Charities

   The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk® is the nation's    largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care,    support and research – and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against Alzheimer's. There are walks in more than 600 communities. A typical Memory Walk is a 2-3 mile walk held on a weekend morning in the fall.
By teaming up with the Alzheimer's Association, you can walk with a purpose – and move us closer to a world without Alzheimer's. Together, we can MOVE a nation.
For further information, go to www.ALZ.org/Memorywalk.

   The USO is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the    troops by providing morale, welfare and recreation-type services to our men    and women in uniform. The original intent of Congress — and enduring style of    USO delivery — is to represent the American people by extending a touch of home to the military. The USO currently operates more than 130 centers worldwide, including ten mobile canteens located in the continental United States and overseas. Overseas centers are located in Germany, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Qatar, Korea, Afghanistan, Guam, and Kuwait. Service members and their families visit USO centers more than 5.3 million times each year. The USO is the way the American public supports the troops.
For further information, go to www.DFWUSO.com.

Video of Feed The Troops, LSPHC and The Fairmont Hotel, September 25, 2010.

   The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc. (RMHC®) is    to create, find and support programs that directly improve the    health and well being of children. RMHC fulfills its mission by    creating innovative, effective programs that address targeted needs, and by supporting these programs and other activities conducted by its local Chapters worldwide. RMHC also awards grants to other nonprofit children’s organizations that positively impact the health and well being of children around the world.
For further information, go to www.RMHC.org.

   The North Texas Food Bank was established in 1982 to address the critical issue    of hunger in the North Texas area by securing donations of surplus unmarketable,    but wholesome, foods and grocery products for distribution through a network of    charitable organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in 13 North Texas Counties, including Dallas, Denton, Collin, Fannin, Rockwall, Hunt, Grayson, Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, Lamar, Delta and Hopkins. In the first year of operation, the Food Bank distributed 400,000 pounds of food.
Members of the North Texas Food Bank's organizing committee became advocates with members of the Texas Legislature for the passage of the Good Faith Donor Act, which protects donors from liability of donated product. With the passage of this act in 1983, many potential donors began actively donating.
The North Texas Food Bank is a certified member of America's Second Harvest National Food Bank Network. America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization, solicits food and grocery products from national suppliers for distribution through 200 certified Food Banks nationally. America's Second Harvest also provides Food Banks with operational standards, training, support and inspection, and educates the public and government officials about the nature and solutions to the problem of hunger in the U.S.
For further information, go to www.NTxFoodbank.org.

   Founded in 1998 by the merger of two local blood centers,
   Carter BloodCare is Texas' largest blood center. In April of 2007,
   Carter BloodCare announced a merger with Tyler-based Stewart    Regional Blood Center. Together, they provide more than 330,000 units of lifesaving blood to North Central and East Texas each year, all thanks to generous donors like you! For further information, go to www.CarterBloodCare.org.

   Jonathan's Place is an emergency shelter for abused, abandoned, and    neglected children and a Foster Family Program. Our mission is to    provide quality residential care and specialized services for at-risk    children, while striving to create a home that is comfortable, loving and    nurturing. For further information, go to www.JPKids.org.