Helping Hands for The Family Place

Too Cold to Hold Run

February 3 · 8:30 AM
Norbuck Park

Hi everyone. This is a great opportunity to get the year off on the right foot. No pun intended. The Family Place is the beneficiary of the Run Project's Too Cold to Hold Run on Sunday Feb. 3rd. There are 3 courses. There will be a 5k, 5M and 10m. Please make sure you sign up through the Run Project's website below:

http://www.runproject.org/too-cold-hold-5k15k

We are also looking for sponsors & volunteers. Please email me for sponsorship opportunities. And to volunteer for this fun event, please sign up through the link below:

http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b10792fa7df9363f8d04c60b3&id=a335acc0a2&e=b062240ae9

And don't hesitate to email with any questions. Thanks so much!!

Megan C

Helping Hands for the Family Place

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A former member

Where should the food trucks be in the morning? Where should they be after the race starts?

0 · February 1
Megan

Hello everyone you should have received an email today from The Family Place with all of the race details. Please check your spam and let me know if you didn't received it. We are really excited to have you participate!

0 · January 31
Megan

5 days until the big race! For those volunteering you should receive an email tomorrow with the instructions. Please let me know if you do not! It will be coming from the Family Place so make sure it doesn't end up in Spam

0 · January 30
A former member

I had a brisket sandwich from Sweetie V's last week and it was delicious. They and other food truck vendors will be at the event.

0 · January 25

16 attended

Megan

VP of Client Relations, Assistant Organizer

Event Host
James Lewis +10

VP of Client Relations, Assistant Organizer
Helen Mulherin

VP of Communications, Assistant Organizer
Christine Rivera Allen
Farrin Ewing

VP of Client Relations, Assistant Organizer
Lillian

VP of Development, Organizer

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Helping Hands is a social and fundraising auxiliary of The Family Place, the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas area.

Helping Hands hosts social events and happy hours in some of Dallas' most popular venues. We also provide hundreds of volunteer hours each year to The Family Place, hosting parties for children at the emergency shelter, organizing donations, and assisting at various fundraisers.

Meet new people and make great friends as you join us and other civic-minded professionals as we help support The Family Place in its mission to eliminate family violence.

Helping Hands Board of Directors

Back Row: Greg Reilly – Hospitality Chair, Susan Yates – Co-VP of Membership, Amber Dietrich – President, Karissa Schuler – Event Chair, Jerome Palomo – Co-VP Client Relations, Lee Gates – Co-VP Client Relations
Front Row: Tharuma Sundaram – Co-VP Communications, Stephanie Murray – VP Social, Cyndi Garza – Treasurer, Lillian Cho – Past President and Member at Large, Shanna Lee – Recording Secretary.
Not pictured: Ashley Hightower – Co-VP Communications, David Sharpe – Co-VP Membership, Reanae Seth – Event Chair

Some of our great Helping Hands volunteers

Did you know?

Family violence is an epidemic in our community and our country
According to the FBI, a woman is beaten in this country every 15 seconds.
70% of the children of abused women are also physically abused, and 20% are sexually abused. The majority of abusive men were either abused as children or witnessed their mothers being abused. (WomenKind, Inc.)
The 2010 the Dallas Homeless Count 5,750 people living on Dallas streets or in shelters, up slightly from the 5,675 counted in 2009. Together women and children make up almost half of the homeless population on Dallas streets at 27% and 20% of the total, respectively in 2010. Domestic abuse/family problems were listed as the reason for homelessness by 27% of the population in 2010 down from 32% in 2009.
In 2010, The Family Place answered 11,524 hotline and crisis calls, an increase of 53%.
In 2010, the The Family Place Emergency Shelter Services provided food, short-term housing, counseling and supportive services to 743 women, children and men totaling 28,697 service days.

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Helping Hands for The Family Place

Too Cold to Hold Run

A former member

Megan

Megan

A former member

16 attended

Megan

VP of Client Relations, Assistant Organizer

Event Host

James Lewis +10

VP of Client Relations, Assistant Organizer

Helen Mulherin

VP of Communications, Assistant Organizer

Christine Rivera Allen

Farrin Ewing

VP of Client Relations, Assistant Organizer

Lillian

VP of Development, Organizer

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