Taste of Southlake was loads of fun, topped with music, socializing, and food for the entire family to enjoy. This event not only saved many dinner plans for families but it also served as the completion of Leadership Southlake’s group project that impacts some part of the Southlake community.  The goal of this delicious event is to give back and bring awareness to local restaurants by allowing them to show off what they do best. Hosted by the Cambria Hotel, along with many different food options, this event was sure to be a promising one. GRACE’s very own Transitional Housing manager, Martisha Smith and Seasonal programs manager, Beth Chernik, are a part of the Leadership Southlake 2021-2022 class, and have expressed how close their bond has become since collaborating on this exciting project. “The opportunity for us to work together along with fifteen others is priceless” said Beth. “It allows

What do you get when you LOVE pizza and LOVE GRACE Grapevine?  A Wise Guys Pizzeria Grapevine Specialty Pizza! Wise Guys Pizzeria co-founder, Kevin McNamara, has a huge heart for the GRACE mission, and happens to be a pizza genius. He decided to combine these two passions by creating and offering a GRACE Pizza on his menu with proceeds going to our life-changing Programs! A few lucky GRACE staff members were treated to a pizza creating and taste-testing several weeks ago where the pizza masters prepared a variety of pizzas suggested by our entire staff. Fortunately, they brought a few pies back to share at the office. Interestingly, the cinnamon dessert pie smothered in glazed deliciousness did not make it back to the office… Needless to say, the pizzas were out-of-this-world good! But only one pizza could claim the spot on Wise Guys’ menu as The GRACE Pizza. Following some difficult

The GRACE Transitional Housing program is designed to help our clients reach full self-sufficiency by providing assistance to reach education, career and financial goals while living in housing. One thing about our housing is that the unit comes fully furnished provided by many of the donations that the community gives. Last week, a new client was welcomed into the GRACE Transitional Housing program, and immediately the client loved their new home, because of the warm feeling that the GRACE volunteers puts into it. The client had recently been in the local shelter, Brighter Tomorrows, a shelter committed to listening, believing and helping victims of domestic violence. The newest GRACE member was greeted to GRACE with a home blessing, which sees the GRACE staff and members of the community welcoming the new client to their new home either in person or through zoom. This particular client asked if the staff from

Thanks to our volunteers, we are celebrating the 12th anniversary of VITA: the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. In partnership with United Way of Tarrant County and the City of Fort Worth, GRACE provided close to 300 families with tax assistance, financial coaching, and more than $550,000in tax refunds in 2021. Without volunteers, this would not have been possible. On Monday, VITA volunteers will once again take residence at the GRACE main offices, and will be assisting taxpayers through April 29th. The results of this effort are astounding. In the eleven years GRACE has been a VITA location, over $2,500,000 has been refunded to local families. Last year, families averaged nearly $1,000 in additional refunds in Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credits alone. These credits are often left unclaimed or given a fraction of the return with a costly tax service. For those on limited budgets or fixed

Tammy O’Neil, owner and founder of the Organizer Coach, a Professional Organizing and ADHD Coaching company celebrates GET ORGANIZED (GO) month during January each year by awarding a non-profit agency 4-8 hours of Organization. This year, GRACE Transitional Housing office was the recipient of the annual GO Award! Tammy is a domestic violence survivor and believes in the power of community support and paying it forward. She is a believer, an author, coach, consultant, and speaker who is passionate about helping people remove clutter and chaos from their lives, allowing them to reclaim their time, energy, space, and money! Her volunteer team of highly skilled Professional Organizers Bonnie Gist, Crystal Ryan, Jessie Carrillo, JoAnne Crase and Handyman, Jim Bartlett transformed the Transitional Housing office into a more efficient, functional, and professional office for their staff and clients. Clients can select items from the new “Mini Donation Area” and while they’re

The people in our community do a great job using their business or organization to support our mission, of demonstrating compassion for those less fortunate by providing assistance to individuals and families in crisis and guidance toward self-sufficiency. Leslie Frazier is a key example of someone who is using her business to help others and the clients of GRACE. MyPersonalDox helps individuals and families to securely, centralize and organize important records. You can access the records anytime from anywhere. It also allows family access now or in the future. This subscription makes finding historic documents easier for families and future generations to come. Thinking about why use My Personal Dox? √ Kids away at college? √ Aging parents? √ Love to travel? √ Need to get organized? √ Want peace of mind that everything is in one place and organized in a way that anyone can understand and not have

Grab your friends, and mark your calendars, because the 2nd annual GRACE Designer Bags and Bingo benefiting GRACE Transitional Housing is back! This fabulous event will be an afternoon full of fun competition, laughter and, of course, designer bags. Designer Bags and Bingo, raises funds and awareness for the Transitional Housing program, designed to work with homeless individuals and families to help move them towards independence. Transitional Housing clients participate in intensive case management to help them achieve educational, career and financial goals while living in clean, stable housing. All activities guide clients to self-determination and self-sufficiency. The Maintenance Bay at Five Star Subaru of Grapevine will once again serve as the DBB venue on Sunday, May 1st. Players will have 10 thrilling rounds of bingo, and many more chances to win a stylish and luxurious designer bags. There will also be delicious appetizers, refreshing beverages, and fabulous door prizes, making

Due to inclement weather conditions, all GRACE locations will be closed by 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23. To ensure the safety of our staff and volunteers, all sites will be closed all day Thursday. To stay up to date on all future changes, please visit our social media pages. Updates will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram. For emergency assistance or food, please call 817.602.1204. Thank you for your patience, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Stay safe and warm!

Each year, GRACE encourages and sponsors our staff to become engaged within the community through the Chamber Leadership programs.  The yearlong study and commitment involved in these programs enhances the relationships between GRACE and our local chambers, as well as develops our staff into strong, dedicated leaders within our community.  This year, the Leadership Southlake Class of 2022 includes our very own Martisha Smith, Transitional Housing Manager and Beth Chernik, Seasonal Programs & Special Events Coordinator. Each Leadership class is charged with a graduation project that will make a long and lasting impact on the City of Southlake. We are proud of the work they are doing and extend an invitation to you, our biggest supporters, to join us and our Leadership Southlake students at their upcoming graduation project- The Taste of Southlake! This promises to be a night you will not want to miss. On Thursday, March 3rd, Leadership

Love is in the air, and the Grapevine Rotary Club knows exactly how to show our seniors love during this season. The Rotary Club annually hosts a Valentine’s Day dance that gives seniors the chance to show off their dance moves and have fun. Unfortunately, due to the COVID pandemic in 2021, they were not able to host the dance, which left many feeling lonely. Thankfully, 2022 came around and the Rotary Club changed some things up. This year, seniors in the community were invited out to a special Valentine’s Day luncheon at the REC in Grapevine. GCISD created the awesome floral center pieces, and each senior was given a beautiful rose. On top of that, the seniors were treated to a very tasty and satisfying meal. Members from the GCISD DECA, even served and talked to the seniors. It was truly an amazing luncheon. Many of these seniors are