Changing Lives - Local to Global

Americans are known for being especially generous through the holidays.  Christmas seems to drive our charitable giving.   

Now what?  

Local to global needs still need to be met.  Here are a couple of local area non-profits that are filling gaps in North Texas.  

​The Vaseline Healing Project is a broader, more ambitious project, meeting the personal health needs of others effected by natural disasters, changing environments, & extreme poverty.

What serves your heart?

Join Sloan Creek Intermediate School in Lovejoy ISD in promoting Project Warm Us.
What is Project Warm Us?  Project Warm Us is just a way to get some much needed warmth to the homeless in Dallas, Texas.  We are collecting the following items:

• Coats (Jackets, sweatshirts and sweaters are good too)
• Blankets
• Scarves, knit hats & gloves
• Shoes 
• Socks

We collect warm items such as coats, blankets and shoes to help keep the homeless warm during the cold winter months.  Many of the people we serve are shelterless, living in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding metroplex. We also collect for people living in shelters and orphanages.  

My Friend's House - Emergency Youth Shelter; City House's emergency youth shelter, My Friend's House, provides round-the-clock care and services to children ages newborn to 17. Some of our clients come to us because Child Protectives Services removed them from their home due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. Others come to us because they are at risk of becoming (or are) a runaway or homeless youth. All come to us needing a nurturing, safe environment they can call home.
We named the shelter My Friend’s House because we didn’t want the children staying with us to have to tell others they were living in a shelter. So when asked, they can say, “I live at My Friend’s House.”
- See more at: http://www.cityhouse.org/my-friends-house.shtml#sthash.gEsvy2tp.dpuf

The mission of the Vaseline® Healing Project is to help heal the skin of 5 million people by 2020. We will do this by:

• Donating Vaseline® products to people in need through Direct Relief's kit programs and global network of healthcare organizations and clinics.
• Sponsoring dermatologists to go on medical missions to treat people affected by crisis or emergencies
• Developing training for community health workers to help properly diagnose and treat skin conditions