Posts Tagged ‘Community’
Night of Hope 2016: Community Christmas
Valkyrie Reed, a Senior at Trinity High School, contributed to this report. 3,776 children are getting Christmas this year because of the generosity of their neighbors, and they’ll never know it. After four nights of fun — 20 parties serving 21 schools — Night of Hope has come to its logistical end. There are no more…
Read MoreTeam Depot: Family Service
RICHLAND HILLS — Even as the sky threatens to open above them and pour down sheets of rain, volunteers from Home Depot are grinning as they scrape, paint, and clean up the home of Ken Webb. A veteran whose kidneys have troubled him for years, Webb is not at home on this day. He’s at…
Read MoreCommunity Powered Revitalization: Fall 2016
It was never about the houses. Community Powered Revitalization (CPR) is much bigger than a fresh coat of paint or prepping an old house for the coming winter. Those are good things — powerful, uplifting things — but they aren’t world-changing. They won’t transform the community. Unless you do them as a community. On October…
Read MoreGuest Post: Does Community Powered Revitalization Work?
Text by Harry Zimmer, Euless City Council, Place 5 I’ve been a Community Powered Revitalization volunteer for several years. Though I’ve come away immensely proud of our community each time I take part in a blitz, I sometimes leave concerned about the long-term impact of the program. Fixing a house is one thing, but changing…
Read MoreMarcus: The Richest Man I Know
BEDFORD — The rush of cars along Industrial Boulevard is little more than a murmur in the serenity of the Community Garden. Dirt and leaves sail through the air as Marcus pounces onto an overgrown patch of soil, ripping unwanted foliage from the earth. Underneath the overrun trestles of the adopted plot, morning sunlight dances…
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