaning gently worn shoes so that they will shine in time for school.  Socks are another much-needed item on our list as well. Last year, Dina estimates that GRACE served over 800 “little kids” (up to 14 years of age), over 150 teenage girls and over 100 teenage boys heading back for

The GRACE Family is working hard this summer to address one of the most critical needs in our community – hunger – and we need your help!  June is designated to acknowledge this closed-curtain issue.  A family who lacks consistent access to enough food for all household members or cuts back on groceries to pay rent, utilities, medicine, etc. is at risk for food insecurity.  Here are some quick facts to help your family build awareness of the needs, along with tangible ways to address hunger in your community. GRACE Grocery Giveaway is a Mobile Food Pantry that delivers kitchen staples to vulnerable neighborhoods every Friday in the summer.  On average, 12,000 bags of groceries are given to families each year.  Volunteers are needed to set up the marketplace for family members to collect the food.  Sign-up here for remaining shifts! Feed Our Kids is perhaps the most-widely known initiative,

Booking a GRACE Tour with your church group, civic group or club is an excellent way to get an intimate look at our main campus, GRACE programs, meet the faces of GRACE, and discover exciting ways your group can serve the community! Our main campus now houses offices for Client Services, GRACE leadership, administration, and development, a fantastic community room and kitchen, plus our GRACE Food Pantry and Store, Community Clinic and Clothing Room.  We are thrilled to have so many services and staff under one roof to better serve our clients. Tours are a fixture of GRACE, and are offered throughout the year when a local group expresses interest in volunteering or investing in specific programs within their group. The staff and volunteers at GRACE are always eager to facilitate ways to get involved, as well as share what the community has helped them accomplish. “GRACE is only here because

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On behalf of the GRACE Gala Chairs and Gala Auction Committee, a special thanks to all who attended the Gala Gifting Party on Thursday at BoomerJack’s!  Our 2019 Gala co-chairs Brent and Kimberly Tipps, owners of BoomerJack’s restaurants, hosted us at their Grapevine location. Guests arrived with gifts in hand to celebrate the new Gala season.  2019 marks the 16th anniversary year of the GRACE Gala, which has raised close to $5 million through the years to help those in need in our communities! GRACE party favorite, Hollywood Booth, got the party started with their amusing photobooth as GRACE CEO, Shonda Schaefer, thanked the guests and relayed personal stories of how their donations make a lasting impact on families looking for hope. Gala co-chairs Kimberly and Brent Tipps spoke on behalf of the Gala Committee members, who serve countless hours in preparation for a successful Gala.  The Tipps pampered guests