The Center for Transforming Lives
2018 Benefit Booth
Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art
March 2, 3, 4, 2018
The 2018 Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art welcomes the
Center for Transforming Lives as a Benefit Booth at the March 2, 3, 4 Show at
the Will Rogers Memorial Center. The Center for Transforming Lives has itself
been transformed from the oldest YWCA in Texas to a newly named, much more
ambitious program to help women and children leave the cycle of poverty and
homelessness for a future with stability, independence and hope.
It’s working! Their butterfly logos is the symbol of their
goal for the over 2500 women that the Center has worked with in the last few
years. Their plan is to help 10,000 women and children each year by 2023. Often,
these women have survived settings of domestic abuse and find themselves
homeless with children. In our beautiful Tarrant County, there are over 7,000
children under the age of six who are homeless---who sleep in homeless shelters
or in vehicles or on the streets. The Center for Transforming Lives seeks to
intervene with mothers and these children by providing housing stability,
high-quality child-care and financial empowerment and training for employment,
money management and other steps for helping a family overcome the trauma of
homelessness.
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| Original YWCA Elevator |
The CTL Today
Over 100 years ago, the YWCA provided a safe, clean boarding
house for young women trying to find their footing in early Fort Worth. Today
the historic building provides an always-full emergency shelter for women and a
booming child care facility for children aged six weeks to five years, available
while their mothers work or seek work and training. The Center offers
additional early childhood care and development programs with larger sites in
the UTA Arlington area, in the Poly neighborhood, with more on the drawing
boards.
“Providing early childhood
education for homeless and low-income children is a crucial component of ending
poverty’s vicious cycle.” Ana explains that sometimes education alone is not sufficient.
The CTL answer: a two-generation approach. “Two-generation family services
break the poverty cycle by helping the whole family achieve immediate
stability, which leads to long-term independence,” says Ana. Critical to this
strategy are financial coaches, social workers and Early Head Start family
advocates who address each family’s most immediate needs.
“We know that the stress of homelessness significantly impacts
children, including child brain development,” says CTL Donor Relations Manager Ana Van de Venter, above.
How does the CTL do all of this? They do it by involving the Fort
Worth community in creating businesses for CTL clients to receive training and
to build support for CTL programs. These businesses range from a Salsa
production company to the ReSale Shop on Camp Bowie Blvd. to the Triumph
Catering & Events Company to the Historic 512 Venue Company that offers private,
corporate and wedding space at the lovely 512 West 4th Street
headquarters. All of these creative endeavors roll up their sleeves and work
together to provide opportunity, employment and training.
The Center for Transforming Lives offers a holistic approach
to recovery from poverty, homelessness or domestic abuse. It is not enough to
provide just emergency shelter or just a job or just child care. As any parent
knows, all of these things
must work together for long-term success. In addition, the support and training
that a family receives from the CTL will give them the tools and confidence
that they need to cope with future challenges and stay independent. As Ana puts
it, “We offer the whole picture.”
Plan to shop in the Center for Transforming Lives Benefit
Booth at the Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art March 2,3,4, 2018. From salsa
to vintage décor, with all proceeds benefitting the CTL. To donate items for
the Benefit Booth, contact the Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art at
817-291-3952.
And today?
How can
you help these families thrive now?
Share!
Donate a tax-deductible gift of any size at https://www.transforminglives.org/give-back
Jobs!
Help the Center identify local jobs that TCL clients might
apply for and receive training. This is a key to the whole process. Call Kim
Clarke, Director of Family Strengthening Services at (817) 546-5542
The ReSale Shop!
Donate (and shop) all kinds of gently used items, jewelry
and clothing for the ReSale Shop at 6500 Camp Bowie Blvd. in Fort Worth. Open
Mon. 10-5, Tues.-Sat. 10-6. To volunteer, donate or for furniture pick-up, call
817-377-0664. The CTL sponsors “Clean Out-Help Out!” in Spring 2018 as a community-wide effort to
donate housewares, furniture and clothing.
See more info on items accepted at https://www.transforminglives.org/the-resale-page
Client Assistance and
Encouragement!
Donate new or gently used items for clients such as pots and
pans, furniture and cleaning supplies for apartments, as well as gifts,
educational books and school supplies for kids. You can even “adopt” an
emergency shelter room, providing paint, décor, full size or long-size twin
sheets and bedding. Call Ana Van de Venter at (817) 484-1537 or Email: avandeventer@transforminglives.org
(Due to safety recall issues, the CTL cannot accept
donations of cribs, stuffed animals or toys.)
March 28 Annual
Luncheon!
Sponsor the March 28, 2018 Transforming Lives Annual
Luncheon (sponsorship are $2500-$25,000) Call Ana Van de Venter at (817)
484-1537 or Email: avandeventer@transforminglives.org
Historic 512 Venue!
Host your next event at the 512 West 4th Street
building –weddings, parties, meetings in a convenient downtown and beautiful
setting. Contact 817-484-1544. See http://www.historic512.com/
Triumph Catering
& Events!
Enjoy catering services provided by the CTL for private and
corporate events of all sizes. Contact 817-484-1544 or 817-546-5546
Visit!
Contact Ana Van de Venter at 817-484-1537 to join in a
monthly tour of the CTL or for other information.
Learn More!
See
www.transforminglives.org
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